10/10/2026
The question isn't whether to automate a decision. It's whether the decision has stopped changing.
A decision that repeats isn't necessarily a decision that's stable. When I look at a workflow, I try to start with the step that is a judgment wearing a rule's clothes: the one the team still quietly debates. Automate that, and you don't remove the disagreement; you make it repeatable at volume. A simple test: would two experienced people answer this step's question the same way today, and in six months? If yes, it can be a rule. If not, keep a person in the loop. Where do you draw that line?
Where do you draw the line between a decision a rule can own and one a person must keep?