By Dan Fitzpatrick
Publication Date: 2025-11-30 20:06:00
AI helps small teams like ours reduce cognitive load, gain insights, and work more clearly.
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There are only two of us in my company. Some days it feels like we’re running a small universe. There are projects, deadlines, decisions, news, ideas, follow-ups, open questions, and more information than a human can grasp. We do not lack effort; We lack cognitive bandwidth.
Artificial intelligence helps us enormously.
In our work, AI inevitably does not remain in the novelty stage for long. It is quickly becoming a thought companion, integrated into almost every aspect of how we work. This doesn’t replace judgment, creativity, or relationships, but it can reduce friction, uncover insights, and help us make better decisions, faster.
We haven’t “adopted AI.” We introduced new ways of thinking, powered by AI.
And the impact on the company has been transformative.
Below are the top ten uses of AI that have had the biggest impact:
1. Mapping insights
Most teams…
