PRACTICAL AI FOR BUSY BUSINESS OWNERS

Find where AI can save time or make money. Then put the best opportunity to work.

You do not need to become an AI expert to use it well. DSS helps non-technical owners turn AI ideas into measurable business value, one useful workflow at a time. The fixed-fee Assessment gives you a ranked prescription report on 3–7 workflows, not a strategy-theater deck. AI Concierge helps you implement the best opportunity and leaves behind the operating assets, controls, and evidence to keep it useful.

$999fixed-fee assessment
3-7ranked opportunities
90 daysinitial Concierge term
THE OFFER LADDER

Use the smallest engagement that can produce a real decision.

There are two public rungs. The Assessment creates the ranked prescription. Concierge implements one selected workflow; supporting knowledge-base, managed-agent, brand/content, and specialist capabilities are scoped only inside that work.

01 / AI TOOLS ASSESSMENT

Get the prescription

$999
Fixed fee | principal-led
  • Pre-work questionnaire
  • 45-minute discovery
  • Three to seven ranked opportunities
  • Tools, cost, risk, and implementation plan
  • Ranked prescription report plus 45-minute review
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WHY THE ASSESSMENT COMES FIRST

We do not begin by pitching tools. We begin with how work actually gets done.

Where does work pile up? What gets copied between systems? What waits for approval? What does the owner repeatedly fix? The assessment turns those operating facts into a ranked prescription.

01
Map the friction

We look for repeated work, slow handoffs, information gaps, and decisions that depend on scattered context.

02
Score value against effort

Opportunities are ranked by outcome, frequency, risk, required access, implementation burden, and time to proof.

03
Prescribe the path

You get the recommended tools, cost assumptions, controls, implementation sequence, and the best first move.

04
Choose the delivery route

Implement it internally or use Concierge to deliver the selected workflow and any required supporting capability.

YOUR ASSESSMENT DELIVERABLE

Enough detail to make the next move without guessing.

Executive summary

The business outcome, current constraint, and recommended priority in plain language.

Opportunity map

Three to seven workflows ranked by value, effort, risk, and readiness.

Tool and cost prescription

Recommended products, integration assumptions, expected operating cost, and alternatives.

Implementation sequence

A practical first-week plan, dependencies, owners, access needs, and approval points.

ROI assumptions

Time, throughput, revenue, quality, or risk-reduction assumptions you can validate.

Next-step options

DIY path or the Concierge path, with no forced upsell and no strategy-theater deck.

THE AI CONCIERGE

Two focused calls. One active workflow. A build ledger that shows what changed.

The required intake lets us choose the right first-call track before the calendar starts. We name the workflow as an operating result the team can see, such as faster response, fewer manual handoffs, cleaner triage, or a repeatable report. Then we either establish the AI foundation or go directly into that workflow. Every implementation cycle uses Audit, Optimize, Automate: observe the real process, remove unnecessary work, then automate the smallest stable remainder.

Between calls, you have an asynchronous support lane with a one-business-day target. Instead of making you live in another dashboard, we can deliver a concise action brief through your normal working channel: the next one to three useful actions, why they matter, and what needs your decision. Your client hub remains the system of record for recordings, decisions, actions, and the build ledger: every context file, reusable skill, SOP, workflow, and automation created, its adoption status, the comparable before-and-after evidence, and the next move.

$1,800 per monthInitial 90 days | two 45-minute calls monthly | one active workflow lane
Talk with Scott — 20 min
01
Mandatory intake before the call

Outcome, friction, current tools, files, access constraints, risk, and the decision to make.

02
Choose the first-call track

Establish the AI workspace when the foundation is missing, or go directly into the first workflow when the client is ready. Either way, leave the session with something useful.

03
Audit, Optimize, Automate

Watch the work, remove unnecessary steps, build the smallest useful aid, assign the human review point, and test it in real use.

04
Every call leaves receipts and a clear next move

Update the call log, action items, delivered skills, build ledger, comparable value evidence, operator relief, and open risks. Then surface the next one to three useful actions in a concise brief instead of asking the client to inspect another dashboard.

WHEN THE CONCIERGE REVEALS A BIGGER OPPORTUNITY

Expand only after the first workflow earns it.

Process Redesign

Map the current workflow, remove unnecessary steps, and define a simpler future state. If that solves the problem, we stop before automation.

Business Knowledge Base

When the selected workflow requires it, organize approved context into a governed, client-owned source of truth inside Concierge.

Workflow Automation

Connected systems that move information, prepare work, trigger follow-up, and keep humans at the right approval points.

Managed AI Agents

When the selected workflow earns it, configure a defined agent with approved tools, access boundaries, human review, and reliability monitoring inside Concierge.

CONTROL IS PART OF THE ARCHITECTURE

Useful AI without pretending risk does not exist.

PII and model gate

Sensitive information is classified and minimized before any public-model route is considered.

Least privilege

Tools and agents receive only the access required for the approved job.

Human approval

Publishing, outreach, financial actions, and other consequential steps stay behind explicit review.

Decision ledger

The client hub records what changed, why it changed, who approved it, and what evidence supports the next move.

COMMON QUESTIONS

What the program is, and what it is not.

Is the AI Concierge unlimited custom development?

No. The program keeps one active workflow lane so progress stays concrete. Supporting capabilities are included only when they fit that selected Concierge workflow.

Do we have to use a specific AI model?

No. Tool and model choices follow the use case, sensitivity, integration needs, and economics. Local models and approved external routes can work together.

What happens in the first month?

We complete intake, establish the working environment, select the first workflow, ship an initial useful version, and create the client hub and evidence baseline.

Can our team implement the assessment without the Concierge?

Yes. The assessment is designed to stand on its own. The Concierge is available when you want principal-led implementation and an ongoing improvement rhythm.

Does every client need a Business Knowledge Base first?

No. If the required context is already organized and the first workflow is narrow, DSS may recommend moving directly into Concierge implementation. The knowledge-base build is used when scattered or untrusted context is the real constraint.

Do you automate the workflow immediately?

No. We map the current process and remove unnecessary steps first. Sometimes the right deliverable is a simpler process with clear ownership. Automation is proposed only when the improved workflow is stable, valuable, and safe to operate.

Can we work by voice?

When it helps, yes. Voice can capture notes, start a draft, create a durable summary, or coordinate separately visible tasks. Decisions, approvals, and consequential actions still land in the client hub and remain under human control.

Do we need to monitor another dashboard?

No. The client hub remains the durable record, but routine delivery can meet you in your normal working channel with a concise brief of the next one to three useful actions, the supporting reason, and any decision required from you.

START WITH THE PRESCRIPTION

Find the AI work that is worth doing.

The $999 AI Tools Assessment gives you a ranked opportunity map, implementation plan, and a clear decision about what comes next.

Client work since 2023. Principal-led Assessment and Concierge. First-touch: Scott.