Practical AI

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Find a useful workflow, establish a baseline, and measure whether the system helps.

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By Tyler Barnett · 2026-10-30

Look at the work before choosing the tool.

A useful AI conversation starts with a business process. Where does the same information get rewritten? Which tasks depend on someone finding material scattered across files? Where does a handoff stall? Choose a task that happens often enough to matter and has an outcome you can evaluate.

Choose a small, clear first project.

An internal drafting workflow, an organized reference system, or a way to prepare routine materials may be a sensible place to begin. Describe the inputs, the desired output, the person responsible, and the review step. The specific system should follow the need. Avoid turning an unclear process into a more complicated unclear process.

Set a baseline you can compare.

Record how long the work takes now, what good output looks like, and where mistakes tend to happen. After introducing AI, compare time spent, the amount of editing required, and the usefulness of the result. A system that produces drafts quickly can still create more work if the drafts consistently need extensive repair.

Make ownership part of implementation.

Decide who reviews the output, what information the system may use, and how the business will maintain the workflow. Give people instructions they can follow. Start with a defined scope, test with representative work, and expand when the results justify it. The objective is a process the business can use with confidence.

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