AI Chats: Demystifying AI for Small Business
Artificial intelligence is changing how businesses market, communicate, create content, serve customers, and improve productivity. Many business owners feel overwhelmed, unsure where to start, or hesitant to ask questions.
The AI Peer Circle is a facilitated learning community for entrepreneurs, business owners, service providers, and professionals who want to explore AI together in a practical, judgment-free environment. This is not a traditional workshop, it’s not a sales event and it is in person.
We will learn through discussion, peer experiences, live demonstrations, and hands-on activities based on real business challenges. Every session has a focus on practical application, collaborative problem-solving, and peer-to-peer knowledge sharing.
The goal is to learn new AI skills, tools resources, make business connections and increase your confidence in AI.
We start with a series of 3, however, the intent is to continue exploring emerging AI tools, best practices, case studies, and business opportunities.
Demystifying AI for Small Business
Many business owners hear about AI every day but aren’t sure what it actually means for their business.This first session cuts through the hype and focuses on practical understanding.
Together We Will Explore:
- What AI is (and isn’t)
- Generative AI versus predictive AI explained in plain language
- Practical ways small businesses are already using AI
- Common myths and misconceptions
- Where AI can save time and improve productivity
- The Human-in-the-Loop principle: keeping people in control
Peer Circle Discussion:
- How are participants currently using AI?
- What excites them?
- What concerns them?
- What repetitive tasks consume the most time in their business?
Action Outcome: Each participant identifies 2–3 business tasks where AI could potentially create value.
About the Presenter:
Pushparaj is a Global Learning Strategist and AI Governance Consultant with two decades of experience spearheading global IT training, development, and knowledge management platforms. His professional journey includes leadership tenures at CMC, Hewlett-Packard, Agilent, Cisco Systems, HCL Technologies, and Identity Digital. He is currently the founder of Advisia, an AI consulting firm, where he serves as an AI Governance Consultant.
His long-standing passion for emerging learning technologies — spanning AI, Blockchain, and Immersive Learning — has increasingly turned toward meeting the needs of the fast-evolving AI industry, where he now focuses on building responsible AI development and governance practices that help organizations innovate with confidence and accountability.
Beyond his corporate leadership, Pushparaj is deeply committed to community service, having previously served as President of SVDP, a Catholic charitable organization. Building on that leadership experience, he founded and currently manages “The Enablers,” a non-profit dedicated to advancing poverty alleviation and education initiatives.