How Women Leaders and Business Owners Are Winning Back Their Time with AI Integration
April 29 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
$10
Program: Productivity & Scale Mastery Program for Women Leaders
Topic: Winning Back Time with AI Integration
Date: Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Time: 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time
Format: Virtual Leadership Roundtable
Presented by: Marlene Sebastian · People & Tech Canada
You didn’t start your business to spend your evenings copying data between spreadsheets. But for most women entrepreneurs, that’s exactly where the hours go — not into the work they’re brilliant at, but into the administrative layer holding everything together by hand. This practical, non-technical workshop cuts through the hype and the fear to answer the question most AI conversations never get to: what can this actually do for my business, starting this month? Attendees will walk through the real cost of manual work — not just in time, but in energy, decisions, and growth opportunities quietly slipping by. We’ll address something most speakers skip: why Canadian skepticism of AI is completely valid, and how to evaluate these tools without surrendering your data, your privacy, or your professional judgment. Then we get specific — three categories of work that almost every service business can automate right now, without a developer and without a new software budget. The session closes with a 20-minute facilitated activity: The $10,000 Audit. Each attendee maps their own business tools, identifies where data falls through the cracks, and calculates the dollar value of what that manual work is actually costing them annually. Most people in the room discover a number between $8,000 and $25,000. They leave with that number — and a clear picture of exactly where it’s coming from. Key talking points:- the real cost of doing-it-manually
- why Canadian AI skepticism is both valid and costly
- 3 things every small business can automate this month
- what “human-in-the-loop” means and why it protects you
- a hands-on calculation every attendee completes in the room