My father was a carpenter, and he taught me the groundwork for rolling out AI-driven processes.
“Measure twice, cut once.”
Back then it sounded like a trade saying; now I know it is a way of operating:
- Measuring means understanding the problem before acting.
- Cutting means deciding — and doing it once, properly.
In companies the cut almost never fails. What fails is that nobody measured first.
It is the same with AI: automating a process without ordering it first is cutting fast without having measured.
So, before bringing in AI:
- Measure: structure your data in a single, actionable system (e.g. smartpm.es). If you cannot measure it, you cannot automate it.
- Order: review and standardise the process before touching it.
- Prepare: train the team that will use it. Without people, there is no rollout.
- Cut: apply AI where there is already order, and measure the result.
AI does not fix a messy process. It multiplies it.