AI Without the Drama: Practical Workflows Small Businesses Can Use Today with Charly Leetham

31/12/2025 31 min
AI Without the Drama: Practical Workflows Small Businesses Can Use Today with Charly Leetham

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Episode Synopsis

In this grounded, no-hype conversation, Charly Leetham joins Sana to talk about “AI without the drama”—what actually helps small business owners, and what’s just noise. With 40+ years across multiple tech shifts, Charly’s first advice is simple: breathe. Feeling behind is normal because most AI content is marketing designed to sell tools, not solve your problems. Charly explains why people still do business with people, and why fully replacing human connection with AI avatars can hurt trust. She shares practical, low-risk ways to use AI for productivity—like turning podcast transcripts into key points, timestamps, show descriptions, and social posts—while emphasizing that AI still needs human review because it can be confidently wrong. The discussion covers prompt “playbooks” (saving instructions so repeat tasks take minutes), using AI to troubleshoot documents/spreadsheets faster, and a realistic rollout plan: start with one small, minimum-viable workflow, then iterate. Finally, Charly draws clear lines around privacy: don’t feed public chatbots personal or client-sensitive data, and remember that “free” tools may use your inputs for training. The result: calm, practical AI adoption that supports real work.
 
About the Guest  :
Charly Leetham is a long-time digital services business owner and tech problem-solver with 40+ years in the field. She supports small businesses with websites, hosting, email, branding, and IT troubleshooting, and hosts “Rise and Shine: Your Business Tech Boost.” Based in Australia, Charly focuses on making systems boring—in the best way—reliable, repeatable, and effective.
 
Key Takeaways:  


Don’t panic—everyone feels behind because the AI space is noisy and sales-driven.


Use AI where it saves time (summaries, drafts, categorization), not to replace human connection.


AI can be wrong confidently; human judgment and intent still matter.


Build “prompt playbooks” so repeat tasks become fast and consistent.


Start tiny (minimum viable workflow), then iterate over time.


Protect privacy: avoid putting personal/client data into public AI tools; “free” often means you’re the product.


 
How Listeners Can Connect With The Guest  


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LinkedIn


YouTube


https://askcharlyleetham.com/


 
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