“Where do I even start with AI?”
After 2.5 years in the trenches with fractional AI, here’s what we’ve seen:
The best place to start isn’t with flashy tools or massive overhauls.
It’s with the parts of your business that eat your time, drain your focus, and slow down decision-making.
Here’s how this looks in 4 key process areas:
1. HR & Hiring
AI can screen resumes in minutes, draft better job postings, and even structure onboarding plans.
When paired with clear role clarity, it’s a game changer.
One client cut 2 full weeks off their hiring process by aligning applicants to structured criteria using AI.
2. Sales Prep & Follow-Up
AI doesn’t close deals for you.
But it will prep you to show up sharper.
Before a sales call, I used to spend 30+ minutes researching a prospect—LinkedIn, podcasts, interviews, company news.
Now I use:
Humantic AI to understand personality and communication style
ChatGPT to surface pain points, analyze firmographics, and generate call prep
Claude to draft first-touch emails and summarize follow-ups
Prep that used to take 60 minutes now takes 7.
And the results? They compound.
One founder we worked with cut their sales cycle by 30% using AI to prep smarter and prioritize better-fit leads.
3. Delivery & Bottlenecks
AI helps you spot the problems before they blow up.
Use it to:
Summarize meetings and auto-generate next steps
Draft SOPs in minutes
Build reporting packs that highlight issues early
We cut our own Affinitization process (grouping & analyzing customer problems) from ¾ of a day to just 20 minutes, shaving an entire day off of our 11 day process improvement cycle.
4. Leadership
AI can help you make better strategic choices, faster.
We’ve used it to:
Simulate scenarios before committing to a decision
Stress test key assumptions
Expose blind spots in pricing, hiring, and ops
Align exec teams on tradeoffs and capacity
It’s like having a cyborg strategy partner.
You bring the experience.
AI brings the speed, pattern recognition, and perspective.
The best part?
You don’t need to be techy. You just need to be intentional.
Pick one area. Start there. Watch the leverage build.
