Automation
3 Expensive Mistakes Companies Make When Adopting New Technology
Failed rollouts almost never fail because of the tech. They fail in the same three places — and they're easy to avoid if you name them up front.
Mistake 1 — Skipping the existing workflow
Teams buy a tool, then try to bend the work to fit it. The cheapest fix is the slowest-feeling one: spend a week shadowing the people who do the work, then design around what they actually do.
Mistake 2 — No metric to move
If nobody can name the number that's supposed to change, the rollout has no exit criteria. Pick a metric, baseline it, and define what success looks like before week one.
Mistake 3 — Big-bang launch
Phased rollouts beat company-wide launches every time. Start with one team, iron out the friction, then scale. Roll-back is built in by default.
What works instead
Tightly-scoped pilot, named owner, one metric, weekly demos. Less ceremony, more shipping.
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