[Verse 1]
Sarah's team just got approval for the automation bid
Quarter million dollars for the workflow they've always did
But before they write the contract, she asks her team to pause
"What if this whole process has some fundamental flaws?"
[Chorus]
Stop and think before you automate
Are we about to spend six figures on something we should eliminate?
Fix the thinking first, then build the code
Question every step along the road
Stop and think before you automate
Don't make broken processes run at a faster rate
[Verse 2]
They mapped out every handoff, every form and every queue
Twenty steps for approvals that three people could review
The legacy was driving them, tradition held them tight
But throwing tech at bad design won't make the process right
[Chorus]
Stop and think before you automate
Are we about to spend six figures on something we should eliminate?
Fix the thinking first, then build the code
Question every step along the road
Stop and think before you automate
Don't make broken processes run at a faster rate
[Bridge]
Aligned thinking comes before aligned systems take their place
If the logic's fundamentally wrong, no software wins the race
Ask the question that will save you time and money in the end
Is this process worth preserving or should we start again?
[Verse 3]
Sarah's team went back to basics, found a simpler way
Cut the steps from twenty down to five in just one day
Then they built the automation on foundations that made sense
Smart design saved the budget and made the workflow dense
[Final Chorus]
They stopped to think before they automated
Didn't spend six figures on a process they eliminated
Fixed the thinking first, then built the code
Questioned every step along the road
They stopped to think before they automated
Now their streamlined process runs at an optimized rate
[Outro]
Before you automate, investigate
Think it through, then innovate