Which ones actually belong in your business?

Lately, I’ve been working a lot around the intersection of marketing operations, CRM, workflows and practical AI automation — looking at where businesses lose time, where leads fall through the cracks, and which repetitive processes can realistically be simplified.

And one thing keeps becoming clearer:

Most businesses don’t need more AI tools. They need better systems.

Before automating anything, I like to look at the actual workflow:

Where does the lead come from? → Where does it go? → Who follows up? → What is still manual? → Where do things get lost? → What could AI genuinely improve?

My background is especially strong in mortgage, financial services and B2B marketing, but these workflow problems exist in almost every industry.

So that’s what I’m working on right now:

Less AI for the sake of AI. More AI that solves an actual business problem.

Curious what other businesses are seeing: what’s one repetitive task in your work you would automate tomorrow if you could?

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