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The Business Brain Weekly Round Up

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This week on Business Brain, we zoomed out to look at how systems and judgment actually hold a business together.

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In Episode 720, with Juliana Berger from QuickBooks, we unpacked the hidden connectivity layer of a company, the mycelium where every dollar in and every dollar out connects. We talked about why fragmented tools create anxiety, how durable and predictable cashflow defines real business health, and why accuracy, automation, and guardrails matter more than raw speed.

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Then in Episode 721, we shifted that same systems thinking to AI, examining where it creates leverage, where it introduces risk, and why human judgment still has to stay firmly in control.

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Weekly Episodes

Juliana Berger: QuickBooks Head of Payments Business Brain 720 Learn More

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Most founders track revenue and expenses but never map how money actually moves between systems. That gap is where anxiety and bad decisions are born.

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This week, do a simple audit:

1. List every place money enters your business.
2. List every place money leaves your business.
3. For each one, write:
   • Where it is recorded
   • Who approves it
   • How it gets reconciled

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If a dollar does not pass cleanly through all three, you have found a risk. This exercise does not require new software. It requires clarity. Clarity is how durable, predictable cashflow is built.

Go Even Deeper:

☕️ ​Juliana Berger, Director of Product Management, Head of Payments at Intuit QuickBooks​

🧠 ​How To Manage Your Cashflow – Small Business Show 185​

👇 ​Small Business Payroll and Creating Impactful Presentations – Small Business Show 340​

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Claude Cowork + AI In Medicine Business Brain 721 Learn More

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AI is moving fast from helper to collaborator.

That makes responsibility more important, not less.

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Before delegating any task to AI, run this quick test:

1. What decision does this output influence?
2. What guardrails prevent silent failure or bad data?
3. Who is accountable if the result is wrong?

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If accountability is unclear, automation is premature. Use AI to create leverage, not plausible deniability. Control is not anti-innovation. It is how innovation becomes sustainable.

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☕️ ​Is AI Advertising Damaging your brand?​

🧠 ​Jack Tempchin 2025 AI-assisted album​

🔎 ​Gemini Personal Intelligence​ ​Claude Cowork​ ​

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Taken together, these episodes make a single point from two directions. Clarity creates confidence. When your cashflow systems are connected, accurate, and resilient, you make better decisions faster. And when you apply AI with intention, guardrails, and accountability, it amplifies your thinking instead of replacing it. Whether you are managing money, evaluating tools, or delegating work to machines, the responsibility is still yours.

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Build systems you trust, stay critical of shortcuts, and use technology to support judgment, not surrender it.

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That combination is what enables smarter businesses and a truly Charmed Life.

Dave Hamilton & Shannon Jean Business Brain

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