A clear place
to start with AI.
Practical guidance, digital toolkits and tailored support for individuals and small businesses. Find your first useful step, then build on what works.
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Our purpose
We help individuals and small business teams get started with AI and build the confidence to use it well in everyday work.
Start where you are
What would you like AI to help you with?
You can begin with a free example below. Just follow a guide at your own pace, or talk through the next step with us.
For individuals
Build your own
confidence.
Understand the basics, ask clearer questions and try something useful for your day-to-day work.
For small businesses
Make AI useful
in your business.
Find a sensible first task, develop repeatable routines and help your team use AI with care.
Start with something free
See what a clearer
brief looks like.
A useful prompt tells AI what to do, gives it the facts and sets limits on what it should assume.
Choose an example, copy it into your preferred AI assistant and check the result. These examples use fictional information, so you can practise without sharing your own details.
Fictional practice example
Turn rough notes into a plan.
Turn these notes into a short checklist for preparing a presentation:
Find last month’s figures. Ask Sam for the chart.
Draft three key points. Check the figures before sharing.
Use only these notes. Group the actions in a sensible order.
Don’t invent deadlines or assign people to tasks.
Flag anything I need to clarify.
Before you use it: check that every action comes from the notes and nothing has been added as fact. Use with your own AI assistant.
Fictional practice example
Draft a clear customer reply.
Draft a friendly reply of no more than 80 words to this customer question: Can I collect my order on Saturday?
Approved facts: our collection desk opens on Saturdays, 10am-1pm. Collection is available only after the customer receives a ready-to-collect email.
Use only these facts. Don’t claim that this customer’s order is ready. Ask them to check for the email before travelling.
Before you use it: confirm the opening hours and collection rules. Make sure the reply does not imply the order is ready. Use with your own AI assistant.
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