The copy-paste tax
Teams paste meeting notes into AI and copy summaries into Slack. Across a year, this becomes a huge amount of invisible labor.

Field Guide #04 - 26 min read
How to design human-AI processes that scale
Every copy-paste between AI and another system is a workflow waiting to be automated.
60-70%
of employee time GenAI can automate
16%
of enterprises reach AI-led process maturity
2.5x
higher revenue growth with AI-led processes
10m -> 100s
customer service query time
Teams paste meeting notes into AI and copy summaries into Slack. Across a year, this becomes a huge amount of invisible labor.
Trigger, AI Agent, Transform, Decision, Action, Feedback. Learn this vocabulary and you can design, discuss, and debug any workflow.
Prompting skill stays constant. What changes is the degree of integration and autonomy.
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Every copy-paste between AI and another system is a workflow waiting to be automated.
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