EP420: Lora Lonesberry - Future Thinking: Building A Business Beyond AI

“If you want to stay viable in your bookkeeping business,
you’re going to have to make that shift, and make your customers
understand that they need you, and value you and your thought
process that AI can’t do for them.”


-Lora Lonesberry


 


There can be no doubt that AI is changing our world. Yet we are
not all as doomed to be replaced by technology as some would have
us believe. AI, like all new inventions, offers us the chance to
grow, by embracing a technology that can make our lives easier,
while giving us more time to focus on the unique insights only we
can provide. 


 


Without challenges there can be no growth, they keep us on the
cutting edge of industry, daring us to keep up, deepening our
skill set, experience and knowledge. Experience that clients are
in desperate need of. AI can do the numbers faster than us, but
it can’t contextualize them for the specific needs of a client.
It can’t understand the dreams and hopes tied up in our client’s
businesses. 


 


Lora Lonesberry, owner of Positive Statements, is this episode’s
featured guest. She has spent her varied career helping people
get proactive and creative when facing the challenges of business
and personal growth. She speaks to the power of finding your
niche and leveraging your unique skills to overcome any challenge
and the need for strong community networks. 


 


If you are struggling to keep up, and don’t know which tools to
use or how to leverage your skills, then this is the episode to
get you asking the question; ‘What might your business look like
if you implemented strategies to use AI to enhance, not replace,
your services?’


 


During this interview, you'll learn...



How to leverage AI to improve the success of your
business


The value of thinking about the little things


The importance of community &
networking 



To find out more about Lora, click here.


 


Connect with her on LinkedIn and
Twitter.


 


Time Stamps


 


01:47 - Making the most of changes 


04:18 - Embracing a change in thinking


07:06 - Getting to grips with AI


21:08 - Thinking about the little things 


26:04 - Levelling up on your gaps 


30:32 - Finding your niche