Six thousand CEOs were just surveyed, and 90% of them said AI has had zero impact on productivity. I'll tell you right now, Claude has changed my life and changed my business. Here's why owners are winning the AI race while corporations slow-walk it.

Today on Businessing, I'm back from three days off feeling like I've been shot out of a cannon. I went to the Claude Small Business meetup in Chicago, survived standing on stage in front of a hundred Claude users, and came home convinced that small business owners are getting the AI benefit faster than anybody. We also tackle a tough Idea Slam question: your biggest client is shopping around for your replacement while you're still working together. Do you confront them? No. You replace them first. And as always, we cover the news you need to sound like the most informed person in the room.

In this episode:

00:00 — Welcome and three-step Monday kickoff

06:00 — Positivity, gratitude, and the distraction of the day

14:00 — News: Musk vs OpenAI, the fighter plane crash, and your brain on exercise

24:00 — Money Masters Bookkeeping with Barbara Fausett

27:00 — Why 90% of CEOs say AI isn't working (and why they're wrong)

33:00 — My weekend with Claude in Chicago

42:00 — G2 Insurance with Tom

45:00 — Idea Slam: my biggest client is shopping for my replacement

50:00 — What's happening inside the SBOC right now

53:00 — Tomorrow's show: Tanya Murphy and our first live Idea Slam in a long time

Resources mentioned:

- Money Masters Bookkeeping (Barbara Fausett): https://moneymasters4biz.com

- G2 Insurance (Tom): https://g2insuranceservices.com or 262-784-0644

- Claude for Small Business: search "Small Business" in the Claude Plugins menu

- The Solow paradox (the productivity puzzle that's back in the news)

- Goldman Sachs cut its US productivity growth forecast from 2.5% to 1.8%

- Get your business on the national map: https://live.smallbusinesscommunity.com

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