Design Spore

AI Strategy · Automation · Engineering

Your competitors are figuring out AI. Let's make sure you're ahead of them.

Plain-language AI strategy, automation, and engineering — for businesses that want AI doing real work, not just answering questions.

$400/hr · Based in Clearwater, BC · Working remotely with clients everywhere

The situation

Most businesses use 10% of what AI can do. The other 90% is where the advantage is.

Nearly every business "uses AI" now — usually a chat window and a few prompts. Very few have engineered it into how the business actually operates: lead handling, follow-up, reporting, quoting, support, internal tools. That's the gap between a novelty and a structural advantage.

I work at both altitudes. Strategy: where AI actually fits your business, what to build first, what to ignore. Engineering: building the systems themselves — AI phone agents, automated pipelines, custom dashboards, internal tools that run without anyone prompting them.

And the part nobody puts on a slide: getting real results from AI comes down to a hundred small things — habits, phrasings, tool choices, judgment calls — that only come from using it every day for years. I've done the trial and error already. You get the shortcut.

The question isn't whether AI will affect your business. It's whether you're the one using it or the one getting outcompeted by someone who is.

What we actually fix

The problems that cost you money every single week.

You have AI curiosity, not an AI strategy

Experiments are happening all over your business, but none of them connect to revenue, cost, or a plan. Strategy means deciding where AI creates leverage for you specifically — and in what order.

You're using AI like a chat window, not a system

Copy-pasting into a chatbot is the shallow end. The real gains come from engineered workflows that run on their own — no one prompting, nothing forgotten, every time.

Manual work is your biggest hidden expense

Follow-ups, data entry, reporting, scheduling, quoting — hours of repeatable process that software should be doing. Every week it stays manual, it costs you again.

Opportunities slip while you're busy

Slow responses and dropped follow-ups quietly lose deals that were yours to win. Automated systems respond in seconds and never let a thread go cold.

How to work together

Three simple entry points.

All engagements billed at $400/hr. Packages below are flat-rate for convenience.

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$8002 hours

Automation Audit

An exploratory deep-dive into how your business runs day to day. We map out where you're losing time, which of it AI can take over today, and what's actually worth doing first — in plain language.

Deliverable

Written recommendations + 90-day action roadmap

$1,6004 hours on-site or remote

Half-Day Workshop

Hands-on session for you and your team. Live demonstrations of the tools your industry is already using, plus a clear map of your top 3 opportunities — with implementation steps.

Deliverable

Workshop summary + team implementation guide

$1,200/moOngoing

Monthly Advisory

A standing monthly call plus async support between sessions. Ideal for owners who are actively implementing AI and want a plain-language resource to lean on as they go.

Deliverable

Monthly strategy call + email/Slack access

Who this is for

Teams ready to move from experimenting to engineering.

You don't need another AI demo. You need someone who can look at how your business runs, design the systems that remove the busywork, and build them — or hand you a plan your team can execute.

Founders & executives who want a real AI roadmap, not hype
Operations-heavy businesses drowning in manual process
Professional services (legal, accounting, consulting)
Agencies & studios productizing their delivery
E-commerce & SaaS teams automating ops and support
Real estate, property & asset management
Tourism, hospitality & service businesses
Owner-operated businesses ready to scale without hiring

Working in local or provincial government?

Municipal, regional, and Indigenous governments have specific needs around AI policy, staff training, and procurement. There's a dedicated page for that.

Government Consulting

Ready to start?

Start with 30 minutes. No commitment.

A free call is the fastest way to find out if this is useful for your specific situation. If it's not a fit, I'll tell you.

Based in Clearwater, BC. Available in person across BC's interior and remotely worldwide.