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Practical writing on using AI in a small business. What works, what wastes your time, and how to build the difference. The week-by-week build is where these get made.
Lifestyle tips
- 11 August 20268 min readorganisation
Does AI get your to-do list done, or only reorganise it?
AI is brilliant at reordering your to-do list and getting better at doing the admin for you. A tidier list is still a list you ignore.
- 11 August 20266 min readintro
Does AI improve your life, or only your admin?
AI will not fix your life, but it clears the admin around it and hands back the hour. The rule that keeps it honest. Outsource the admin, never the thinking.
- 11 August 20267 min readsleep
Does AI help you sleep better?
AI does little for bad sleep. Most late-night sleep problems are behavioural. The fixes are free: morning light, a fixed wake time and phone friction.
AI and property
- 12 August 202613 min readproperty
Copilot, ChatGPT or Claude for a property firm: which one to buy
For a property firm on Microsoft 365, start with Copilot. I use Claude every day for the harder drafting. ChatGPT is the other strong general option.
- 12 August 20267 min readproperty
How to automate arrears chasing in property without getting it wrong
Automate the reminders, record-keeping and drafting in arrears chasing. Keep a human on tone, escalation and anything heading towards legal action.
- 12 August 20267 min readproperty
AI readiness for property firms: the checklist before you spend anything
AI readiness in a property firm is mostly dull housekeeping. Tidy permissions, a named owner, a written policy and one job worth automating.
- 12 August 20267 min readproperty
AI for valuation reports: assistive only, and why that line matters
AI helps with the gathering, drafting and checking around a valuation report. The figure and sign-off stay with the valuer, who carries the liability.
- 12 August 20267 min readproperty
AI for lease management: what it handles, and what still needs a human
AI reads leases fast and turns them into structured data. It does not manage the lease. The dates it extracts still need checking.
- 12 August 20266 min readproperty
AI for estate agents: where it earns its place, and where it wastes money
AI helps estate and letting agents with listing copy, enquiry replies and landlord updates. It will not win instructions or carry your compliance.