The Automatable Enterprise: Why 40% of Your Workforce is Doing Robot Work
I built a company to 25 million users without a single penny of outside funding. People ask me for the secret. It isn't luck. It's my obsession with 'The Automatable Enterprise.' Most companies are bl
I built a company to 25 million users without a single penny of outside funding. People ask me for the secret. It isn't luck. It's my obsession with 'The Automatable Enterprise.' Most companies are bleeding potential because they hire smart humans to do robot work. If you looked closely at your organization, you'd find that 40% of your payroll is being spent on copy-pasting data.
In my book 'Automate Your Busywork', I argue that automation isn't just about saving time; it's about saving your brain for the big stuff. Robot work is repetitive, low-impact, and soul-crushing. Human work is creative, strategic, and high-impact. Your job as a leader is to decouple them.
The Automation Flywheel
We can't just 'buy AI' and hope for best. You need a system. I call it the Automation Flywheel: Divide, Design, Refine. First, you must audit your workflows. What tasks are 'busy work'?
Identifying them is half the battle. Then, design a workflow—not just a tool, but a process where data flows automatically from A to B. Finally, refine it. Automation is never 'set and forget'.
Stop Hiring for Capacity; Hire for Capability
The traditional reflex when a team is overwhelmed is to hire more people. This is a mistake. Adding people to a broken process just scales the inefficiency. Before you open a headcount requisition, ask: 'Can this role be solved with a better workflow?' The goal of the modern enterprise isn't to be the biggest; it's to be the most efficient.
Automation is the ultimate leverage. It allows a small team to out-execute a giant. The future belongs to the Automatable Enterprise. Is yours one of them?
