Choose a task that happens often, follows a recognisable pattern and has a clear end point: preparing a weekly update, sorting incoming enquiries or drafting a first reply. The first version does not need to do everything. It needs to remove one useful slice of the work.
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Pick the repeat
Look for work that happens weekly or more, not a one-off ambition.
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Keep review in place
Let AI prepare the first pass; keep a human decision before anything important leaves the team.
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Earn the next step
Run it for a few cycles, learn where it needs help, then expand only once the value is real.
Small wins are not small if they change a weekly habit. Once a workflow is reliable and embedded in the day, it becomes a foundation rather than another forgotten pilot.