The Challenge

Operating models still assume manual work.

Most companies add AI to an operating model built for manual work. Accountability, roles and controls fall behind.

01

No end-to-end owner

Each team measures only its own step.

02

Unclear roles

No one knows what AI may do or who handles a bad result.

03

Governance on paper

Policies exist, but the workflow lacks permissions, logs and escalation.

04

Status instead of evidence

Weekly updates report activity instead of whether criteria were met.

What You Get
Capabilities

Every agent gets a job, a limit and an owner.

We map work to the APQC Process Classification Framework so every workflow has a standard name and boundary, then design ownership, roles and controls around it.

MAP

Decision rights

Place each workflow in a standard process hierarchy and name who owns each decision.

Perfect for
  • Process framework
  • Value streams
  • Decision rights
  • Owners
ORGANIZE

Structure

Define teams, product owners, specialists and shared capabilities.

Perfect for
  • Team design
  • Product owners
  • Shared services
  • Capability map
ASSIGN

Human and agent roles

Specify what each agent may do, what it may only recommend and where a person approves.

Perfect for
  • Agent roles
  • Permissions
  • Approvals
  • Escalation
GOVERN

Built-in controls

Put permissions, audit logs, health checks and recovery steps into the workflow itself.

Perfect for
  • Policy
  • Audit trails
  • Monitoring
  • Recovery
MEASURE

Scorecards

Replace status meetings with scorecards. An agent gathers the evidence, and a named person approves each score.

Perfect for
  • Scorecards
  • Evals
  • Cycle time
  • Unit cost

How It Works

01. Diagnose

We pick one value stream and document its decisions, costs and gaps.

02. Design

We draw the new workflow, roles, approvals and measures with the accountable leaders.

03. Prove

We run it in one unit, fix what breaks and then expand.

What you get!
Business Outcomes

Clear ownership turns AI into results.

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One owner per outcome

Accountability is clear across teams.

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A job for every agent

Tasks, permissions and escalation are set in advance.

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A shared process language

Every team names its work the same way.

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Fewer approval surprises

People approve only where it matters.

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Working governance

Policy connects to permissions and logs.

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Evidence-based status

Progress is scored against criteria.

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A realistic workforce plan

Roles and skills change with the work.

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A repeatable model

The design is proven before it spreads.

Case in Point

Our own firm

Point One Zero practice

Point One Zero runs several client and product tracks with a lean team, and weekly status updates were taking too much leadership time. We replaced them with a scorecard in which each review system publishes one score, an agent gathers the evidence and a named person approves it. Our strategy work is mapped to the APQC framework to level four, so every initiative is described the same way.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

What is an AI native operating model?

An organization design in which people and AI agents share work under clear rules: who owns each outcome, what agents may do alone, where people approve and how results are measured.

How do you define roles for AI agents?

Give each agent a job description: its task, tools and data, the actions it may take alone, what it may only recommend and who it escalates to. Enforce it with permissions.

Why use the APQC Process Classification Framework?

It gives every process a standard name, number and level. Teams can then describe work consistently, compare AI initiatives, spot duplication and assign owners.

How do you govern AI agents?

At the point of work: limited permissions, audit logs, health checks, human approval for major actions and a recovery plan. A policy document alone governs nothing.

Where should a redesign start?

With one commercially important value stream that crosses several teams. Prove it there before expanding.

Get Started

Assign an owner where AI acts alone.

We will map its decisions and roles and design a model your leaders can run.

Design your AI operating model

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