Automate Work or Augment People? | Binary Business #2
Should AI replace the work your people are doing, or should it make them better at doing it? In this episode, I break down when to automate work entirely versus when to augment people using the ABCD framework.
This isn't about ethics. It's about outcomes. One approach creates leverage. The other creates resentment (or permanent AI babysitting).
What You'll Learn:
When AI should replace work vs. help people do work better
Why augmentation often becomes permanent training wheels
The augmentation trap (and how to avoid it)
When to automate fully and when human judgment still matters
How to avoid turning your team into AI babysitters
Key Timestamps:
0:15 - Welcome to Binary Business
0:35 - Context: The Choice Every Operator Faces
2:40 - The Binary: Automate vs Augment
6:10 - ABCD Framework Breakdown
6:15 - A: Audience (Who's Affected?)
7:45 - B: Build (Infrastructure for Each Approach)
9:15 - C: Convert (Where Money Actually Moves)
11:15 - D: Deliver (What Happens Downstream?)
13:15 - The Call: My Recommendation
Resources:
📊 Download the Free Binary Decision Scorecard: https://go.binarybusiness.tech/gzkqjw9n-yt-pod-bb-01
💼 Book a 30-Minute AI Decision Review: https://app.usemotion.com/meet/willguidry/EntreNova-Will?d=30
🔗 Connect on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/williamguidry
About Binary Business:
Binary Business breaks down AI-era business decisions into clear binary choices. Each 10-15 minute episode uses the ABCD framework (Audience, Build, Convert, Deliver) to help operators make faster, smarter calls.
100 episodes across 4 seasons in 2026. New episodes every Tuesday & Thursday.
About Will Guidry:
Will Guidry is CEO and Founder of EntreNova AI, a Houston-based Microsoft Cloud Solutions Partner. He helps operators make AI decisions that don't blow up six months later.
Previous Episode: BB-01 - Automate Now or Wait?
Next Episode: BB-03 - Replace Roles or Redesign Jobs?
Subscribe for one AI decision breakdown every Tuesday and Thursday.
All signal. No noise.
Binary Business is a business decision podcast for operators navigating AI.
Each 10-15 minute episode breaks one AI decision into a clear binary choice using the ABCD framework: Audience, Build, Convert, Deliver.
100 Episodes. 4 Seasons. One System.
Season 1 (Jan-Mar): Who AI decisions are for
Season 2 (Apr-Jun): How systems break when AI scales
Season 3 (Jul-Sep): Where AI moves money
Season 4 (Oct-Dec): How to execute AI decisions
New episodes drop every Tuesday & Thursday.
This isn't a podcast about AI hype. It's a framework for making high-stakes decisions in a world where AI is changing the rules.
Subscribe to follow the full arc. By Episode 100, you'll have a portable decision system that works for any business challenge.
🎯 Free Resource: Binary Decision Scorecard
https://go.binarybusiness.tech/gzkqjw9n-yt-pod-bb-01
💼 Work with Will:
https://app.usemotion.com/meet/willguidry/EntreNova-Will?d=30
🔗 LinkedIn:
https://linkedin.com/in/williamguidry
Binary Business. All signal. No noise.
