How to Keep Your Team Relevant and Future-Ready in the Age of AI | Ep 248

🎙 Artificial Intelligence is here to stay, and I see it becoming as essential to small business owners as the internet itself. In this episode, I share a clear strategy for upskilling my existing team—not only to keep them competitive and relevant, but to help them become highly valuable, AI-focused experts who drive a systems-based, highly efficient business. By embracing and adopting AI in our daily practices, we can become more efficient, productive, and profitable. Listen now and learn how to upskill your team, stay ahead of the curve, and future-proof your business!  KEY TAKEAWAYS 💡AI Is Essential For Business Survival: Companies that embrace and adopt AI will become more efficient, productive, and profitable, giving them a massive competitive advantage over those that do not. 💡The Risk of Obsolescence: If staff members are not embracing and using AI in their daily practice, they risk becoming obsolete, as others can achieve the same work to a higher standard in a tenth of the time using AI. 💡Upskill to Stay Competitive: Instead of replacing team members, business owners should focus on upskilling their existing staff to become ‘AI-savvy employees’ who can use their expertise to apply AI to their existing roles. 💡Shift to an AI-Driven System: Encourage team members to think about how they can use AI to replace themselves in their current role, effectively transforming their job into a new role as an AI developer or maintenance person. BEST MOMENTS 00:36 - 💬 “ I don't believe that small business owners are having the conversations they need to with their staff about their training and learning about AI.”  00:49 - 💬 “If your staff members aren't embracing AI, if they're not using it in the daily practice, then they're going to be obsolete.” 06:28 - 💬 “ It's not about going out and hiring and training new people all the time. It's about moving your existing team into different roles where you feel their skillset and their aptitude would be applied more.” 11:49 - 💬 “I believe the motivation needs to come from them, from within. They need to see that if they don't do this for themselves, they will become irrelevant.” TIMESTAMPED OVERVIEW 00.00 The Growing Importance of AI 03:20 Encouraging Staff To Embrace AI 05:44 Benefits For Business Owners 06:45 The Future of Workplace Skills 08:55 AI as an Extension of Business Systems 10:00 “AI Opportunities and Systems Mindset” 11:29 “Empower Teams to Skill Up with AI” LINKS TO CONNECT WITH THE HOST Podcast: https://www.systemizeyoursuccess.com Website: https://systemsandoutsourcing.com/ Facebook Group: https://facebook.com/groups/systemsandoutsourcing/ LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/systemsandoutsourcing/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/systems_and_outsourcing/ YouTube: https://youtube.com/@drsteveday42 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@drsteveday42 ABOUT THE HOST Steve moved to Sweden in 2015 and transformed how he ran his businesses—switching to a fully remote model. A former NHS doctor, with a background in computing and property investing, he now helps overwhelmed business owners systemise and outsource effectively. Through his courses and coaching, Steve teaches how to automate operations and work with affordable virtual assistants, freeing up time and increasing profits. He runs his UK-based businesses remotely with support from a team of UK and Filipino VAs, and is passionate about helping others build scalable, stress-free companies using smart systems and virtual support.