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That $200/month AI tool collecting dust isn't a you problem. It's a rollout problem. Most business owners I talk to aren't bad at tech. They were just handed a tool with no clear answer to one simple

That $200/month AI tool collecting dust isn't a you problem. It's a rollout problem.

Most business owners I talk to aren't bad at tech. They were just handed a tool with no clear answer to one simple question: which specific problem does this solve for my team, today?

The Fox Cities Chamber just announced their 2026 AI Business Summit lineup, and one session title stopped me cold: "From Personal Use to Business Value." That gap — personal tinkering versus actual business results — is exactly where most small business AI investments go to die.

The second session that caught my eye was called "Making It Stick." Because adoption is the real problem. Not the technology. Your team won't use what they don't trust, and they won't trust what wasn't built around their actual workflow.

Here's the one thing you can do this week:

Pick your single most repetitive, time-consuming task. Not a whole department. One task. Ask whether AI could handle just that. That's your starting point. That's where ROI shows up in 30 days or less — without touching anything that already works.

Start small. Win fast. Build from there.

What's the AI tool you bought that your team quietly stopped using — and what do you think went wrong?

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Breakout #3. AI for Small Business: From Personal Use to Business Value – John Muraski (UW Oshkosh); Making It Stick: A Case Study in Driving Tech ...