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Field Guides
AI guides for small business
Calm, candid, sourced guides for getting AI right — filtered to your industry, size, and the question you're actually asking. Every one is verified by a named human.
12 guides
industryField guideVerifiedAI for Cafés, Restaurants & Hotels
For independent cafés, restaurants and small hotels: where AI genuinely helps with menus, rotas, bookings and events — and the one legal duty it must never be trusted with unverified: the allergen matrix. Plain English, no hype, no affiliate links.
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industryField guideVerifiedAI for Schools & Teachers
For UK teachers and school staff: where AI genuinely helps with lesson planning, differentiation, marking and reports — and the one line it must never cross: a child's identifiable data in a public chatbot. Plain English, no hype, no affiliate links.
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industryField guideVerifiedAI for Shops & Online Sellers
For independent shops and Etsy, Shopify or eBay sellers: where AI genuinely helps with listings, customer questions, stock and social — and the one thing it must never be trusted with: inventing a claim about your own product. Plain English, no hype, no affiliate links.
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AI You Can Prove — the vocabotics capability brochure
The company capability brochure, cut from the ratified dashboard: four capabilities each carrying its own dated, measured proof number, trust certified at three layers, safety by construction, fifteen years of rail heritage — and exactly how to verify every claim yourself.
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The Beginner's Guide to Gemini
What Google's Gemini is, what it's genuinely good and less good at — living inside Gmail and Docs, checking its own answers, reading photos and huge documents — and how to start well, with the honest limits and privacy basics included. No hype, no affiliate links.
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ComplianceField guideVerifiedAdding AI without breaking your ISO 9001 audit
A calm, practical field guide for quality managers: how to adopt AI in a certified quality system without touching your audit trail — or your certification. Now the free companion to the full 'Quality-Safe AI for ISO 9001' ebook.
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industryField guideVerifiedAI for Accountants
A calm, practical guide for an accounting practice: where AI genuinely speeds the drafting, summarising and research — and the bright lines it must never cross (the filing, the sign-off, and any figure you haven't checked). Plain English, honest limits, cited sources.
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industryField guideVerifiedAI for Farmers
A calm, practical guide for a working farm: where AI genuinely helps with records, admin, weather and planning — and the honest risks and the places a human has to stay. Plain English, no hype, no affiliate links.
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industryField guideVerifiedAI for the Trades
For plumbers, electricians and builders: where AI genuinely helps with quotes, admin, scheduling and marketing — the honest limits, and what you must never trust it with on a job. Plain English, no hype, no affiliate links.
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getting-startedField guideVerifiedThe Beginner's Guide to AI Agents
What an AI 'agent' really is — and isn't — what's reliable today versus hype, and the stop-button mindset that keeps you safe. Plain English, honestly tiered, no affiliate links.
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getting-startedField guideVerifiedThe Beginner's Guide to ChatGPT
What ChatGPT is, what it's good and bad at, how to start, and how to talk to it well — with the honest limits and privacy basics included. No hype, no affiliate links.
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getting-startedField guideVerifiedThe Beginner's Guide to Claude
What Claude is, what it's genuinely good and bad at, and how to start using it well — in plain English, with the honest limits included. No hype, no affiliate links.
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