Why AI Works for Owners, Not CEOs | Businessing with Pat Miller

Businessing with Pat Miller · May 18, 2026 · 45m

Six thousand CEOs were just surveyed, and 90% of them said AI has had zero impact on productivity. I'll tell you right now, Claude has changed my life and changed my business. Here's why owners are winning the AI race while corporations slow-walk it.

Today on Businessing, I'm back from three days off feeling like I've been shot out of a cannon. I went to the Claude Small Business meetup in Chicago, survived standing on stage in front of a hundred Claude users, and came home convinced that small business owners are getting the AI benefit faster than anybody. We also tackle a tough Idea Slam…