Hiring 1,000 AI Interns Won’t Save You—But This Simple Weekly System Will
- Matt Symes
- Nov 10
- 4 min read
Updated: Nov 17
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Last week I told you about the implementation gap — the space between AI’s capability and what businesses are actually achieving with it.
This week, I want to tell you what closes that gap.
But first, a story.
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Three weeks ago, I sat across from a business owner — let’s call her Sarah — who was exhausted.
Her company had grown to $2M in revenue. She had a team of 12. And she was working more hours than when she started.
“I thought scaling would mean more freedom,” she said. “Instead, I’m the bottleneck on everything.”
I asked her: “How many decisions did you make yesterday?”
She laughed. “I stopped counting at 47.”
Here’s what made it interesting: Sarah was already using AI.
She had ChatGPT Plus. She’d built a few custom GPTs. She’d even hired someone to set up some automation in their CRM.
But she was still the bottleneck.
Because here’s what no one tells you about AI:
Having access to AI is like hiring a thousand interns who are brilliant but have absolutely no context about your business.
They can do incredible things… if you tell them exactly what to do, how to do it, and what good looks like.
That requires a system.
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Think about how you manage your human team.
You don’t just hire people and hope they figure it out.
You have:
Clear goals and KPIs
Regular check-ins and reviews
Documented processes
Quality standards
A rhythm of planning, execution, and learning
Now imagine you have a thousand new team members who can work 24/7, never get tired, and cost almost nothing.
But they need the same structure. Maybe more.
This is what I mean by becoming the CEO of a hybrid team.
Your “non-sentient” team members (AI agents, automation, custom GPTs) need:
Clear Instructions — Not just “write better proposals” but “write proposals following this structure, using this voice, targeting these objections, and staying under 4 pages”
Quality Control Systems — How do you know if the output is good enough? What’s your review process? When do humans need to step in?
Integrated Workflows — Where does the AI work connect to the human work? Who owns what? How do handoffs happen?
Measurement Rhythms — What are you tracking? How often? What decisions get made based on the data?
Most businesses skip all of this.
They adopt tools. They don’t build systems.
And then they wonder why transformation isn’t happening.
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For the last twelve to eighteen months, I’ve been working with businesses to build exactly this kind of operating system.
And my team is now opening the doors to a unique opportunity for YOU to build this kind of system so you can increase revenue and sales velocity.
We’re calling it the Revenue Rhythm Program
Because at its core, it’s about establishing a weekly cadence that makes AI implementation systematic rather than sporadic specifically when it comes to sales.
It’s a 4-week live program, starting November 28th.
Here’s what that looks like in practice:
📅 Week 1: We map your current revenue process from lead to close. Every step. Every handoff. Every place where work gets stuck. 📅 Week 2: We identify the 3-5 highest-leverage points where AI can create capacity. Not where it’s “cool” — where it actually moves the needle on revenue. 📅 Week 3: We build the workflows, instructions, and quality controls that let you actually deploy AI effectively in those areas. 📅 Then — and this is the critical part — in Week 4 we establish the weekly rhythm that keeps it running:
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It’s not sexy. It’s not “10x overnight.”
It’s systematic. And it works.
What Real Implementation Looks Like
Remember Marc Knight from Trunk 7? The one who bought his first laptop two months before our workshop?
He didn’t just “start using AI.”
He built a systematic approach:
Documented their proposal process (4 hours)
Created AI instructions for each section (2 hours)
Built a quality checklist (1 hour)
Established a weekly review rhythm (30 minutes/week)
Total time invested: About 8 hours.
Result: 600 hours saved annually on proposal writing. |
But here’s what matters more than the time savings:
Marc now has confidence in his hybrid team.
He knows what the AI can handle. He knows what needs human review. He knows how to improve the system week by week.
He’s not chasing tools. He’s running a system.
Next Steps
I’m opening up 10 spots in the next Revenue Rhythm Program cohort.
It starts in two weeks (on November 28th) Four weeks total. Live group sessions and implementation support.
Investment: $997 CAD.
If you implement one workflow that saves you 4 hours a week, you’re getting 200+ hours back annually. At your billing rate, what’s that worth?
But more importantly:
You’re building the operating system that lets you close the implementation gap.
You’re establishing the rhythm that makes AI transformation inevitable rather than accidental.
You’re becoming the CEO your hybrid team needs.
If you’re interested, here’s the full program breakdown.
And here's the link to register: https://levership.com/revenue-rhythm-enroll
If this resonates, don’t wait.
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