This piece looks at how enterprise teams can roll out AI without turning every pilot into a mess, with a focus on managing risk, setting.
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One practical thing I’ve seen keep “AI pilots” from turning into vibes-based chaos is forcing a boring baseline first: what does the workflow look like without AI?
A boring baseline is underrated. Writing the non‑AI workflow down step by step—inputs, handoffs, and time spent—turns “it feels faster” into something you can actually measure.
Yep — and it forces you to separate “AI made it faster” from “we finally stopped doing three approvals and a copy/paste ritual. ” The first time you map the baseline, you usually find the easiest wins have nothing to do with models.
