More AI shouldn’t mean more checking, chasing and stitching work together. Bring people and agents into processes you can control, see and trust.
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The bottleneck: still you.
AI tool #1
A summary. You still check the facts.
Collect the inputs
Agent · reconciled against sources
AI tool #2
A draft. You still repair the context.
Review the exception
You · one prepared decision
Your team
An update. You still chase the handoff.
Carry the work forward
Team SOP · owner and next step clear
Now you’re briefing different tools, checking their outputs, teaching the team a new way to work and joining up the handoffs. The output arrives faster. Your review queue keeps growing.
Explain it. Again.
Each tool needs the background, the company’s standards and the decisions already made.
Looks finished. Needs fixing.
A fluent response can still leave you checking facts, repairing reasoning and redoing the work.
Someone still has to chase.
Outputs do not tell the next team what to do, who owns it or what counts as complete.
Describe the outcome. Set the sources, responsibilities and review points. Adapt an SOP to your team, then inspect a run before you put it to work.
When a new vendor is approved, collect their proposal and KYC, have Legal review the agreement, and get Finance to validate them before they go into the ERP.
Onboard a new vendor
Nested SOPs · one shared outcome
Your work, in view.
Helio vendor onboarding
Procurement → Legal
Liability fallback ready to review
Monthly business review
Finance → Leadership
Reports reconciled; summary in progress
Aster delivery handoff
Sales → Operations
Capacity confirmation requested
Status reconciled from the work and its required outputs.
Know what is moving, what is missing and what needs a decision. Status comes from the work, its outputs and the dependencies still open.
When your attention is needed, get the relevant context and a clear choice. Keep the rest moving through the process you set.
A procurement process can contain Legal’s review SOP and Finance’s validation SOP. Each team keeps its expertise and controls. The shared process connects their work.
Procurement
Vendor intake SOP
Collect proposal & KYC
Check against policy
Confirm the requester
HumanLegal
Contract review SOP
Review the agreement
Redline exceptions
Approve the terms
HumanFinance
Validation SOP
Validate bank details
Set payment terms
Add vendor to ERP
HumanShared outcome: vendor ready to use
Start with a familiar process. Review the agent’s sources, proposed action and where it needs your judgement. Change the rules and try again to see how it behaves.
The right records were used
Proposal, signed terms and supplier documents stay attached.
An exception was caught
Missing acceptance prevents the payment step from completing.
The right person was asked
Finance gets the missing condition and supporting context.
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