A 30-day playbook / Arthur Kushner

Run AI
Like a
Business

Save time, recover revenue, and keep humans in control. A clear-eyed guide to making AI useful in the work your business already does.

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Book cover for Run AI Like a Business by Arthur Kushner

01 / The book

The premise

AI is a workflow question, not a software question.

The useful work starts before the tool. This book gives owners and operators a way to decide what deserves leverage, what needs a person, and what to test next.

01

Start with the work

Find the repetitive, judgment-heavy moments where a little leverage changes the week.

02

Design the handoff

Make the human checkpoint explicit. A system people can question is a system they can trust.

03

Measure the result

Score the workflow before you scale it. Better output is useful; better work is the point.

04

Keep learning

Treat implementation as a practice, with small experiments and room to change your mind.

Inside the book

A calmer way to adopt powerful tools.

No futurism. No transformation theater. Just a practical approach for people who want to know what AI can do for their business — and what it should never do alone.

A map of high-value workflows
The human checkpoint playbook
Scoring what is ready for AI
A practical 30-day starting plan

A useful next step

Score one workflow before you read another think piece.

The companion worksheet helps you decide where human-in-the-loop AI can earn its keep — in under 20 minutes, with the team you already have.

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Portrait of Arthur Kushner, CFO, former CEO, and CPA

About the author

The numbers have to be right the first time.

Arthur Kushner is a CFO, former CEO, and CPA who has built financial and operating systems where the numbers have to be right the first time. In Run AI Like a Business, he brings that same practical discipline to the way small teams use AI.

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Questions, answered

Start with the useful questions.

What is Run AI Like a Business?

It is a practical 30-day playbook for small-business owners and operators who want to use AI in real workflows while keeping human judgment in control.

Who is the book for?

Small-business owners, operators and small teams who want to use AI in the work their business already does while keeping human judgment in control.

What does the 30-day playbook cover?

A map of high-value workflows, the human checkpoint playbook, scoring what is ready for AI, and a practical 30-day starting plan, built around: start with the work, design the handoff, measure the result, keep learning.

Who is Arthur Kushner?

Arthur Kushner is a CFO, former CEO, and CPA who has built financial and operating systems where the numbers have to be right the first time. He is based in Miami.

What is the free companion worksheet?

The free workflow scoring worksheet helps you evaluate one process for value, readiness, and the human judgment it still needs before you automate it. It includes a printable PDF plus editable XLSX and takes under 20 minutes. Get it by entering your name and email on the worksheet page.

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Practical systems, useful AI, and the judgment to know the difference.

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