Risk & safety
Risk Zones
A traffic-light filter for where it is safe to start with AI.
Green
Internal, text-heavy, verifiable, low-consequence. Start here.
Orange
Higher stakes but still internal - decisions, forecasts, calculations. More verification.
Red
Customer-facing or safety-critical. Not a first pilot.
Not sure?
Ask two questions: who sees the output, and what happens if it is wrong?
When to use The first step in choosing a pilot - filter first, score second.
Read it in The AI Pilot Handbook →