JuLY 1, 2025 Release

Navigating AI for Business is a timely and actionable guide for business owners, operators, entrepreneurs, and leaders who are ready to stop talking about artificial intelligence—and start using it to drive meaningful transformation.

AI is no longer a futuristic concept. It’s the new foundation for how modern businesses operate, compete, and grow. But while the tools are everywhere, most leaders don’t struggle because they lack access—they struggle because they lack a plan. This book offers one.

Written by J. Ashley Woods Sr. and Daniel J. Perrone—entrepreneurs and creators of the first Intelligent Business Management Platform™—Navigating AI for Business combines timeless leadership principles with practical frameworks for adopting AI systems, building intelligent workflows, and transforming operations from the ground up.

The book is organized around a strategic playbook: nine essential questions every leader must answer to implement AI with clarity, trust, and purpose. It helps readers evaluate workflows, align teams, secure data, select the right tools, and lead through change. Real-world case studies, business-tested frameworks, and executive-level insight make this book ideal for founders, consultants, executives, and team leads navigating the intelligent future of work.

For anyone looking to build systems that scale, lead teams that adapt, and create a culture of forward motion—Navigating AI for Business is the roadmap.

Whether you’re scaling a startup, modernizing an enterprise, or guiding a small business through transformation—this book will help you make the move to AI, and lead the future with confidence.

AI may change your tools, but it won’t replace your leadership. This chapter lays the foundation—reminding you that in the age of algorithms, values, vision, and trust are more essential than ever.

Learn how to adopt AI responsibly with principles that protect your business, your customers, and your team. Ethics isn’t a checkbox—it’s the operating system for everything that follows.

Understand the evolution of AI—from theory to generative models—so you can make decisions with context, confidence, and clarity.

From marketing automation to predictive analytics, this chapter shows you how businesses are already using AI to win—and how to find your entry point.

Explore what’s next: platforms, agentic systems, AI marketplaces, and how to prepare your business before the next wave arrives.

Skip the buzzwords. Learn how to separate signal from noise and focus only on the tools, tactics, and strategies that deliver real impact.

The future of work is modular. Discover how Task-based AI and freelance developers are building smarter systems—without needing massive teams.

Your business data is gold. Learn how to secure it, structure it, and scale it without risking privacy, ethics, or performance.

This isn’t about replacing jobs—it’s about redefining them. Explore how AI shifts roles from execution to strategy, and how to elevate your team in the process.

Meet the new roles: Task Generalists, Specialists, and Professionals. Learn how to recruit, certify, and deploy a team ready for intelligent work.

Get hands-on. This nine-question framework walks you through how to assess, plan, and activate AI inside your business—starting now.

AI is fast, but trust moves faster. Learn how to lead people through change with empathy, clarity, and conviction—so your systems and culture grow together.

Available after July 1, 2025

ISBN (print): 979-8-218-69711-2

Library of Congress Control Number: 2025939977

Available in print, digital, and audio formats.