/ Opening
AI can accelerate the work and still weaken the decision
The tool is useful when the task, inputs, checkpoints, and quality standard are explicit.
TASK
What part should AI perform?
Retrieve, organize, generate, compare, simulate.
CONTROL
Where must a human decide?
Meaning, risk, taste, accuracy, consequence.
VERIFY
How will the output be checked?
Sources, logic, calculations, context, policy.
TAKEAWAYTreat AI as a capable teammate with defined responsibilities—not an answer machine.
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/ Quick Test
Which workflow is actually AI-enabled?
Both use the same model.
PROMPT-AND-PASTEAsk for a strategy
Ask for a strategy
Accept fluent output
No source check
Human edits tone
CONTROLLED WORKFLOWDecompose the task
Decompose the task
Provide evidence and constraints
Generate competing options
Verify and select with named owner
TAKEAWAYUsing AI is not the same as designing an AI-assisted workflow.
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/ Model
Use AI through a controlled work loop
The human remains responsible for the answer acted upon.
01FrameDefine task, decision, and quality bar.
02SupplyProvide context, sources, constraints, examples.
03ExpandGenerate options, counterframes, and checks.
04Verify + ownValidate, select, edit, and remain accountable.
TAKEAWAYAI expands the field. A human authors the consequence.
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/ Distinctions
Know the common failure modes
Fluent output can hide weak inputs and unsupported claims.
HALLUCINATION
Invented facts or citations
Verify against primary sources.
BIAS + AVERAGING
Patterns reproduce exclusions or generic output
Challenge frames and missing voices.
CONTEXT LOSS
The model lacks local conditions
Supply relevant artifacts and constraints.
AUTOMATION COMPLACENCY
Human review becomes ceremonial
Define stop points and named approval.
TAKEAWAYVerification should match the consequence of being wrong.
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/ Team Challenge
Decompose one agency task into human and AI work
Design the workflow, not only the prompt.
Research briefCompetitive analysisCampaign conceptsPerformance report
OUTPUT: task steps · AI role · inputs · verification · human checkpoint · escalation condition · final owner
TAKEAWAYAI should reduce low-value labor while increasing the range and quality of human judgment.
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/ Pressure Test
Would you defend this output without mentioning AI?
The final standard is fitness, not tool usage.
1.Which claims were verified and how?
2.What important context could the model not know?
3.Where did a human make a consequential judgment?
4.What error or risk requires escalation rather than editing?
TAKEAWAYThe tool does not absorb accountability for the output.
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/ Example
One controlled strategy workflow
AI assists several steps without owning the choice.
STEPAI ROLEHUMAN CONTROL
Evidence intakeCluster and summarizeVerify source and omission
InterpretationGenerate competing readingsSelect and defend
DirectionDraft options and risksApply taste and stakes
Final recommendationStructure the memoName owner and falsifier
TAKEAWAYA good workflow uses AI where it is strong and preserves authorship where judgment matters.
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/ Close
Use the machine to widen the field—not outsource the call
Responsible AI use combines speed, range, verification, and ownership.
FRAMEDefine the task
EXPANDUse the tool deliberately
OWNVerify and decide
TAKEAWAYThe quality of the workflow matters more than the cleverness of the prompt.
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