02/23/2026
Nearly all small businesses using AI tools say it's made them more efficient.
That's all good and well, but we need to ask what those businesses are doing to protect themselves while they adopt it.
Most SMBs we talk to in the Lower Mainland have employees using AI tools daily, but very few have clear policies around what data can be shared with those tools, how outputs should be reviewed, or what platforms are actually approved for business use.
That gap between adoption and governance is where the risk lives.
Not because AI is dangerous, but because without guardrails, sensitive client data ends up in places it shouldn't and employees develop workflows that are hard to secure retroactively.
We put together a free Employee AI Usage Policy template to help with exactly this.
Comment "template" and we'll send it over, our gift to the business community!