AI & Data Exchange 2026: Casey Mulligan on driving continual processes improvements
PushButton AI Team ·
AI & Data Exchange 2026: Casey Mulligan on driving continual processes improvements
The U.S. Small Business Administration isn't waiting for the perfect AI strategy. They started with meeting summaries.
That's worth sitting with for a moment.
If you bought an AI tool that nobody on
The U.S. Small Business Administration isn't waiting for the perfect AI strategy. They started with meeting summaries.
That's worth sitting with for a moment.
If you bought an AI tool that nobody on your team actually uses, you're not alone. Most of those failures trace back to the same mistake — trying to solve a big problem first instead of a boring, daily one.
Here's what the SBA figured out that most AI consultants won't tell you. The wins aren't dramatic. They're repetitive tasks your team does every single day — summarizing notes, drafting routine emails, pulling together weekly reports. That's where AI quietly earns its keep without disrupting anything that already works.
The pattern is consistent across 500+ projects I've seen. The businesses that get real ROI fast didn't overhaul their operations. They picked one tedious task that happens at least three times a week and let AI handle the first draft.
Start there. One task. This week. Measure the time saved after 30 days.
That single win will tell you more about where AI belongs in your business than any consultant pitch ever could.
What's one repetitive task your team does that you wish would just handle itself?
