AI Workflow Design Lab: From Workflow to Business Case

Vanessa Rementilla

AI Transformation, 2x-Founder, Educator

Saad Nizari

AI Transformation Strategist, Founder

Stop Automating Broken Work. Design AI-Ready Workflows People Actually Adopt.

Most organizations rush to implement AI before they understand how work actually happens. Tools get layered onto broken processes, roles shift without design, and poor adoption gets blamed on the technology.

This course gives you access to ARIA, the Workflow Intelligence methodology Nucleations uses with clients to uncover AI opportunities, redesign workflows, evaluate readiness, and build business cases for investment. It also introduces our Human Dividend lens: a way to identify where AI can reduce burden, strengthen human judgment, and create more meaningful work.

You’ll apply the method to a real workflow from your organization and move through four stages: understand the workflow, redesign it for AI, translate it into strategy, and turn that strategy into a credible investment case.

You leave with a human-centred AI workflow blueprint, a prioritized AI opportunity, a decision-ready business case, and a repeatable methodology you can apply across your organization.

What you’ll learn

Redesign AI workflows, build an impactful business case, and leave with a human-centred operational blueprint your team will actually adopt.

  • Evaluate current workflows for AI readiness, and in the context of your business

  • Why traditional process mapping and journey mapping fall short for AI-enabled work

  • Why most organizations fail to generate real business impact when they rush to implement AI tools

  • Document each step as it actually operates, including shadow processes, workarounds, and informal judgment calls

  • Identify how decisions are made and where accountability sits at each step

  • Quantify human burden to reveal where work creates friction, burnout risk, and poor customer experiences

  • Distinguish where AI should automate, augment, and where human judgment is non-negotiable

  • Define governance and accountability at every step where AI enters the workflow

  • Produce a future state design built for scale, consistency, and smarter decision-making

  • Identify how every affected role changes as AI enters the workflow

  • Surface the shift patterns your people will experience

  • Build the people-side foundation your change management plan needs to be credible

  • Quantify the value of your AI initiative using our Human Dividend framework

  • Capture time, cost, quality, and human impact in a transparent value formula

  • Pair your case with a feasibility scan and risk assessment ready for executive review

  • Apply our ARIA methodology to any workflow, not just the one you mapped in this course

  • Give your organization a structured, repeatable process for evaluating, designing, and justifying AI initiatives at scale

Learn directly from Vanessa & Saad

Vanessa Rementilla

Vanessa Rementilla

HCD-AI Transformation Strategist | 2x Founder | Speaker | Educator

Schulich School of Business
Columbia University
Cineplex
OCAD University
RBC
Saad Nizari

Saad Nizari

AI Transformation Strategist | Co-founder | Ex-McKinsey

McKinsey & Company
Goldman Sachs
RBC
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Who this course is for

  • AI transformation teams and professionals responsible for or influencing how AI is adopted within their companies.

  • Leaders in operations, finance, customer experience, HR, or professional services who are accountable for making AI work in practice.

  • Consultants and advisors who support organizations and want a structured, human-centred methodology for successful AI adoption.

What's included

Live sessions

Learn directly from Vanessa Rementilla & Saad Nizari in a real-time, interactive format.

Lifetime access

Go back to course content and recordings whenever you need to.

3 real-world projects

Apply ARIA to a real workflow from your organization and leave with a business case for AI investment ready to present.

Access to Nucleations' proprietary methods

Learn the proven methods we use with clients to drive successful AI adoption.

Community of peers

Learn, share, and stay accountable through social learning with like-minded professionals.

Optional office hours

Optional personalized support for your specific needs.

Certificate of completion

Share your new skills with your employer or on LinkedIn.

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Course syllabus

2 live sessions • 20 lessons • 3 projects

Week 1

Sep 21—Sep 27

    DAY 1: Foundations and Current State Mapping (Asynchronous Instruction)

    5 items

    DAY 2: AI-Enabled Workflow Mapping with ARIA (Live Instruction)

    • Sep

      24

      AI-Enabled Workflow Mapping with ARIA

      Thu 9/245:00 PM—7:00 PM (UTC)
    6 more items

    Optional: Friday Office Hours

    1 item

Week 2

Sep 28—Oct 2

    Day 3: Use Case Identification and Strategic Outputs (Asynchronous Instruction)

    3 items

    Day 4: Building Your Business Case Package (Live Instruction)

    • Oct

      1

      Building Your Business Case Package

      Thu 10/15:00 PM—8:00 PM (UTC)
    7 more items

    Optional: Friday Office Hours

    1 item

Schedule

Live sessions

2-3 hrs / week

    • Thu, Sep 24

      5:00 PM—7:00 PM (UTC)

    • Thu, Oct 1

      5:00 PM—8:00 PM (UTC)

Projects

1-2 hrs / week

Async content

1-2 hrs / week

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