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Issue 8

Assign Ownership Before Automation

Every useful automation needs an owner who can approve rules, review exceptions, and decide when the workflow changes.

Audience

Owner-led and operations-led teams preparing their first AI pilot.

Workflow

Ownership and governance

Diagnosis

The team wants automation, but no one owns the workflow end to end.
Exceptions are handled differently by each person.
No one is accountable for maintaining rules after launch.

Practical Move

Name the workflow owner, reviewer, escalation point, and metric owner before implementation starts.

LinkedIn Post Seed

Automation without ownership becomes another system to babysit. Before building, decide who owns the rules, who reviews exceptions, and who changes the workflow when reality changes.

Outreach Question

For the workflow you most want to improve, who owns the rules and who handles exceptions today?