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Is your team already using AI tools like ChatGPT at work?

In many organizations the answer is yes — often without leadership realizing it yet.

Next week we’re joining the Comox Valley Chamber of Commerce for their Bites & Insights breakfast to talk about what we’re seeing across local organizations as AI starts showing up in everyday work.

📅 Thursday, March 19
⏰ 7:30 – 9:00 AM
📍 Chamber Business Hub, Downtown Courtenay

Our session:
Beyond the Hype — Why AI Pilots Fail (and How to Get It Right)

We’ll cover:

• where AI is already improving productivity
• the risks organizations aren’t thinking about yet
• why many AI experiments stall
• how businesses can move from experimentation to real results

If you're a Comox Valley business owner or leader trying to understand where AI fits in your organization, this session will be a practical conversation.

Hope to see some familiar faces there.

👉 Event details & registration:
https://comoxvalleychamber.glueup.com/event/2026-bites-insights-ai-integration-with-alpha-it-173523/

AI won’t fix a broken workflow.
It will just expose it faster.

Tonight, we’re speaking at the Canadian Home Builders Association event about how AI is actually showing up inside construction firms.

Here’s what we’re seeing across Vancouver Island:
🔹Estimators buried in specs and bid documents
🔹PMs losing time to meeting notes and follow-ups
🔹Knowledge trapped in inboxes and shared drives
🔹Microsoft 365 fully deployed… but barely leveraged

Most firms don’t need an AI transformation plan.
They need structure.
They need clarity.
They need one contained pilot that proves value.

The real risk isn’t “AI taking jobs.”
The real risk is turning it on without clean permissions, organized data, or a clear use case.

AI works best when it’s practical.
Inside your existing Microsoft 365 environment.
Focused on one workflow.
Built safely.

If you’re at CHBA tonight, we can't wait to see you!

Most cyber incidents we help Island organizations recover from start the same way — one rushed click on an email that looked legitimate.

So here’s the simplest advice we give: slow down before you click.

Taking three extra seconds to check the sender, hover over links, or ask “Was I expecting this?” prevents more breaches than most tools ever will.

A quick pause is one of the cheapest, most effective defenses your organization has.

Not sure if something’s safe? Forward it to us, we’re always happy to take a look.