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Broken Systems Break Faster
If the underlying system is flawed, AI accelerates existing inefficiencies rather than solving them.
How it works
- 1Before automating any workflow, audit the underlying process for dysfunction.
- 2List every step: which are broken, redundant, or creating friction?
- 3Fix the architecture first. AI automates — it does not fix. Bad process + AI = faster bad process.
- 4The ROI on process redesign before AI implementation is almost always positive.
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