Automate it
Stop automating broken processes.
Automation is useful when it removes waste, improves reliability or creates capacity. It is expensive noise when it simply speeds up a bad process.
Less manual effort, fewer errors, faster flow and work that is easier to control.
What this involves
Workflow design
Redesign the sequence of work before the automation is built.
Rules and routing
Turn repeatable decisions, approvals and escalations into controlled workflow.
AI support
Use AI for summarisation, extraction, triage, drafting and exception support where it genuinely helps.
Human handoff
Keep judgement with people and make escalation clear when automation should stop.
Controls
Build auditability, visibility and ownership into the improved process.
Measurement
Track time saved, queue reduction, error rates and service speed.
Likely outputs
Useful artefacts, not theatre.
Scope is confirmed around the operational problem and the business case for changing it.
- 01Workflow review
- 02Automation design
- 03Prototype or production workflow
- 04AI opportunity assessment
- 05Testing and controls
- 06Operational measures
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