AI does not create leverage by adding work.
It creates leverage by removing it.
Here is today’s test.
The One Step Rule
Look at any workflow you touched this week.
Ask:
What single step could disappear if AI were integrated properly?
Not improved.
Not accelerated.
Removed.
If you cannot identify a removable step, AI is probably sitting on top of the workflow instead of inside it.
Why This Matters
Many teams make the same mistake:
AI drafts something.
Then someone reviews it.
Then someone edits it.
Then someone validates it.
Then someone approves it.
That is not leverage.
That is duplication.
Real integration looks different.
A step disappears.
A delay shortens.
A handoff vanishes.
A decision moves earlier.
Leverage is subtraction.
What Good Looks Like
Strong examples:
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AI replaces manual reconciliation entirely.
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AI flags risk before review meetings happen.
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AI removes the need for status update reporting.
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AI eliminates first pass document drafting.
Notice the pattern.
No extra layers.
No parallel process.
Just removal.
The Saturday Question
Before next week begins, identify one step in your workflow that should not exist.
Design AI to remove it.
If nothing disappears, you are experimenting.
If something vanishes, you are integrating.
That is the difference. That's the Signal.
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