AI for SME · Canada & USA
Turn AI into business advantage.
A practical program that helps small and medium-sized businesses adopt artificial intelligence safely, affordably and effectively, to save time, cut costs, grow sales, improve service and make better decisions.
The path
- Understandwhat AI can and can't do
- Learnpractical skills for every employee
- Implementwhere the return is greatest
- Measurehours saved and dollars earned
Program vision
Not 100 prompts. Real business results.
AI training shouldn't be about teaching people to play with AI. It should teach a business to use AI where it pays: saving time, reducing costs, increasing sales, improving customer service and supporting better decisions.
Instead of expecting a small business to become an AI company, we find the areas where AI produces the greatest immediate return, then train, implement and measure.
"Here is how we find $50,000 of productivity inside your business, and which AI projects can realistically capture it."
Why SMEs need this
Large corporations have AI specialists, data scientists, automation teams and dedicated budgets. Most SMEs don't. The typical small business has:
- 5–250 employees and limited IT resources
- Little or no internal AI expertise
- Staff already overwhelmed by admin work
- Valuable information trapped in email, documents and spreadsheets
- Repetitive processes eating hundreds of hours a year
The result is a growing competitive gap. AI for SME exists to close it.
Objectives
Where AI helps a small business.
Productivity
Less time on repetitive administrative tasks.
Revenue
Better marketing, sales, lead generation and retention.
Customer service
Faster responses and better customer experiences.
Operations
Automation and workflow improvement.
Data
Turn business information into insight and better decisions.
People
Smarter recruiting, onboarding and training.
Management
Practical tools for planning, analysis and decisions.
Innovation
New products, services and business models.
Security
Use AI without exposing confidential or personal information.
Who it serves
Micro, small and medium businesses in every sector.
Owner-led teams that need quick wins.
Growing teams ready for shared tools and policy.
Organizations ready for strategy, automation and governance.
- Construction
- Real estate
- Property management
- Renovation
- Manufacturing
- Retail
- Restaurants & hospitality
- Professional services
- Accounting
- Legal
- Insurance
- Financial services
- Healthcare administration
- Education
- Transportation & logistics
- Automotive
- Agriculture
- Landscaping
- Marketing
- E-commerce
- Technology
- Tourism
- Non-profits
The program
From AI curious to AI capable.
Training becomes practical quickly: first for everyone, then by department, then in your own industry.
Generative AI, assistants, AI search, automation and agents: what they can realistically do today, common mistakes, hallucinations and why human oversight matters. Ends with an AI Opportunity Assessment.
Writing good prompts, giving context, summarizing documents, reports, meeting notes, spreadsheets, translation, and checking AI output. The 10-Minute Rule: everyone finds one repeated task AI can shorten.
Marketing, sales, customer service, HR, finance & administration and operations, each with its own use cases. Human judgment stays in charge of hiring, finance and legal decisions.
Real scenarios for construction & renovation (estimates, scopes of work, change orders), real estate (listings, investment analysis, investor reports), retail, professional services and manufacturing.
Where AI creates value and where it shouldn't be used, calculating ROI, choosing vendors, protecting company information, governance and building an AI strategy.
Mandatory: privacy, cybersecurity, IP, confidentiality, bias and verification. Every business receives a customizable AI use policy covering what employees may, must and must not do.
The executive question
"Where can AI create the greatest measurable value in my company during the next 12 months?"
Flagship intensive
The five-day AI business bootcamp.
Day 1 · Understand AI
Fundamentals, major platforms, strengths and limits, prompt practice. You leave with: a personal AI toolkit.
Day 2 · Save time
Document automation, email, meeting summaries, research, templates and assistants. You leave with: three tasks redesigned with AI.
Day 3 · Make money
Marketing, sales, lead generation, retention, content and market research. You leave with: an AI-powered marketing or sales workflow.
Day 4 · Automate
Connect AI with email, CRM, accounting, forms, calendars and project tools. You leave with: one working AI-assisted workflow.
Day 5 · Build the plan
Problems, opportunities, tools, people, costs, expected savings, security and measurement. You leave with: a 90-day AI implementation plan.
Measure it like an investment
The AI ROI calculator.
Pick the right projects
The AI Opportunity Score.
Each idea is scored 1–5 on time savings, cost reduction, revenue, ease, employee impact, customer impact, risk and required investment.
- Quick winImplement immediately.
- StrategicNeeds planning and investment.
- ExperimentTest before committing resources.
- Don'tNot enough benefit, or too much risk.
The 90-day business accelerator
Twelve weeks. One complete transformation.
AI assessment, repetitive work and opportunities identified, AI policy established, tools selected.
First workflows built, employees trained, pilot projects launched, results measured.
Successful projects expanded, more workflows automated, ROI measured, next 12-month roadmap created.
Every company finishes with
- AI policy
- AI toolkit
- AI opportunity map
- An implemented AI project
- AI ROI report
- 90-day action plan
- 12-month AI roadmap
SME AI scorecard
Where is your business today?
- Level 0Unaware. No meaningful AI use.
- Level 1Experimenting. Employees try AI on their own.
- Level 2Organized. Approved tools and basic policies.
- Level 3Productive. AI in multiple workflows.
- Level 4Optimized. Measurable productivity and financial gains.
- Level 5AI-enabled. AI is part of strategy and competitive advantage.
Build capability inside
AI Champions & certification.
Each business names one AI Champion, the internal point person who finds opportunities, helps colleagues, maintains approved tools and reports results.
- Level 1 · AI Ready Employee
- Level 2 · AI Productivity Specialist
- Level 3 · AI SME Practitioner
- Level 4 · AI SME Champion
- Level 5 · AI Business Transformation Leader
Delivered in person, live online, self-paced, through one-on-one AI clinics and in industry cohorts. Short 30–60 minute AI BiteClasses (AI for your email, for marketing, for contractors, for realtors, for managers…) make it accessible to any business. In English and French.
Three ways to start
Choose your level.
Vendor-neutral: you're never required to buy a particular AI platform.
AI Starter
For very small businesses.
- AI fundamentals
- AI BiteClasses
- Basic templates
- AI safety basics
- AI opportunity assessment
AI SME
For established small businesses.
- Full employee training
- Industry AI Labs
- AI Champion training
- Business assessment
- Implementation sprint
- AI policy & ROI measurement
AI Business Partner
For medium-sized businesses.
- Executive strategy
- Workflow analysis
- AI implementation & automation
- Governance
- AI roadmap
- Ongoing consulting & quarterly review
Learn AI. Apply AI. Grow your business.
Book a free call to find your highest-value AI opportunities. In English or French.
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