# The AI Operations Blueprint

Beach Breeze Studios

## 1. Find The Drag
- List workflows that require manual follow-up more than twice per week.
- Mark where requests enter the business: inbox, forms, chat, calls, spreadsheets, and portals.
- Identify where work waits for a person, a decision, a file, or a status update.

## 2. Map The System
- Define the trigger, required data, owner, routing rules, exception paths, and reporting need.
- Separate repeatable decisions from judgment-heavy decisions.
- Document which systems hold the source of truth and which systems are only workarounds.

## 3. Score The Opportunity
- Prioritize workflows with repeated volume, measurable time cost, and clear rules.
- Estimate hours removed, decision speed gained, and visibility improved.
- Avoid automating broken workflows before ownership and handoff rules are clear.

## 4. Build With Control
- Start with narrow automation, dashboard visibility, and human review for exceptions.
- Add AI summaries, classification, and recommendations where teams can verify the output.
- Review system performance monthly and improve prompts, routing, metrics, and adoption.

## Strategy Call Prompt
Bring one workflow that slows down your business, the systems involved, who owns each step, and the reports leadership needs from it.