Field notes on AI in business
Practical writing on AI, automation and the day-to-day work of running a business. From the team that builds and runs AI systems.
Manufacturing
Automated Lockout-Tagout Compliance Verification
Lockout-tagout errors are a leading cause of fatal manufacturing injuries. AI and IoT systems verify that LOTO procedures are followed correctly every time.
Basel IsmailApr 17, 2026
Law firms
Automated Legal Invoice Review for Corporate Legal Departments
Corporate legal departments receive thousands of outside counsel invoices annually. AI reviews these invoices for billing guideline compliance, identifying overcharges and billing irregularities.
Basel IsmailApr 17, 2026
Accounting tax
Integrating AI Tax Research Tools With Your Existing Workflow
AI tax research tools are powerful standalone but transformative when integrated into your preparation and planning workflow.
Basel IsmailApr 17, 2026
Healthcare
How AI Handles Split Billing for Teaching Hospital Physician Services
Teaching hospital billing for physician services involves complex rules about attending presence, resident participation, and documentation requirements. AI systems now navigate the teaching physician rules and ensure correct billing.
Basel IsmailApr 17, 2026
Insurance
How AI Manages Aggregate Deductible Tracking for Self-Insured Retentions
Companies with self-insured retentions need precise tracking of when their aggregate deductible is satisfied. AI automates this tracking across complex multi-line programs.
Basel IsmailApr 17, 2026
Construction
Automated Seismic Retrofit Evaluation and Prioritization for Building Portfolios
Building owners with large portfolios need to prioritize seismic retrofits across many structures. AI evaluation tools assess vulnerability and prioritize investments for maximum risk reduction.
Basel IsmailApr 17, 2026
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Ecommerce retail
How AI Manages Product Launch Sequence Optimization Across Channels
Launching a product simultaneously everywhere is not always the best strategy. AI determines the optimal launch sequence across channels to maximize total impact and learn from early performance.
Basel IsmailApr 17, 2026
Logistics transportation
AI for Courier and Local Delivery Fleet Scheduling Optimization
Local delivery fleets face a daily puzzle: dozens of stops, tight time windows, varying package sizes, and traffic patterns that change by the hour. AI scheduling solves this puzzle faster and better than manual planning.
Basel IsmailApr 17, 2026
Artificial intelligence
The Organizational Structure Changes AI Demands
AI adoption often requires new roles (AI operations, data governance), restructured teams, and updated reporting lines to manage human-AI collaboration.
Basel IsmailApr 17, 2026
Artificial intelligence
Resistance to AI Adoption and How Smart Companies Address It
61% of employees worry AI will make their jobs obsolete. Successful companies address this fear with transparency, retraining, and role evolution rather than replacement.
Basel IsmailApr 17, 2026
AI agents
Self-Healing AI Systems That Fix Their Own Errors
At 3am, your invoice processing agent encounters a malformed PDF that crashes the extraction pipeline. In a traditional system, this means a page goes off, a tired engineer logs in, and the problem gets patched manually. In a self-healing system, the failure is detected in milliseconds, an alternative extraction strategy is applied, the malformed document is quarantined for review, and processing continues without interruption.
Basel IsmailApr 17, 2026
Artificial intelligence
How Healthcare Organizations Deploy AI While Protecting Patient Data
Ninety percent of health systems now run AI in production, but 67% remain unprepared for stricter security standards. Healthcare AI lives at the intersection of enormous potential and enormous regulatory constraint.
Basel IsmailApr 17, 2026
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