Framework
The Color Code Audit
Salfati Group's process mapping method for finding where humans actually add value.
How it works
- 1Green: human moments, like face-to-face conversations and relationship building.
- 2Purple: judgment moments that require human supervision and decisions.
- 3Red: hands-on-keyboard busy work with zero added value.
- 4Map a full process end to end, color every step, hand every red step to an agent, and collapse the decision checkpoints into one final review of a complete work product.
Hear it on the podcast
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