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Practical AI for business
Where AI pays back, what it costs, and how to put it to work in your business.
For law firms
How to Build an AI Roadmap for a Law Firm in One Week
Map your biggest jobs, score every step for safety, capability and return, and put the work in order. How a law firm builds a 12-month AI plan in one week.
5 min read
An AI Readiness Assessment for a Law Firm: What It Checks and What You Get
What an AI readiness assessment checks in a law firm, the three scores it gives each process, and the written report and 90-day plan you keep.
5 min read
What a Law Firm Should Automate First, and What It Never Should
Automate the repetitive, high-volume, low-risk work first. Never hand AI witnessing, testamentary capacity, trust money, the compliance sign-off or the advice.
7 min read
AI and Client Confidentiality: A Straight Answer for Law Firms
Your client data is never shared or used to train AI models. How enterprise AI works for law firms, with offline, cloud and hybrid approaches explained.
6 min read
How Much Does AI Cost for Law Firms in Australia?
AI costs for Australian law firms: the numbers from one project, what drives the cost, how the investment is scoped, and the ROI lens that matters.
7 min read
Smokeball Email Filing Automation: How AI Saves Law Firms Hours Every Week
How one 20-person law firm automated 4,000-plus emails a month with AI and Smokeball, recovering $81,000 a month in productivity. Step by step.
7 min readFor every business
Shadow AI: The AI Already Running in Your Business
The AI running in your business that nobody approved. The three shapes it takes, why bans move it without removing it, where the Australian rules sit, and how to find yours in an afternoon.
8 min read
The 30-45 Rule: How to Find Your First AI Win
Find a task that takes 30 to 45 minutes most days, that you do not enjoy, that follows a pattern. That is where AI should start, and why.
6 min read
What Is the Admin Layer, and Why Is It Costing Your Business More Than You Think?
The admin layer is the necessary work around the work you charge for: filing, data entry, follow-ups, write-ups. Why it costs more than you think, and how to hand it to AI.
6 min readAlso useful.
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What does the Blue Seas AI blog cover?
Where AI pays back, what it costs, and how to put it to work in your business. Most articles are written for owners and managers of professional services firms on the Sunshine Coast, in Brisbane, across South East Queensland and Australia-wide, with named numbers where we have them.
Where should I start?
If your team is already using ChatGPT on work data, start with Shadow AI. For the first job to hand to AI, read The 30-45 Rule. For the full result of a build, read the Catton & Tondelstrand case study.
Who writes the articles?
Bart Puszko, founder of Blue Seas AI. Each article draws on client work and on how Blue Seas AI runs its own operations on AI.
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