All episodes / EP.04
Are You Automating Things That Don't Matter?
· 29 min Watch on YouTube
Which workflows are worth automating? Oksana and Konstantin discuss process ownership, reports nobody reads and how to tell whether automation improves a result.
Episode chapters
- 00:00Paying for results, not time
- 00:18Who owns the process?
- 02:21Years of experience versus seniority
- 05:14Building without a clear product need
- 06:34Automation from the developer’s side
- 07:05The automation joke: goals and tradeoffs
- 09:11Management, responsibility and risk
- 13:14Could voice replace interfaces?
- 17:11Changing team workflows with AI
- 20:10Reports nobody reads
- 21:17Initiative and useful feedback
- 24:26Reliable delivery with little initiative
- 26:29Management and communication
- 27:43What does value mean?
- 28:09Final thoughts
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