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AI implementation

2 min article

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Keep Your AI Blast Radius Small

A practical sequence for simplifying work, using conventional automation, and adding AI without taking on more risk than necessary.

Simplify the workflow before adding technology.

  • Simplify the workflow before adding technology.
  • Use conventional automation when it can do the job.
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Business systems

2 min article

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Starting Business Systems Is the Hardest Part

Starting can be the most daunting part of putting systems into a business. Once the work is moving, the skills and benefits begin to follow.

The initial start often takes the most effort.

  • The initial start often takes the most effort.
  • Building systems develops the skills to keep improving them.
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AI governance

2 min article

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Your Business Needs a Ministry of Magic

When anyone can vibe code a business tool, someone still needs to keep the models, data, security, stability, and architecture accountable.

Easy software creation can produce rogue tools with little accountability.

  • Easy software creation can produce rogue tools with little accountability.
  • Businesses need visibility into models, data location, security, stability, and architecture.
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Operations

3 min article

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Catch the Work Before You Automate It

Learn a small habit for spotting repetitive work and choosing one worthwhile change to test before reaching for AI.

Notice recurring work before choosing a tool.

  • Notice recurring work before choosing a tool.
  • Use LIFT to compare which task is worth changing first.
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Operations

2 min article

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The Cheapest Automation Might Be Deleting the Step

Before you automate a clumsy workflow step, check whether the business would be better off without it.

Automating a bad step only makes the bad step faster.

  • Automating a bad step only makes the bad step faster.
  • Extra interaction can make a useful tool harder to use.
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AI

2 min article

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Cheap AI Coding Can Still Make Software More Expensive

AI coding accounts are cheap. The surrounding work and the time pulled away from your business can make the finished software much more expensive.

Coding is only one part of getting software ready for people to use.

  • Coding is only one part of getting software ready for people to use.
  • Data integrity, tenancy, networking, integrations, and polish still take time.
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Business systems

3 min article

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Build Systems Before Your Company Is Perfect

A practical way to start building useful business systems while your company and deliverables are still changing.

Your company does not need to be perfect before you document how it works.

  • Your company does not need to be perfect before you document how it works.
  • Start with repeatable supporting work such as lead intake, sales, and customer satisfaction.
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Artificial intelligence

2 min article

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Stop Juggling AI Models

Better AI results often come from understanding the work, setting clear rules, and focusing on the business constraint instead of constantly switching models.

Domain knowledge can matter more than chasing every model revision.

  • Domain knowledge can matter more than chasing every model revision.
  • Clear structure and fewer unnecessary paths help keep AI work on track.
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AI

3 min article

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Your Nontechnical AI Advantage

Why starting with a specific business problem can be more useful than trying to keep up with every new AI tool.

Start with the business problem, not the latest AI tool.

  • Start with the business problem, not the latest AI tool.
  • Plain language keeps the work focused on what needs to get done.
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