Which workflows are a good fit for AI?
I usually start by speaking with the relevant people in the business to understand how things work today. Think of your business as a process made up of smaller processes, each of which can be broken down further.
At the broadest level, a business follows this sequence:
Find a customer → Make a sale → Receive payment → Deliver a product or service → Complete the process.
To find where AI fits, we need to break these processes down until we can identify specific activities where AI could help and assess whether using it would be worthwhile.
People often assume that a task requiring human knowledge and experience is unsuitable for AI. That assumption treats AI as something used only for fully automated processes. Today's advanced AI tools also support workflows in which people and AI work together. This creates opportunities to improve the business and expand what your employees can achieve.
Examples of where AI can help: