Episode notes
AI isn't the threat your team thinks it is - but only if you lead it right. Patrick Somers shares hard-won lessons from integrating AI across his HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and healthcare businesses, covering why 95% of AI rollouts fail and what trades owners must do differently.
In this episode, we explore:
(00:00) Why AI will only eliminate you if you let it
(01:56) AI as a force multiplier - and the rabbit hole risk
(03:29) Why integrating AI into your team is a people challenge first
(05:53) How Patrick accidentally launched a second podcast on AI implementation
(08:27) The free self-assessment at takecontrolai.com and what it reveals about your team
(10:48) Getting a weekly AI text with full business and SEO data every Sunday
(12:24) The right messaging when AI starts answering your phones
(14:55) Building a parts-ordering super agent to fix a broken warehouse process
(16:30) Why you must reinvent the process before bolting AI onto it
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