AI Audit · Fractional CIO · Coaching & Training

Practical AI help for small and mid‑size businesses

Q: How do training, a Fractional CIO, and the AI Audit differ?

Training: Hands-on sessions on the four fundamental pillars of AI, regardless of which AI tools your team is using. Training on tool-agnostic fundamentals your people can keep. Fractional CIO: Ongoing capacity once you know what to fix. Named workflows, a steady cadence, and your people still make the calls. AI Audit: Start with a diagnosis. For $999, get a written report with 4 to 7 prioritized fixes and a quick-wins plan, with no obligation to implement.

Mike Kanning is a Fractional CIO & Tech Coach working remotely with US owners and senior leaders at owner-operated companies. He looks at the problem first and uses off-the-shelf software before any custom build. Choose a $999 AI Audit, a Fractional CIO retainer, or coaching and training for your leadership team.

Three ways we can work together. You choose the right fit.

Select the service below for full details.

Leadership team training

Hands-on sessions on the four fundamental pillars of AI, regardless of which AI tools your team is using.

Frame It: decide the judgment before the prompt
Feed It: supply the context no prompt can capture
Grade It: set what "good" looks like up front
Push It: refine on purpose, not the first answer

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One-time AI Audit

A working session that finds where the week leaks time, then puts off-the-shelf fixes on that bottleneck.

Required prep survey, about 10 to 15 minutes
45-minute audit conversation on a real process
Written report, 4 to 7 recommendations
30-minute review call within a week. No strings attached.

$999

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Fractional CIO retainer

Technology leadership after the map is clear. Capacity on named workflows, on a cadence that fits how you operate.

Ongoing judgment without hiring a full-time CIO
Monthly value for the relationship
Fit: established operations, including high-mix shops

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The hidden tax on the week

A $100/hour leader doing thankless mundane work which should be automated.

YOU'RE THE BOTTLENECK.

How many wasted hours can you reclaim?

Where do the hours go?

How many hours do you personally burn on each category below?

Inbox Chaos Overwhelmed FIFO takes hold, no triage, poor priority.

Death by Meeting Decisions not fulfilled, no notes, no next step.

Manual Monotony Hand-To-Hand spreadsheet combat, weekly copy-paste grind.

Hours you can reclaim

4 hours / week

Move the sliders to match your week.

What is your time worth?

Typical AI tool subscription cost is $80 per month

Your time $/hr AI Tool Subscription $/mo

Monthly leak at $100/hr $2,167

AI Tools / month $80

Hidden tax / month $2,087

Hidden tax / year $25,040

Annual ROI on a $999 AI Audit25.1×

52-week year. Monthly leak = weekly hours × 52 ÷ 12 × your rate. Hidden tax = that leak minus a fixed monthly AI Tools cost.

Hypothetical — we use your numbers in the Audit.

Get Your Custom AI Roadmap.

Find the bottlenecks before you pick any tools.

Not sure where AI would help? Start with a required prep survey of about 10 to 15 minutes and a 45-minute audit conversation. From it, we build a written report for your operation and walk you through it in a 30-minute review call within a week. The price is $999, with no obligation to implement. The roadmap is yours to use however you choose.

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Which option is right for your business?

How do training, a Fractional CIO, and the AI Audit differ?

Training

Hands-on sessions on the four fundamental pillars of AI, regardless of which AI tools your team is using. Training on tool-agnostic fundamentals your people can keep.

Training →

Fractional CIO

Ongoing capacity once you know what to fix. Named workflows, a steady cadence, and your people still make the calls.

Fractional CIO →

AI Audit

Start with a diagnosis. For $999, get a written report with 4 to 7 prioritized fixes and a quick-wins plan, with no obligation to implement.

AI Audit →

Mike Kanning · Fractional CIO & Tech Coach · 30+ years in technology
TechCoach.ai · US remote

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