Start Small and Succeed Big with AI Adoption Practices - Law and Beyond with Karrina Mountfort

In this episode of The Law and Beyond Show, host Chantal McNaught sits down with Karrina Mountfort, founder of Webbased AI and The AI Assembly, to explore how AI can transform businesses while keeping people and processes at the core.

Karina shares her journey from decades in tech innovation to building a supportive AI hub in New Zealand, dedicated to helping individuals and SMEs adopt technology with confidence.

Together they discuss:

• Why AI adoption succeeds or fails
• The importance of starting small and including people in the journey
• Key principles around privacy, risk, and accountability in professional services
• How focusing on processes before tools prevents wasted investment
• Why the future of AI is about giving people back their time and letting them do what they trained for

Disclosure: This episode was brought to you by the generosity of The AI Assembly. Without partners like The AI Assembly, we would not be able to produce this content for listeners. In the development of this episode, we have retained full editorial control.

Who should listen: Lawyers, compliance professionals, educators, and leaders curious about AI’s role in shaping sustainable and human-centered businesses.