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Leadership TrackTuesday, Sept 15 · 10:00 – 10:30 AM

Hire Your First AI Employee (No Developers, No IT Department)

Clear the paperwork without hiring for it — build an AI assistant that does the reporting, follow-up, or scheduling. No developer needed.

About This Session

Stand up a working, tool-connected AI assistant for one real job in your business — reporting, follow-up, or scheduling. You describe the job in plain English; AI does the building.

What We'll Cover

  • Pick the job: reporting, follow-up, or scheduling
  • Describe it in plain English — watch AI build it, live
  • What "AI builds it" really means: there IS code, and here's who owns it
  • What to delegate first — and what never to delegate
  • The 15-minute weekly review that keeps it honest
  • What it can read vs. what it can't: guardrails set in the build, not after

You Leave With

A working, tool-connected AI agent

Who Should Attend

Business owners and executives who are drowning in reporting, follow-up, or scheduling — and don't have developers on staff to fix it. No coding background needed: you describe the job in plain English and watch a working, tool-connected AI assistant get built live.

Part of a Full Day of Hands-On AI Training

This workshop is one of 20 at the AI Business Retreat — a one-day, hands-on AI training for business at The Island in Spooner, Wisconsin, within driving distance of Minneapolis–St. Paul, Eau Claire, La Crosse, Duluth, and Hudson. Can't make the drive? Every session, including this one, streams live for remote attendees.

Presenters and final session materials are being finalized and will be announced closer to the retreat.

Session Details

When
Tuesday, Sept 15, 2026 · 10:00 – 10:30 AM
Track
Leadership Track
Where
The Island · Spooner, WI (or attend live remote)
Who it's for
Built for CEOs and owners — no technical background needed

One registration covers the full retreat — every session, every track.

For CEOs & Owners

See the whole day mapped for your seat →

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Hire Your First AI Employee — Questions & Answers

In this workshop, yes — you'll watch a working, tool-connected AI assistant get stood up from a plain-English job description, and leave with one. The session is also honest about what comes after: there IS code underneath, and someone has to own error handling, credentials, and updates. Knowing where that line sits is half the value of the hour.
Start with high-volume, low-judgment work: reporting that assembles itself from your systems, follow-up that never forgets, and scheduling coordination. The workshop covers what to delegate first, what never to delegate, and the 15-minute weekly review that keeps an AI employee honest.
This workshop is part of the AI Business Retreat on Tuesday, September 15, 2026 at The Island in Spooner, Wisconsin. One registration covers the full day — all 20 sessions across the Leadership, Sales & Marketing, and Builder tracks, including this one. In person is $495 (working lunch included); attending live online is $250. Seats are limited.

This session is one of twenty.

One registration covers the whole day — every track, every workshop, the working lunch, and your written 90-day roadmap. Sept 15, 2026 · The Island, Spooner WI.