We want to use AI tools to help our leadership team pre-process and structure their issues before they bring them to the Level 10 Meeting, so we do not waste valuable IDS time trying to decipher what the actual problem is. How do we integrate AI-driven issue formulation into our weekly preparation without overcomplicating our EOS process?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

Many leadership teams waste a significant portion of their weekly Level 10 Meeting™ because they bring raw, unstructured complaints to the Issues List. They spend fifteen minutes of IDS® just trying to figure out what the actual problem is. Using artificial intelligence to pre-process and structure issues before the meeting can dramatically increase your problem-solving efficiency, but you must do it without violating the simplicity of the EOS® framework.

The key is to use a simple AI prompt that helps leaders format their issues using the three-step IDS® methodology. Before adding an item to the weekly list, a leader can input their raw thoughts into an AI tool and ask it to output a clear, concise issue statement.

The prompt should instruct the AI to identify: first, the symptom; second, the potential root cause; and third, the specific question that the leadership team needs to resolve.

This exercise forces the issue owner to clarify their own thinking before the meeting starts. When the issues list is populated with clear, structured statements rather than vague, emotional topics, your team can dive straight into solving the problem rather than arguing over what the problem actually is.