BI - or business intelligence - is all about transforming raw data into meaningful insights, helping business owners make better, faster decisions to optimise operations, improve profitability, and stay competitive. Today we'll chat about the best BI tools for small businesses - Microsoft Power BI, Google Looker Studio, and Tableau - detailing their costs, benefits, and ease of use. Kale references another episode, "3: What is a Data Warehouse?" which you can listen to here: https...
Feb 13, 2025•10 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast You might be wondering, 'Why would my small business need a Chief Technology Officer or Chief Information Officer? Isn’t that a luxury for big companies?' Stick with me, and I’ll show you why having someone in this role - whether full-time, part-time, or even just as a consultant - could be the smartest investment your business makes. Kale Miller is a data and AI consultant based in Perth, Western Australia. He's passionate about helping Australia’s small business community embrac...
Jan 23, 2025•7 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast Technical debt is one of those things that can sneak up on you in the world of software development, but if left unchecked, it can cost you a lot of time and resources in the long run. So, let’s unpack what it is, how it accumulates, and how you can manage it. Kale Miller is a data and AI consultant based in Perth, Western Australia. He's passionate about helping Australia’s small business community embrace technology to become more efficient, more effective and more profitable. Learn more ...
Nov 20, 2024•16 min•Ep 12•Transcript available on Metacast For today’s episode, I wanted to talk to you about an AI technology that appeared out of nowhere and became an essential part of many knowledge worker’s day: ChatGPT. Here's the link to the video I mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjZofJX0v4M Kale Miller is a data and AI consultant based in Perth, Western Australia. He's passionate about helping Australia’s small business community embrace technology to become more efficient, more effective and more profitable. Learn more abo...
Nov 07, 2024•11 min•Ep 11•Transcript available on Metacast Today, I’m going to be talking about how you should do things manually first before you even start to think about automation. A crazy claim coming from me - I know! Kale Miller is a data and AI consultant based in Perth, Western Australia. He's passionate about helping Australia’s small business community embrace technology to become more efficient, more effective and more profitable. Learn more about him on LinkedIn ....
Oct 24, 2024•7 min•Ep 10•Transcript available on Metacast Today’s episode will focus on building AI, and the process of teaching a computer to understand tasks. And the best way to do it - which is explaining like I'm 5! Kale Miller is a data and AI consultant based in Perth, Western Australia. He's passionate about helping Australia’s small business community embrace technology to become more efficient, more effective and more profitable. Learn more about him on LinkedIn ....
Oct 02, 2024•13 min•Ep 9•Transcript available on Metacast Today, we’re diving into how you can start using AI-assisted processes in your business. This episode introduces the concept of AI-assisted processes for small businesses, explaining how starting with AI in incremental steps can lead to immediate benefits. Kale Miller is a data and AI consultant based in Perth, Western Australia. He's passionate about helping Australia’s small business community embrace technology to become more efficient, more effective and more profitable. Learn more abou...
Sep 25, 2024•12 min•Ep 8•Transcript available on Metacast Today’s episode is part three of the IT Strategy series; where we will be discussing how to identify IT projects in your business. IT’s primary value proposition is that “ a machine can do what you’re doing much faster and consistently than you. ” Let's see how we can identify the projects to get started within your business. Kale Miller is a data and AI consultant based in Perth, Western Australia. He's passionate about helping Australia’s small business community embrace technology t...
Sep 05, 2024•11 min•Ep 7•Transcript available on Metacast Today’s episode is part two of the IT Strategy series; where we will continue chatting about the concept and importance of having an IT strategy. Our world is becoming more and more digitised by the day. Those who don’t innovate and adapt to the times will be left behind and be beaten by the competition who embrace technology. It’s important to develop an IT strategy to purely survive. Kale Miller is a data and AI consultant based in Perth, Western Australia. He's passionate about helping A...
Aug 26, 2024•21 min•Ep 6•Transcript available on Metacast Today’s episode will answer the question of whether you should build or buy the software solution you need for your business. By the end of this episode, we’ll have covered why this decision is important and how you can start evaluating the best approach for your business. Kale Miller is a data and AI consultant based in Perth, Western Australia. He's passionate about helping Australia’s small business community embrace technology to become more efficient, more effective and more profitable...
Aug 05, 2024•16 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast Today’s episode is part one of the IT Strategy series; where we will introduce the concept and importance of having an IT strategy. Our world is becoming more and more digitised by the day. Those who don’t innovate and adapt to the times will be left behind and be beaten by the competition who embrace technology. It’s important to develop an IT strategy to purely survive. Kale Miller is a data and AI consultant based in Perth, Western Australia. He's passionate about helping Australia’s sma...
Apr 17, 2024•7 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast In today's episode, we will be introducing the concept of a data warehouse. A data warehouse is a centralised repository of information that is used to power all of the analytics, data, and AI applications in your business. Kale Miller is a data and AI consultant based in Perth, Western Australia. He's passionate about helping Australia’s small business community embrace technology to become more efficient, more effective and more profitable. Learn more about him on LinkedIn ....
Apr 08, 2024•9 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast Today’s episode will focus on measuring the return on investment of your IT projects. I will teach you how I think about evaluating the ROI of IT projects so that you can make better investments in your business. Kale Miller is a data and AI consultant based in Perth, Western Australia. He's passionate about helping Australia’s small business community embrace technology to become more efficient, more effective and more profitable. Learn more about him on LinkedIn ....
Mar 25, 2024•11 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast For today’s episode, I wanted to lift the lid on some of the different types of AI that you encounter in your everyday life. My hope is that after you listen to this episode, my non-tech listener, that you’ll have a greater idea of the tools available in your toolbelt to automate and streamline parts of your business’s operations. Kale Miller is a data and AI consultant based in Perth, Western Australia. He's passionate about helping Australia’s small business community embrace technology t...
Mar 25, 2024•11 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast This introductory episode is for you to get a feel for who I am and what I talk about here at the Small Business CTO. For almost a decade I’ve been helping Australian businesses build, adopt, and utilise AI to make their businesses run smoother, more efficiently, and become more profitable. I’m looking to share the knowledge and the strategy of the big tech players and give it to Australia’s small businesses through this podcast. If this sounds interesting to you, subscribe and follow this podca...
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