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Diagnostics, not thought leadership

What we learn scoping and building automation inside operations teams — the tests we run before quoting, the failure modes we keep finding, and the costs that never make it into a proposal. Sourced, and written to be useful before you ever talk to us.

Operations7 min read

The maintenance bill nobody scopes: what an automation costs after launch

Most automation budgets stop at go-live. Here is what the next twelve months actually consume — drift, integration churn, exception handling, monitoring — and how to price it before you sign.

September 28, 2026Read

Frameworks9 min read

How to tell whether a process is actually automatable: a 10-point test

A scoring test for deciding whether a business process is worth automating — volume, variance, data access, judgement, and the cost of being wrong — usable in an afternoon without a vendor.

September 24, 2026Read

Diagnostics8 min read

Why most AI pilots return nothing — and what separates the ones that don't

Research puts the share of enterprise AI pilots with no measurable P&L impact at about 95%. The pattern behind the failures is consistent, and it is visible before you write any code.

September 18, 2026Read

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