# Manan Sharma

> Management consultant and AI practitioner. Writes and builds at the intersection of AI adoption, strategy, and practical tooling. Based in Canada, working with SMBs and organizations navigating AI integration.

## About

- [About Manan](https://aibymanan.com/about): Background, professional context, and perspective on AI in organizations.

## Writing

Honest, first-person takes on what works and what doesn't when organizations try to adopt AI. No hype.

- [Blog index](https://aibymanan.com/blog): All published posts.
- [I Tried a Lot of AI Tools. These Are the Ones I Kept Using.](https://aibymanan.com/blog/best-ai-tools-2026): Practical review of AI tools after hands-on testing across workflows.
- [I Tried to Hand Off My Repetitive Work to AI Agents. Here's What Broke.](https://aibymanan.com/blog/ai-agents-small-business-2026): Field notes on using AI agents in a small business context — what worked, what failed.
- [My AI Prompts Were Terrible. Turns Out That Said a Lot About How I Work.](https://aibymanan.com/blog/what-a-bad-prompt-tells-you-about-your-business): Why bad prompts are a diagnostic tool, not just a skill gap.
- [Honest Take: AI Speeds Some Things Up and Makes Others Noticeably Worse.](https://aibymanan.com/blog/the-ai-productivity-paradox): The AI productivity paradox — where gains appear and where they quietly disappear.
- [Claude — A Blessing for Marketers?](https://aibymanan.com/blog/claude-code-for-b2b-marketing): How Claude and Claude Code apply to B2B marketing work.
- [If AI Can Do Most of the Job, What Are We Actually There For?](https://aibymanan.com/blog/what-happens-when-ai-can-do-most-of-the-job): On the identity and role question that AI adoption raises for knowledge workers.

## Tools

- [AI Fit Finder (Superpower Assessment)](https://aibymanan.com/superpower): Interactive tool that takes 4 selections — job function, role level, priority, and AI experience — and returns matched use cases, a 90-day roadmap, and an AI leverage score. Free, no signup.

## Contact

- Site: https://aibymanan.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manansharma1/