Direct answer
Pick one workflow where AI can plausibly help — drafting, classification, summarization, routing, or scoring. Build the smallest version with a human review gate. Measure whether it actually helps before expanding.
Common starting points
- AI-assisted drafting (emails, reports, proposals) with human review before send
- Document classification or tagging — fast, low-risk, measurable
- Customer query routing — AI suggests, human or rule confirms
- Structured data extraction from unstructured inputs (forms, transcripts)
What to build first
- The data pipeline — what does the AI see, and in what format?
- The prompt strategy — tested, versioned, and reviewed for failure modes
- The review UI — where does a human approve, reject, or edit the output?
- The measurement — how will you know if this is helping in 30 days?