Jess Pischel Says AI Should Be Boring on Purpose. Here's Why That's the Smartest Thing You'll Hear This Week.

Jess Pischel didn't plan to be an AI consultant. She spent years in corporate learning and development, had a few babies, stepped back from the road-warrior consulting life, and eventually found her way back to the work she loved through a SCORE webinar and a community called Club Jam. Now she runs Human First AI Consulting out of Cleveland, helping small to mid-sized businesses figure out where AI actually fits in their operations before spending a dime on fancy tools. Her philosophy? People, process, technology. In that order. Always. In this episode, Jess talks about helping a funeral home automate data entry so directors can be more present with grieving families, building a morning briefing agent for a California general contractor driving between 10 job sites a day, and why the biggest mistake most businesses make is skipping straight to the chatbot. She also shares how Ohio's TechCred program reimburses businesses 100% for AI training and why she built a course for it. If you've been waiting for permission to start small, this one's for you. Connect with Jess at humanfirstaiconsulting.com or find her on LinkedIn.