For business owners

Find where the hours go.
Then put tools on that, not a science project.

The AI Audit is a working session. We map the bottlenecks, pick off-the-shelf fixes, and walk the recs back to what you actually said. Diagnosis first. Custom builds wait.

$1,999 one-time
45-minute interview · 30-minute report-out

The hidden tax on the week

Most owners lose 5–10+ hours a week to work modern AI already handles. Typical, not a trophy metric from someone else’s shop.

Inbox overload

Leads sit. Response time kills deals.

Calendar chaos

Back-to-back meetings. Zero decisions. No follow-up.

Manual follow-up

Warm deals go cold because nobody has time to chase.

Repeat work

Same reports, quotes, and answers every week.

Knowledge in one head

Only you know how it works. Everyone else guesses.

Blind reporting

Yesterday’s numbers take an hour to dig up.

How the AI Audit works

One product. $1,999. Not a speech, and not a 40-slide show.

01 · 45 minutes

Working interview

We walk the real process: quoting, inbox, scheduling, the report nobody wants to build twice. One owner conversation, not a survey.

02 · After the call

Map, recs, 4-day plan

Bottleneck map. 4–7 prioritized recommendations. A 4-day quick-wins starter. ROI math from your numbers, not a canned 20× slide.

03 · 30 minutes

Report-out, screen share

Conversation, not a presentation. We linger on Quick Wins, then three questions: what’s most urgent, DIY or help, and the timeline.

What this is not

A lot of “AI help” starts with a build. This starts with what you already run.

Diagnosis before the cure

No tool pitch on a first hello. We find the one place time leaks.

Quick wins first

High impact, low effort. Days, not months. Ignore the rest until those land.

Off-the-shelf before custom

Use the tools you already pay for. Native ERP AI first if you have it. Builds wait.

ROI in black and white

Hours × your rate, minus tool cost. We use your numbers.

Do-it-with-you or handoff

Implementation is optional after the Audit. Not a bait-and-switch build.

Grunt work, not replacement

Tools take the common path. People keep exceptions and judgment.

Mike Kanning

Fractional CIO & AI Coach. Kendallville, Indiana. US only, remote-capable.

30+ years in technology. Last 3 years on practical AI. 16 years in process optimization. Process and AI workflow work at Berkshire Hathaway and Goldman Sachs, plus SMB operations.

MBA, Indiana University Kelley School of Business, 1999. 2024 IBM Artificial Intelligence Fundamentals.

The only product on this site

AI Audit · $1,999

45-minute interview. Map, recs, and a 4-day plan. 30-minute report-out. Custom software is not in this SKU.

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