---
title: "Corey Ganim on Automating Business Processes"
url: https://stacklist.com/card/bbd278cd-395d-4692-81cc-6177f43e20f9
source_url: "https://x.com/coreyganim/status/2078878531401183459?s=12"
stack: https://stacklist.com/stack/77efad9d-238f-4b70-921a-64845c109a1e
summary: "Corey Ganim explains that businesses fail at automation by trying to automate broken processes, and AI amplifies existing system quality. He outlines a three-step workflow: audit the current process, optimize it by cleaning up operational details, and only then automate using AI tools."
tags: "process-optimization, automation, ai-workflow, business-process, workflow-management, system-improvement"
key_entities: "Corey Ganim (person), AI (technology), process-automation (concept), workflow-optimization (concept)"
classification: "tutorial"
content_hash: "sha256:8219057bd77385a840dd542133748df6f664f5c588d13a396726d3e099ebbb00"
acp_version: "0.2"
token_counts_approximate: 231
visibility: public
agent_accessible: true
status: "final"
---

# Corey Ganim on Automating Business Processes

Corey Ganim @coreyganim where 99% of businesses go wrong is trying to automate a BROKEN process. AI makes great systems better and bad systems worse. here's the workflow to fix a process first before adding AI: 1) Audit Where does the process start? Where does the final deliverable live? Who approves it? What blockers exist? What happens when something is missing? 2) Optimize Clean the boring pieces. -file naming -folder structure -process rules -review checklist -backup sources -publishing gates -step owners -access rules ONLY THEN do you move on to step 3 which is 3) Automate This is where we add AI, usually by turning the process into a Skill. this process applies to content, sales, support, reporting, onboarding, proposal creation, etc. etc. etc. If the human workflow is unclear, the AI workflow will be incredibly fragile and usually won't work at all. 4:24 PM · Jul 19, 2026 447 Views 4 0 4 7 0 7