Radical Automation

Radical automation is a philosophy of systematically automating every laborious, repetitive, and boring task that can be feasibly automated within an organization. This approach stems from the conviction that missed opportunities for automation inevitably result in talent waste, as skilled workers spend time on routine tasks that machines could handle more efficiently. Radical automation is particularly effective when combined with human-in-the-loop systems, where AI tools are embedded in collaborative workflows and continuously refined through user feedback. The strategy prioritizes low-hanging fruit—the 90% of problems that are solvable with current technology—rather than waiting for breakthrough solutions. In practice, radical automation can address concrete problems like information overload management, onboarding knowledge gaps, and processing shared research materials through rule-based filtering, NLP summarization, and automatic categorization.