Your Business Is Probably More AI-Ready Than You Think
“Most of the time, the hardest part isn’t the technology—it’s recognizing that you're already halfway there.”
If you're like a lot of business leaders I talk to, you’ve probably heard a lot about AI lately. Some of it sounds promising. Some of it sounds completely disconnected from reality.
You might have even thought: That’s great for big tech. We’re not there yet.
Here’s what I want you to hear clearly:
You’re probably closer than you think.
And the reasons might surprise you.
What Readiness Looks Like (Spoiler: It’s Not Fancy)
Most people assume AI readiness means having massive datasets, in-house engineers, and a fancy chatbot with its own name. But that’s not what actually unlocks value—especially in small and mid-sized businesses.
What really makes a business AI-ready?
- You have structured workflows. Even messy ones.
- You do repetitive tasks that follow patterns.
- You’ve got documents, emails, forms—some digital, some not.
- Your team knows what "good" looks like, even if it's never been written down.
That’s the scaffolding AI needs.
Not perfection—just clarity and consistency.
Let’s Make This Real
When I first started thinking seriously about how to grow Coexius, I hit the same wall a lot of business owners face: the blank page.
I knew what I wanted to do. I knew how I helped clients. But when it came time to write the documentation—business plan, service descriptions, marketing copy—it felt overwhelming. Not because I lacked clarity, but because turning clarity into clear, structured writing takes time I didn’t have.
That’s when I started using ChatGPT—not to replace my voice, but to help me shape it.
I gave it context: outlines, bullet points, goals. I asked it to draft based on my own writing. I edited aggressively, sometimes rewriting entire sections. But the act of co-writing with AI gave me momentum.
It didn’t take away the thinking. It took away the paralysis.
And that’s the point.
Being AI-ready isn’t about automating genius. It’s about giving yourself the tools to get unstuck—and move forward.
What You Might Already Have
Here are a few green flags you probably aren’t giving yourself credit for:
- Process knowledge lives in your team. And that can be used to train prompts, shape logic, and define what “done” looks like.
- You use spreadsheets to manage steps. That’s structure.
- You’ve documented something—anything. That’s training data.
- Your ops team repeats tasks every week. That’s prime automation territory.
AI doesn’t need to replace anything. It just needs a foothold.
Where You Could Start (Without Rebuilding Everything)
You don’t need a moonshot project to get value. You just need a meaningful starting point. For example:
- Use ChatGPT to help write internal documentation based on existing templates.
- Feed your meeting transcripts into a summarization tool and see what insights it surfaces.
- Build a basic workflow with Zapier or AppSmith to handle a repetitive internal task.
You’re not adopting AI for its own sake. You’re testing whether it helps—and how.
You Don’t Need to Be Perfect. Just Willing.
Readiness isn’t about hitting some mythical bar. It’s about being willing to experiment. To trust your team’s knowledge. To test things in low-stakes ways and learn as you go.
You’re already solving real problems.
You’re already doing the work.
And chances are, AI can help you do it better—not replace you, not overwhelm you—just help.
And if you’re not sure where to start or how to scale? That’s exactly what we help with at Coexius.
Let’s talk about what your team already has—and what’s possible from there.