Your team is already using AI. ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, whatever they found first. No meeting happened. No policy got written. It just started, and now you are managing something you never agreed to in the first place.

This episode lays out what has to be in place before that keeps going unchecked. Foundation First applies to AI the same way it applies to any new equipment on your floor. You do not run it until you know what it touches. That includes a real story about a signed contract that went into an AI tool completely unedited, client name, payment terms, and contract value all included, just to check a handful of clauses.

For small business owners, the fix is not a ban and it is not silence. It is a one-page rule your whole team can follow, starting this week.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

Your team already decided to use AI, withou ...