What production AI actually requires.
Notes from rebuilding enterprise processes around data, systems, people, and AI. We write about the operating work that sits between a promising model and a reliable production capability.
Why enterprise AI pilots fail before production.
A pilot can prove that a model produces a useful output. It does not prove that the surrounding process, data, ownership, integrations, and controls are ready for daily operations.
Read the first Baseline field note below.
How to choose the first process for AI transformation.
The best starting point is a narrow operating path with a visible constraint, recurring work, a clear owner, real materials, and a production boundary the company can control.
AI is one layer. The rest of the system makes it useful.
Production AI depends on the process, data, interfaces, integrations, and infrastructure around it.