Quick Tip Saturday: Decide Where AI Is Not Allowed

Published on January 31, 2026 at 9:10 AM

Here’s a quick AI win most teams overlook:

Before deciding where AI should be used, decide where it is not allowed.

 

Why This Works

AI is powerful precisely because it is flexible.

That flexibility becomes a problem when there are no boundaries.

Clear exclusions do three things immediately:

 

  • Reduce second guessing

  • Protect high judgment decisions

  • Speed up everything else

 

Constraints create confidence.

 

What to Exclude on Purpose

Good candidates for exclusion:

 

  • Final accountability decisions

  • Performance reviews

  • Sensitive people issues

  • One off creative judgment calls

 

These areas benefit from AI input, not AI authority.

 

What This Unlocks

Once boundaries are clear, teams stop debating every use case.

AI becomes a support system instead of a question mark.

Work speeds up because judgment is protected, not diluted.

 

The Takeaway

AI adoption accelerates fastest when people know where it stops.

Define the line once.

Everything else gets easier.

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