Where AI actually pays off first: the three tasks every team is already doing by hand.

Start AI where the work is repetitive, low-risk, and high-volume. That is where the hours come back.

Myth: AI is for big budgets. Reality: a two-person team can automate intake, drafting, and tagging this week.

Do this: list your team's top five repeated tasks. Not this: ask what AI can do in the abstract.

Triage support tickets by intent before a human reads them. One classifier, hours saved, fewer misses.

The first AI win should be boring. Boring is what frees the calendar.