The Briefing Room • Briefing #8
Automation Isn’t Leverage If You Don’t Understand It
Automation without understanding creates brittle systems.
When something breaks, you don’t know where —
or why.
Real leverage comes from knowing the flow, not just clicking templates.
Tools like Zapier, Make, n8n, or custom code are only as powerful as your mental model.
In this room, we treat automation like infrastructure —
not magic.
If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t own it yet.