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"Start small with AI" sounds obvious. But nobody tells you what small actually looks like in a real practice. An optometrist speaking at AOA 2026 shared something that stuck with me. She didn't talk
"Start small with AI" sounds obvious. But nobody tells you what small actually looks like in a real practice.
An optometrist speaking at AOA 2026 shared something that stuck with me. She didn't talk about transforming her practice overnight. She talked about picking one friction point — one repetitive task her team hated — and testing AI there first.
That's it. One problem. One tool. One outcome to measure.
Most business owners I talk to bought an AI subscription hoping it would "just work." It didn't. The team ignored it. The $200/month quietly disappeared. That's not a failure of intelligence — that's what happens when there's no specific problem attached to the tool.
The insight here is simple. AI doesn't need a strategy document or a six-figure rollout. It needs a job description. What is the one task in your business that eats time, repeats daily, and produces no joy for anyone doing it?
Start there. Assign AI that one job. Measure the time saved after 30 days.
That single win does more for your confidence — and your team's buy-in — than any consultant pitch ever will.
What's the one task in your business you'd eliminate tomorrow if you could?
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Jessilin Quint, OD, MBA, FAAO, said that integrating AI into your practice can start small.
