Find The Repetitive, High-Volume Step
Your quick win needs repetition. Look for the task that happens hundreds of times a week: summarising support tickets, prepping renewal briefs, tagging inbound leads.
Score each candidate by effort (minutes saved), risk (how bad is a miss), and visibility (will leadership notice?). The winning workflow is the one with low risk and high visibility.
Prototype With A Human In The Loop
Let the copilot draft the answer, but require a person to approve it. Instrument how long the review takes versus the old process. You capture trust, feedback, and metrics in one move.
Document every rejection reason. Those notes feed the next prompt or the data backlog you will enrich later.
- Add a rejection form with reason codes.
- Surface citations automatically so reviewers trust the output.
- Rotate reviewers weekly to build a bench of champions.
Broadcast The Win With Data
Within four weeks you should have a chart that shows time saved or revenue protected. Pair it with two frontline quotes and share it in every leadership meeting.
Close with the backlog. When stakeholders see the quick win and the next three candidates, funding the next sprint becomes the obvious move.
- Compare baseline vs. automated cycle time.
- Highlight qualitative feedback from frontline teams.
- List the next three automations with projected impact.