Sykesystem

Practitioners.
Advisors.
Authors.

Don and Larisa Sykes lead Sykesystem, a practice that puts AI to work in the parts of a business that run on records: jobs, inventory, equipment, orders, and invoices. The goal is to fix specific pain points, raising quality while cutting cost and time. Their books cover bringing AI into a business safely, from everyday projects to regulated operations.

We help businesses use AI their team can actually account for.

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Don and Larisa Sykes standing together presenting a Local AI Workflow diagram to a seated audience of executives
AI for Asset Accountability and Property Control by Don Sykes and Larisa Sykes, hardcover AI Rules for Your Business by Don Sykes, paperback
Sykesystem Publishing
Published · November 2026

AI Rules for Your Business

Chances are your people are already using AI, approved or not. This book gives you the rules in plain English, sized to your company, with templates you can hand out Monday and a downloadable pack of ready-to-use prompts. It’s written for the owner of a ten-person crew or the compliance lead at a regulated operation, so AI runs on your rules, not your luck.

By Don Sykes

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Published · October 2026

AI for Asset Accountability and Property Control

A practitioner's guide to bringing AI into inventory, equipment, and fixed-asset workflows without breaking what makes them defensible.

By Don Sykes and Larisa Sykes

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Hardcover, paperback, and Kindle on Amazon. Paperback at Barnes & Noble.

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Sykesystem · Speaking

Earned Value Management, explained plainly

The first in a series of short explainers on program management, AI adoption in operations, and the discipline behind both. New talks and demos posted at Sykesystem International on YouTube.

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The work

AI integration in small and midsize businesses

Closing resource and capability gaps so a small operation can compete beyond its headcount. Practical adoption of AI into the workflows already carrying the business, without a rebuild and without a new engineering team to maintain.

Records that hold up when someone checks

For operations that answer to a CPA, a lender, an insurer, or a regulator. Controls, model use policy, and integration design so AI-assisted records match what happened on the ground, in commercial and state and local environments.

Operational-system modernization

ERP, CMMS, and adjacent operational systems reworked with AI-integrated workflows. Multi-site and international operations where AI is part of the operating model, not a bolt-on. The first book covers one application of the methodology; the practice covers the pattern.

AI belongs where the record has to hold up. Sykesystem Advisory

Advisory

Sykesystem Advisory delivers AI integration work beginning with a two-week Readiness Assessment. Larger operations start with a Diagnostic. Both lead to Design and Deploy, with training and ongoing advisory available. Remote-first.

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Don Sykes

Principal. Twenty years of operations and program leadership across commercial work, consulting, and international contracts. MBA, PMP, CFM, CPPM, Six Sigma Black Belt, Purdue post-graduate AI/ML.

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Larisa Sykes

Partner. Senior Program Property Manager with international experience carrying billion-dollar property records to full audit readiness. CPPA, ISO 9001 Internal Auditor, ACTFL Superior.

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