This week, I'm running a small experiment to test behavioural ROI. I'm piloting AI for weekly sales performance reporting, automating data extraction and consolidation.
Real-world examples are everywhere:📈 Accountants using AI for classification and reconciliation are closing books faster with higher quality.🤖 Teams automating data-to-dashboard workflows with "AI Copilot" tools are seeing massive productivity gains.
time to visible impact tends to fall as task complexity falls. Quick wins show in days to weeks, platform consolidations take weeks to months. Choose both a fast pilot and a medium term integration.
If you run a team, pick one repetitive task to automate this month, estimate
multiply. Start with a simple pilot such as email or scheduling automation, measure weekly hours saved, then scale the winners. One practitioner in the material reported reclaiming over 20 hours a week through this approach.
Key insight, as an inference from these patterns:
A McKinsey finding in the material even shows process times collapsing from 37 days to under one day when automation is applied to end to end workflows.
Practical route: track tasks for one week, flag those that take more than 30 minutes weekly, calculate your hourly value and
Case studies from AvePoint, Nyla and Onepoint show similar patterns: small tasks yield steady hourly savings, while developer and platform tooling can accelerate cycles by about 20 per cent or deliver 10 to 15 per cent productivity gains.
How long until automation pays off, really? The short answer is: often sooner than you expect, but the scale depends on what you automate.
Take scheduling. A pilot at Amazon cut meeting time by about 30 per cent and freed roughly five hours a week per person.
🚀 Day 6 of my #n8n learning journey!
Today I learned how to create Google Cloud credentials and an OpenAI API key, and how they help connect external services to n8n.
One step at a time. One workflow at a time. 💪🏽🤖
#n8n#Automation#OpenAI#LearningInPublic
🚀 Day 4 — My Automation Learning Journey
Today I learned about AI Chat Assistants 🤖
I explored how AI + automation can help create smart assistants that interact with users and automate tasks.
Still learning. Still building. 💻🚀
#n8n#AI#Automation#LearningInPublic
My Automation learning journey.
🚀 Day 3 of Learning n8n
Today I learned how to:
✅ Create an n8n Form
✅ Connect n8n to Google Sheets
✅ Connect Google services to my local n8n
✅ Understand JSON
✅ Understand how JSON helps nodes communicate and pass data.
My Automation learning journey.
🚀 Day 2 of Learning n8n
Today I continued learning n8n and worked on setting up n8n locally using Docker.
I’m beginning to understand how workflows are created and how different nodes connect to perform tasks automatically.
One step at a time.
My Automation learning journey.
🚀 Day 1 of Learning n8n
Today I started my journey into workflow automation with n8n.
I learned the basics of automation, workflows, triggers, actions, and how different nodes work together.
I’m excited to see where this journey takes me.
Dear beloved sports-loving Nigerian youths,
After watching the performances of Davido, Burna Boy, and Rema at the opening of the 2026 World Cup—at a time when Nigeria, the giant of Africa, is absent—I felt a measure of consolation. This was reinforced by the fact that many Nigerians playing for clubs worldwide are representing other countries. Felix Nmecha, for instance, set a record by scoring the fastest goal at six minutes for Germany. I write to you therefore, knowing that this country belongs to you, the youth.
You are more of stakeholders in Nigeria’s future than I am. I am 64 years old; by God’s grace, much of my journey is behind me, while yours lies ahead.
It is therefore imperative that you rise to the challenge by obtaining your PVC, your most powerful tool for driving the change you desire.
In the last three years alone, over 15 million Nigerians have turned 18—enough to decide who becomes President, Governor, Senator, Member of the House, or Local Government Chairman. Indeed, enough to shape the nation’s future.
I know many of you are sceptical about politics and political parties. I understand why, but scepticism must not become surrender.
You do not need to belong to any party or wait for anyone to organise you. Organise yourselves in your streets, campuses, communities, workplaces, churches, mosques, and social groups. Mobilise, debate, demand accountability, and take part in choosing those you wish to entrust with leadership.
If you are organised and wish to hear directly from me, invite me. I will come and share my plans for you and our nation.
Do not sit on the sidelines while others decide your future.
I appeal to you to register and vote. Your vote can shape who becomes the next President of our country.
My young friends, this is your country. Take it back.
A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO