Straight Talk

The No-Nonsense Guide
to Strategic AI Adoption

AI is no longer a question of if ... it's a question of how. For business leaders the real risk isn't being late to AI, but adopting it without strategy or control.

Straight Talk: The No-Nonsense Guide to Strategic AI Adoption gives business owners and senior executives the confidence to guide AI decisions with authority. You’ll gain a clear framework for where AI belongs, how to manage its risks, and how to integrate it into core business functions while protecting compliance, culture, and trust.

This is a book for leaders who want to stay in control of their company’s future and inspire respect in the conversations that will define it.

Also available at independent bookstores and libraries. Or order online.

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Paperback: $29.99

Ebook: $19.99

Straight Talk

The No-Nonsense Guide
to Strategic AI Adoption

Amazon

Google Play (Ebook)

Barnes & Noble

Available at independent bookstores and libraries. Or order online.

Hard Cover: $39.99

Paperback: $29.99

Ebook: $19.99

AI is no longer a question of if but how, and today’s leaders cannot afford to sit on the sidelines. Straight Talk: The No-Nonsense Guide to Strategic AI Adoption gives business owners and senior executives the confidence to guide AI decisions with authority—without needing to become technologists. Instead of handing control over to IT or marketing, you’ll gain a clear framework for where AI belongs, how to manage its risks, and how to integrate it into core business functions while protecting compliance, culture, and trust. This is a book for leaders who want to stay in control of their company’s future and inspire respect in the conversations that will define it.

"I found myself dog-earing pages because I'll be coming back to them."

"I wasn't even sure where we should start with AI. This book gave me what I needed to understand the issues and start guiding my company."

"This book gave our company a common language for thinking and talking about AI."

"As CFO, I worry about risk as much as return. This book doesn't downplay the risks, but it shows how to manage them."

What's Inside

A CEO’s job is to absorb insights from every corner of the business—strategy, finance, legal, operations, technology, and more—and chart the right course forward. In the age of AI that challenge has grown. This book makes leading through it far easier.

Guide enthusiasm into results

Smarter Team Alignment

Your teams may be eager to experiment with AI. This guide shows you how to channel their creativity into structured, strategic efforts that actually deliver results, ensuring that innovation doesn’t turn into wasted time or unnecessary risk.

Stay compliant and protect your business

Practical Risk Management

From data privacy to regulatory issues, you’ll discover how to manage risks responsibly. The book explains what matters, why it matters, and how to address it, so you can lead AI adoption while safeguarding trust and reputation.

Proven Structures for Confident Leadership

Frameworks that Work

This book gives you a clear framework for AI adoption that fits any size business. You’ll learn how to evaluate opportunities, set priorities, and lead your team with confidence, with the tools to harmonize technology, strategy, and execution from the leadership level.

Hands-on resources for everyday use

Tools and Playbooks

Beyond strategy, you’ll find checklists, sample questions, and decision tools you can use immediately. These resources help you lead AI discussions, evaluate vendors, and implement programs with authority.

About the Author

Andrea Hill has spent more than 35 years at the forefront of business growth and transformation, leading companies to embrace technology as a driver of strategic results. As CEO of Hill Management Group, she oversees four specialized brands that help small and mid-sized businesses remove bottlenecks to growth and build scalable, sustainable success.

She is known for blending strategy and technology, whether building data-driven marketing platforms in the 1990s, modernizing ERP and supply chains in the 2000s, advancing CRM in the 2010s, or guiding responsible AI adoption today. Andrea is also the creator of the WeRx360™ Growth Framework, a modular system that aligns strategy, operations, marketing, sales, talent, and technology to support continuous growth.

Her consistent focus has been using technology not as an end in itself, but as a lever for resilience, competitive advantage, and lasting results. This combination of forward-looking expertise and cross-disciplinary insight makes her a trusted guide for leaders navigating today’s fast-changing economy.