The AI Adoption Playbook

Context: I run [FUNCTION] at a [INDUSTRY] company with [SIZE] people.
Role: Act as an operations consultant who has done this 50 times.
Action: Tell me which of our weekly tasks are worth automating first.
Format: A ranked table with reasoning, maximum 5 rows.
Tweak: (after reading) Now redo it assuming we have no budget for new tools.

Here is my plan:
[PASTE YOUR PLAN]

Act as the most sceptical person in the room. What is the single biggest
assumption I am making? What evidence would disprove it? What is the most
likely way this fails that I have not considered?

I work in [FUNCTION] at a [INDUSTRY] company with [SIZE] people.
Here are the 10 things my team does every week:
[LIST THEM]

For each one, rate: volume (high, medium, low), how rule based it is, how
much human judgment it needs, and the cost of an error.
Then rank the top 3 candidates for automation and explain your reasoning.
Flag any where automation would be a bad idea and say why.

I want to automate [PROCESS]. Before I change anything I need a baseline.

Tell me exactly what to measure over the next 2 weeks, how to measure it
without disrupting the team or making them feel watched, and precisely
which numbers I will need later to prove the change worked.

I want to run a 6 week pilot automating [PROCESS] with [N] people.

Design it: what to include and what to deliberately exclude, success
criteria defined up front, what to measure weekly, and the kill criteria
that would tell me to stop. Keep it small enough that failure is cheap.

A team of [N] people spends [HOURS] per week each on [PROCESS].
Loaded cost is approximately [RATE] per hour.
An automation would cost [SETUP COST] to build and [MONTHLY] per month.

Calculate payback period and first year ROI. Then list 5 non obvious costs
or risks I am forgetting, and tell me what would have to be true for this
to fail.

Turn these notes into a one page memo for [BOARD / CEO / PARTNERS]:
[PASTE YOUR NOTES]

Structure: the problem in one line, what we did, the measured result, what
it cost, what we recommend next, and the honest risks.
Maximum 300 words. No jargon and no hype.

Act as a strategy consultant. In [INDUSTRY] in India, where is AI creating
genuine competitive advantage, and where is it only creating cost savings
that competitors will match within a year?

Give me 3 examples of each, and tell me which category most companies in
this sector are wrongly investing in.

We are considering [CAPABILITY]. Argue both sides properly: the case for
buying an off the shelf tool, and the case for building it ourselves.

Consider our size ([SIZE]), whether this is core to how we compete,
switching costs, and who maintains it three years from now.
Then give me your recommendation and the single question that should
decide it.

I am evaluating [TOOL] for my company in India. Give me 12 questions to ask
the vendor, covering: where our data is stored, whether they train models
on our data, DPDP Act 2023 compliance, access controls, uptime and support,
exit and data portability, how pricing can change, and what happens if they
are acquired.

Tell me which answers should be outright dealbreakers.

I am introducing [TOOL OR AUTOMATION] to a team of [N] people who currently
do [WORK]. They are worried about being replaced.

Write a short, honest message I can actually say out loud. Do not make it
corporate or evasive. Then list the 5 objections I should expect and how to
answer each one truthfully, including the ones where the honest answer is
uncomfortable.

Draft a one page AI usage policy for a [SIZE] person [INDUSTRY] company in
India.

Cover: which tools are approved, what data may never be entered, when a
human signature is required, who to ask when unsure, and the consequences
of breaching it. Plain English, no legalese, something people will read.

I am starting a [BUSINESS] in [CITY]. Map the full operational workflow from
customer enquiry to payment collection.

For each step tell me: can AI do this today, SHOULD it, and what is the
cheapest tool available. Flag every step where a human must stay in the
loop and explain exactly why.

My [BUSINESS] is at [STAGE OR REVENUE]. I am personally spending [HOURS] a
week on [TASKS].

Should my next move be hiring someone or automating this? Give me the
honest tradeoff, including what automation genuinely cannot do and what I
would lose by not having a person in that seat.