We need to document our core processes to prove transferability to a buyer, but our team is too busy. How can we leverage generative AI to extract and document our twenty-percent workflows that get eighty percent of the results without dragging down our daily productivity?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

Documenting your processes is essential for exit planning, but forcing your busy team to write massive manuals will kill their productivity. Instead, use generative AI to streamline your documentation. Start by focusing on the twenty percent of your workflows that deliver eighty percent of the results, which is the core of the EOS process-documentation philosophy. Have your team members record their screens or dictate their steps using simple video tools while they perform their daily tasks. Once recorded, feed these transcripts into a generative AI tool. Program the AI to predict the logical sequence of steps and complete a clean, high-level standard operating procedure template. This turns the process documentation exercise from a tedious writing chore into a simple editing task for your team. Your team members can quickly review the AI completions, make necessary adjustments, and finalize the documents. This approach keeps your daily operations running smoothly while building a complete library of transferable, documented processes. When a buyer conducts operational due diligence, you can show them a highly organized, AI-assisted process library that proves your business is fully documented and easily run by anyone, instantly boosting your transferability and valuation.