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Oct 13, 2026 • community

Get Out of the AI Muck: Make More Room to Lead Your Business

Your greatest value, leading your people, serving your customers, and planning your future, often gets pushed aside by the daily demands of running a business. AI offers an opportunity to change that-but only if you use it with purpose. Without clear processes and boundaries, AI can become just another thing you have to manage. How can you use AI to get out of the day-to-day work and back into leading your business?

May 27, 2026 • guide

How ‘We’ll Fix It Later’ Turns Into Summer Fire Drills

Taking a reactive approach to IT might not feel like a problem in the moment. Most issues start small: a system slows down, a warning appears, or something feels slightly off but still works. Because nothing is actually broken, it gets pushed off in favor of more immediate priorities. Work continues. Everything seems fine.

May 27, 2026 • guide

The Longest Day of the Year and You’re Still Out of Time

Every year around late June, we get the longest day of the year—more daylight, more usable hours, and at least in theory, more time to get things done. But most business owners don’t experience it that way. Even with extra daylight, the day tends to fill up just as quickly as any other. Meetings run long, unexpected issues pop up, and before you know it, you’re at the end of the day wondering how you ran out of time again.

May 26, 2026 • guide

School’s Out, Cybercriminals Are In

School’s out, which means for many people the workday doesn’t look quite the same as it did a few weeks ago. Maybe you’re starting earlier so you can wrap up sooner. Maybe you’re working from home more, with a little extra background noise—Brutus barking, Johnny Jr. crying—and fewer stretches of uninterrupted time.

May 5, 2026 • guide

While You’re Out of Office, They’re Just Getting Started

While you’re firing up the grill or sitting in beach traffic, someone else is getting to work. They’ve been planning for this. They know which businesses will be running on skeleton crews and which alerts will go unanswered. They know that at most small businesses, the “IT person” is the one who gets called when the printer breaks, not someone actively watching a security dashboard at midnight. They also know that the window between Friday afternoon and Tuesday morning is 72 hours of quiet.

May 4, 2026 • guide

The First Week Mistake Nobody Plans For

The email shows up on a Tuesday morning. It looks like it’s from the CEO. The name matches. The tone is right. Even the signature looks familiar. “Hey — can you help me with something quickly? I’m in back-to-back meetings. Need you to handle a vendor payment. I’ll explain later.” The new employee pauses.

Apr 30, 2026 • guide

Your Password Is the Key Under the Doormat

Picture walking up to a house and lifting the welcome mat to find a key underneath. It’s convenient, predictable and exactly where someone with bad intentions would look first. Most businesses treat their passwords the same way.

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