{"id":13794,"date":"2026-02-23T09:21:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T08:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chapmanbright.com\/?post_type=resources&p=13794"},"modified":"2026-02-23T09:25:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T08:25:31","slug":"ai-first-automation-roadmap","status":"publish","type":"resources","link":"https:\/\/chapmanbright.com\/nl\/resources\/trends-insights\/ai-first-automation-roadmap\/","title":"My AI-First Automation Roadmap Learnings","content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","cb_resources_category":[90],"class_list":["post-13794","resources","type-resources","status-publish","hentry","cb_resources_category-trends-insights"],"acf":{"banner":6473,"title":"My AI-First Automation Roadmap Learnings","text_overview":"Read my guest article on B2BMarketeers.nl on how your automation roadmap should starts with how work really happens.","image":13796,"button":"Read","components":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_textblock_full","background":"none","title":"The Moment I Realized \u201cAI-First\u201d Was the Wrong Starting Point","text":"Diederik Martens |<\/strong> I recently came back from a conference where one message dominated every conversation: businesses want to become \u201cAI-first.\u201d It left me both inspired and concerned. 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