Whether you're the founder who believes in AI but can't find the starting line, or the ops leader who's been told to "figure out AI" with no roadmap... this is your home. A vendor-agnostic community for business leaders who want clarity, not more noise.
Every day there's a new tool, a new pitch, a new "you need this or you'll be left behind." College kids with websites offering AI services. Enterprise vendors who've never worked a frontline shift in a small business. Your own employees testing ChatGPT on their lunch break with zero governance.
We call this "random acts of AI." No strategy. No framework. No connection between what the tool does and what your business actually needs. Just reacting to whatever shows up in your feed this week.
There's a better path. And it starts with a question most people skip: what should you actually NOT be doing?
of US businesses are under $1M in revenue... and they're being sold the same AI solutions built for Fortune 500 companies
A&D isn't just for founders. It's for anyone in the business who's responsible for making things work better. The visionary AND the implementer.
You believe in AI and delegation. You want it done right. You need to understand what's possible so you can set the vision and hand the execution to your team. This gives you the language, the framework, and the confidence to lead it.
You're charged with driving efficiency and profitability. This gives you a community of peers who are doing the same thing, practical playbooks that actually work, and proven frameworks... not vendor sales pitches disguised as webinars.
AI is reshaping how you prospect, engage, and convert. But which tools actually work? See what's producing results across 85+ industries. Real case studies from real operators, not product demos.
From recruiting to onboarding to training... AI and offshore staffing are changing how teams are built. See how other HR teams are cutting hiring cycles by 40% and building teams that span time zones.
Automation in AP/AR, reporting, compliance, reconciliation. See how other finance teams are cutting manual work by 60%+ and catching errors that used to slip through.
Stay-at-home parents, freelancers, one-person shops. Anyone who wants to work smarter with AI tools and learn delegation before they need to hire. Start building the systems now so you're ready when you scale.
Four steps from bottleneck to business designer. This is the backbone of the book, the podcast, and everything we teach. The order matters more than you think.
The hardest step. Admit you're doing work you shouldn't be doing. You tell yourself "it's faster if I just do it" but that math stops working at scale. The bottleneck isn't your team. It's you.
Hand it to a human first. A person can ask clarifying questions. They can catch what a workflow can't. Imperfect delegation beats perfect founder-execution every time. And the act of handing it off forces you to document the process. That's your automation blueprint.
Once a process runs through a human, you can see it clearly. Inputs, outputs, decision points, exceptions. Now you can intelligently automate pieces with AI, workflows, and agents. Clarity first. Technology second. Never the reverse.
The freed-up time isn't for more work. It's for the work only you can do. Strategy. Relationships. Creativity. The things that made you start this in the first place. We call them your Passion Pockets.
Every industry has its own pain points, its own workflows, its own opportunities. We build content, case studies, and community spaces for each one. Here's a sample.
Techs in the field, dispatching chaos, seasonal surges. AI routing and automated follow-ups are saving owners 15+ hours a week.
See what's working →Thin margins, high turnover, inventory waste. Operators are using AI for scheduling, vendor management, and review responses.
See what's working →Patient scheduling, insurance verification, intake forms. Practices are cutting admin overhead by 40% without touching clinical workflows.
See what's working →Estimates, route optimization, crew management. Companies are automating the back office so owners can stop being dispatchers.
See what's working →Ticket triage, first-response bots, SLA tracking. MSPs are using AI to handle tier-1 support and free engineers for real work.
See what's working →Lead follow-up, listing descriptions, transaction coordination. Agents and brokerages are automating the 80% that isn't client-facing.
See what's working →Roofing, plumbing, HVAC, electrical. Field service businesses are automating quotes, follow-ups, and review generation.
See what's working →Law firms, accounting, consulting. Knowledge workers are delegating research, client prep, and billing to VAs and AI.
See what's working →Every industry gets its own page, case studies, and community. If yours isn't listed, it's coming. We're building for 85+ industries and counting.
Join Free and Pick Your IndustryThe book comes with an interactive workbook, a custom AI co-pilot, and a living resource library that updates as AI evolves. Because a static book about AI would be out of date before the ink dried.
Weekly conversations with operators who've actually done it. Each episode covers a specific industry, a specific pain point, and shows exactly how AI, automation, and delegation solved it. No vendor pitches. No theory. Just "here's how this actually works."
No vendor agenda. No corporate speak. A community of business leaders, operators, and department heads sharing what's actually working in AI, automation, and delegation.
Brad has spoken in 12 countries, shared stages with John Maxwell and Deepak Chopra, and presented at UN Headquarters. He brings real operator experience, not motivational fluff.
Offshore talent + AI + disciplined systems. The playbook for growing without burning out your core team.
When the people who got you here can't get you there. How to evolve your team and yourself.
Building connected, high-performing teams across continents and time zones. Not by accident.
How AI augments people (not replaces them). Real examples from a company running AI and 500+ humans side by side.
Jim Collins' MAP applied to modern execution. Frameworks for growing without losing what makes you great.
25 years of entrepreneurship distilled. Bankruptcy, exploding products, and the VA who saved it all. Real talk.
Brad Stevens started his first business in third grade. A 600-unit Micro Machines rental operation with paper credit cards, a typed newsletter, and a VP of Sales who went door-to-door. He was eight. The delegation instinct started early.
Since then, he's built companies across 18 countries. Some worked. Some literally exploded (a manufacturing defect... long story). His family went through bankruptcy. He held two jobs at 20 while finishing school early and raising two younger sisters.
Eventually he discovered offshore staffing and built Outsource Access into a 500+ person team serving businesses across 85 industries. Inc. 5000 ranked it #326. But the real insight wasn't about outsourcing. It was about what happens when leaders stop doing the wrong work and start doing the work only they can do.
That's why he started Automate & Delegate. Not because he read about AI. Because he sees these patterns play out every week with real clients across real industries. This isn't theory for him. It's Tuesday.
Every piece of A&D connects. Pick the entry point that feels right for you, and the rest follows naturally.
Book, podcast, newsletter, free courses. Understand the ADAE framework and see how it works in your industry and your role.
Join the free community. Learn from other leaders and operators. Share what's working. Get help with what isn't.
Go deeper with paid membership, mastermind groups, concierge support, and in-person meetups. Build the systems that free you up.
The end goal is always the same: you doing the work only you can do.