Discovering AI Opportunities with Lean AI Canvas 2.0
The use of Artificial Intelligence in business can be an overwhelming problem, not because of a lack of opportunities but because of the abundance of them. Just knowing where to start can be difficult. The Lean AI Canvas was originally created as a systematic approach for this specific problem, to serve as a framework for exploiting AI opportunities reliably and repeatably. In the next version, Lean AI Canvas 2.0, the key addition is the 'Explore' phase, which aids in the discovery of AI opportunities ripe for exploitation.
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What is Lean AI Canvas?
Lean AI Canvas provides a guided process for taking advantage of AI opportunities - How to systematically identify, implement and validate individual AI opportunities. The approach is to not aim to replace humans with AI but to find the path to augment their expertise, aiming to eventually make them 10 times more productive. In practice this happens through following principles:
Prioritize human creativity by relieving staff of routine, repetitive tasks.
Enhance job satisfaction, as individuals spend more time on meaningful, enjoyable aspects of their work.
Improve productivity, leveraging the correlation between job satisfaction and performance.
This approach allows for quick value creation and validation through AI augmentation. However, while it helpes you to exploit existing AI opportunities, the first version did not help you discover any new opportunities. This is what the new version brings.
Lean AI Canvas 2.0 and the 'Explore' Phase
The new version adds an 'Explore' phase. It is a simple framework to discover tasks suitable for AI enhancement, while augmenting the human creative work.
The 'Explore' phase in a nutshell:
The Role and The Core Problem-Solving Task – We start with a human and their job, on what is the core creative problem-solving aspect of the role. Identifying the central tasks where human creativity is paramount and aiming to automate or enhance everything around that.
Steps Before Core Task – Analyze the tasks leading up to the core creative activity, pinpointing where AI can take on routine or data-intensive preparations.
Steps After Core Task – Assessing the follow-up tasks to the core creative activity, where AI can assist in processing, analyzing, or preparing the outcomes of creative work.
These simple steps allow you to start mapping and discovering AI opportunities to support the human core work. This will give you a list of tasks from where you can workon identifying the most valuable optimizations and automations for the ‘Exploit’ phase.
Conclusion
For organizations interested in augmenting their business capabilities, Lean AI Canvas 2.0 provides a pathway to a more efficient, innovative, and AI-driven business environment. It helps you to identify and exploit AI opportunities effectively making it an indispensable asset for any business.
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