Strategy & consulting
Identify a specific business problem, the information it needs and how to measure an improvement.
Chicago & the suburbs
AI consulting for Chicago. Built around your business.
AI consulting and business automation for Chicago small businesses. We help you choose the right project, build around your existing tools, and support the team using it.
Headquartered at Ferris, 1 W Monroe Street, Chicago, IL.
Start with the operation
Give people time back. Make follow-through easier.
Bring us one process that takes too much attention: reviewing requests, chasing missing details, preparing customer work or keeping commitments visible. We map what happens today and agree on a useful first improvement.
Custom systems & integrations
Build a workflow, AI agent, internal tool or connection that fits the systems you already rely on.
Managed execution
Agree on the sales, service, content or administrative work we will operate with your team.
Training & improvement
Document responsibilities, teach the workflow and review performance against your starting point.
From a problem to a working pilot
Give the first project a clear finish line.
Choose a process that happens often enough to evaluate and has someone ready to own it. A useful starting point is a recurring handoff that loses details between people or tools, such as a quote request becoming scheduled work.
- Bring a real example
- Show how a recent request moved through your team, where someone had to chase information and which system holds the final record. For a business serving multiple Chicago locations or suburbs, include travel, delivery windows and site access when they affect the decision.
- Agree on the deliverable
- Define the workflow, the tools it touches, the decisions your team retains and the result you need to see. Include training, a written operating guide and who handles exceptions in the project scope.
- Compare the actual work
- Record a starting measure such as time to prepare a quote or the number of handoffs missing details. Review the pilot against the same measure and inspect the records behind it before deciding what to expand.
- Account for ongoing costs
- Separate implementation from hosting, model usage, connected software and ongoing support. The quote should make responsibilities and recurring costs clear, including what happens when a connected tool is unavailable.
Useful first projects
Choose a workflow your team recognizes.
These are illustrative starting points. Each industry guide explains the decisions, setup and result to check, including the integrations that need separate development.
Catering inquiries
Capture guest count, delivery needs and dietary requirements, then give the quote review an owner.
Explore the workflowProperty engagements
Keep owner inquiries and property context together, then assign the agreed onboarding work.
Explore the workflowProfessional follow-up
Prepare for client conversations and make agreed commitments visible to the people responsible.
Explore the workflowRecurring field work
Review cleaning scope and site access before handing a recurring engagement to operations.
Explore the workflowWhen a shared workspace helps
Connect the context behind the work.
Command Center brings contacts, pipeline, tasks and reviewed plugin actions together. It is one option for your business. A focused workflow or training project may be the better first step.
Planning your first project
Do you work with businesses outside downtown?
Yes. We work with small businesses across Chicago and the suburbs. Tell us where your team operates and what the work requires so we can agree on a practical delivery arrangement.
What should we bring to the first conversation?
A recent example of the process, the tools involved, the person responsible and what happens when it goes wrong. Remove sensitive customer information from examples shared before access is agreed.
How do you scope cost and success?
We agree on the workflow, integrations, permissions, implementation and ongoing responsibilities before setting scope. Establish a starting measure such as response time or incomplete handoffs, then compare actual results after a pilot.
Will AI act without our review?
Decisions and permissions depend on the workflow. The platform recipes preserve the approval required by each action policy. Custom work needs explicit boundaries, failure handling and a way to verify completion.
Downtown Chicago headquarters
Ferris1 W Monroe Street, Chicago, IL