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Field notes on service design, automation, quality, reporting, and delivery.

8 articles

Operations Design · Jun 12, 2026

Designing an outsourcing pilot that proves value

A useful pilot tests the operating model, not just whether a few tasks can be completed by another team.

By: Blih Ops Editorial · 6 min read

AI & Automation · May 27, 2026

What to automate first in back-office operations

The best first automation is rarely the largest workflow. It is the repeatable step with clear rules and visible exceptions.

By: Blih Ops Editorial · 7 min read

Operations Design · May 8, 2026

Why SLAs need an operating cadence

A target on paper does not manage a service. Teams need a recurring way to review performance, risk, and ownership.

By: Blih Ops Editorial · 5 min read

AI & Automation · Apr 16, 2026

Human-in-the-loop is an operating model

Human review works only when confidence, exceptions, authority, and feedback are designed as one system.

By: Blih Ops Editorial · 8 min read

Customer Experience · Mar 29, 2026

Building a quality scorecard people can use

A scorecard should make good work easier to recognize and coach, not reduce every conversation to a number.

By: Blih Ops Editorial · 6 min read

Data & Reporting · Mar 7, 2026

Operational reporting people actually use

Useful reporting reduces uncertainty and points to a decision. More charts do not automatically create more visibility.

By: Blih Ops Editorial · 5 min read

Team & Delivery · Feb 18, 2026

How an embedded pod joins a product team

External delivery capacity works best when it adopts the team's standards instead of introducing a parallel process.

By: Blih Ops Editorial · 7 min read

Operations Design · Jan 30, 2026

From shared inbox to controlled queue

A queue becomes manageable when every item has a state, an owner, a readiness definition, and an exception path.

By: Blih Ops Editorial · 6 min read