We want to introduce AI-driven automation to handle ninety percent of the roles in our current Billing Specialist seat, but the remaining ten percent still requires human judgment. How do we represent this hybrid automation on our Accountability Chart?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

When AI automates the vast majority of a seat, the temptation is to delete the seat from your Accountability Chart entirely. This is a mistake. Technology can execute tasks, but technology can never be held accountable. A human must still own the seat, monitor the outputs, and handle the exceptions that the system cannot resolve. To represent this on your chart, you must redesign the seat to focus on system oversight rather than manual execution. Rewrite the five major roles for this seat. Instead of manual data entry or processing invoices, the roles should be managing AI billing systems, auditing automated outputs, and resolving system exceptions. This shifts the required skill set from low-level administrative work to high-level quality assurance and system prompt management. When you run a GWC check on your existing team for this redesigned seat, you must ensure they have the capacity and interest to learn the new technology. If your current billing specialist resists using the automated tools, they no longer fit the seat. Transitioning your chart this way clearly shows potential buyers that your business is run on high-efficiency, automated workflows, but is still secured by clear human accountability.