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Stop guessing which process to automate first
A 5-prompt chain that helps small and mid-size companies identify their highest-ROI process for AI automation instead of picking based on vibes. The article argues that most AI projects fail due to poor process selection, not technical execution, and provides a scoring system to evaluate candidates on AI readiness, pain level, strategic impact, and ease of implementation.
Published March 16, 2026 by Kamil Banc
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A 5-prompt AI chain that scores your processes and picks the highest-ROI automation target
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Claim 1 · Source summary
McKinsey Pilot Failure Rate
A McKinsey survey from 2024 found 74% of companies struggle to move AI pilots into production.
Claim 2 · Source summary
Blockers Are Strategic, Not Technical
The McKinsey report identifies unclear business cases and misaligned priorities as top blockers, not technical complexity.
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Four-Criteria Process Scoring
Prompt 2 scores every candidate process across AI readiness, pain level, strategic impact, and ease.
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Complete Plan in One Session
The 5-prompt chain produces a transformation plan with named owners, KPI tables, and phased timelines.
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Built-In Stress Test
Prompt 5 stress-tests the transformation guide for weak spots and provides a same-week quick win.
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"The failure mode is selection, not execution."
Key statistics
74%
Percentage of companies that struggle to move AI pilots into production, per a 2024 McKinsey survey cited in the article
5 prompts
Number of prompts in the chain that takes users from a vague AI idea to a finished transformation plan in one session
12 questions
Length of the business profile diagnostic in Prompt 1 that collects company information before scoring
Top 5 processes
Number of ranked candidate processes Prompt 2 outputs in a transparent scoring table
Supporting context
The article argues that small and mid-size companies most often fail at AI adoption because they select the wrong process to automate, not because the technology underperforms. The author's methodology replaces intuition-based selection with a structured scoring system evaluating AI readiness, pain level, strategic impact, and ease of implementation. The 5-prompt chain is designed to run in a single sitting in any major AI tool, including ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok. Practitioners can apply the output directly as a working document with owners, KPIs, and phased timelines, and consultants can repackage the same chain as a paid client deliverable. The approach targets the documented gap between AI pilots and production deployment by forcing evaluation criteria to be applied consistently before any build commitment.
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