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Practical guidance on getting started with AI, choosing tools and preparing the information, processes and people they depend on. Written from inside organisational improvement work, with a particular focus on small and mid-sized law firms.

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How to start using AI in your small business

You do not need to transform your whole business to start using AI. You need a useful task, suitable information and a way to judge the result.

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AI readiness checklist for small businesses

Readiness depends on what you want AI to do. Use this checklist to find what is in place, what needs checking and what should happen next.

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Getting started with AI in a small law firm

Start with a clear picture of existing AI use, one bounded task and someone responsible for the result. Strengthen the relevant foundations as you learn.

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Choosing tools and understanding your firm

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11 July 2026

How to choose the right AI tools for your business

Before you compare AI features, ask what you are connecting the tool to, what work you want to improve and where you want it to take your business.

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3 July 2026

I've Sat Through a Lot of AI Demos. Nobody Talks About This Part.

Every AI demo starts with what the tool can do. Almost none start with what your organisation needs to have in place for it to do that well.

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7 August 2026

Your Organisation Probably Has More Technology Than It Realises

Before buying another AI tool, it's worth asking what capability is already sitting unused inside the technology you already own.

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The AI Readiness Series

Ten articles on what AI adoption really asks of an organisation, written from inside the work.

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Part 1

3 July 2026

I've Sat Through a Lot of AI Demos. Nobody Talks About This Part.

Every AI demo starts with what the tool can do. Almost none start with what your organisation needs to have in place for it to do that well.

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Part 2

11 July 2026

How to choose the right AI tools for your business

Before you compare AI features, ask what you are connecting the tool to, what work you want to improve and where you want it to take your business.

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Part 3

18 July 2026

AI Adoption Isn't a Software Upgrade

Replacing a CRM is a technology project. Adopting AI is an information conversation, a process conversation, and a people conversation, all at once.

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Part 4

24 July 2026

You Need to Address the Spreadsheet in the Room

A spreadsheet isn't just a data problem - it's a window into how a process actually works. Understanding it matters more than replacing it.

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Part 5

1 August 2026

The AI Was the Easy Part

Improving one process taught me something unexpected: once the information had real structure, the AI part became remarkably easy.

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Part 6

7 August 2026

Your Organisation Probably Has More Technology Than It Realises

Before buying another AI tool, it's worth asking what capability is already sitting unused inside the technology you already own.

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Part 7

14 August 2026

Twenty Years of 'That's How We Do It' Is Now an AI Problem

Every process carries years of accumulated decisions. Before AI speeds it up, it's worth asking why it works the way it does at all.

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Part 8

20 August 2026

Do You Actually Know How Your Organisation Works?

There's the organisation on the process map, and the one people actually experience every day. AI needs to know which one it's working with.

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Part 9

26 August 2026

An AI Readiness Assessment Should Leave You With More Questions, Not Fewer

A score can only tell you so much. The real value of a good assessment is the better questions it leaves you asking.

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Part 10

1 September 2026

Knowing What You Don't Know May Be Your Most Important AI Capability

Readiness isn't having every answer. It's knowing your gaps clearly enough to decide what to do about them.

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Series wrap-up

5 September 2026

What This Series Was Really About

Ten articles later, here's what they actually add up to, and why none of them needed to mention Suantraí until now.

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Research and perspective

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15 September 2026

AI is already in Australian law firms. Readiness isn't.

Australian lawyers are using AI faster than firms are building policies, training and foundations. What the 2026 research and regulators say.

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1 October 2026

Should AI readiness make your firm pause? The evidence says no.

If your firm isn't ready for AI, holding off feels prudent. The 2026 research suggests it hides AI use instead. Here's what to do instead.

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