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Field Guide #04 - 26 min read

Workflow-First AI

How to design human-AI processes that scale

Every copy-paste between AI and another system is a workflow waiting to be automated.

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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

01

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.

02

Six-component workflow anatomy

Trigger, AI Agent, Transform, Decision, Action, Feedback. Learn this vocabulary and you can design, discuss, and debug any workflow.

03

Prompts to agents

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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