The power of Artificial Intelligence is undeniably amazing. The ways in which it can be applied to help small businesses increase profits and automate areas which had previously required a human to handle, are abundant.

Picture this: You have been trying to reach a customer/colleague with some very time-sensitive information. You have called them numerous times and left multiple messages but haven’t received a response. You check your email and there isn’t anything new there. You start to panic and send a message through a less-than-reliable messaging system…no response. You finally try their social media, hoping to initiate any form of communication with them before the deadline expires. Crickets. Now what?

Your inbox is overflowing with unread emails. When was the last time you checked your email? How do you know what is important and what isn’t? Do you open each individual email and read it, or do you give a cursory glance at the headline before mass deleting them?

It’s the start of a brand-new year, and people try to convince themselves that the resolutions they decide upon will have a big impact on their life.

A Bottom-Up culture (sometimes called a “Grass Root Culture”) is a company’s approach where decision-making, idea-sharing, and problem-solving aren’t solely dictated by the corporate office. These ideas derive primarily from varying levels of the company’s employees, from entry-level to management. People are happier when they have input about their workplace, rather than orders and ideas being barked down from above by company officers.