Automation Doesn't Fail Because Models Are Wrong.
It Fails Because Authority Is Undefined.

Why Automation and AI Efforts Break Down

When execution outpaces leadership clarity, organizations risk outcomes they never intended.

Most automation and AI initiatives do not fail because the technology is flawed. They fail because the organization never made authority explicit before execution began.

As systems move from analysis to continuous action, decisions that once relied on informal alignment are executed at machine speed. When ownership, escalation, and limits are unclear, accountability arrives after impact - not before it.

Mesa Point exists to address this failure mode directly.

What Mesa Point Does

Mesa Point identifies every automation opportunity in your organization, defines decision authority for each, then works with your builders to ensure AI executes correctly.

Mesa Point focuses on:

• Complete opportunity discovery across your organization
• Decision ownership and authority boundaries
• Escalation and stop conditions
• Thresholds that govern execution
• Authority that can be validated in operation

We make explicit:

• Who owns critical decisions
• Where thresholds and limits apply
• When escalation or pause is required
• How irreversible commitments are governed

Mesa Point governs authority constructs including:

• Decision Authority Definition: clear ownership and decision boundaries
• Escalation and Stop Conditions: when action must pause, advance, or elevate
• Finality and Commitment Controls: constraints on irreversible decisions
• Authority Validation in Practice: confirmation that execution matches approved authority

This work happens before automation or scaled execution begins-and continues through deployment to ensure systems operate within approved boundaries.

Who We Serve

Mesa Point works with organizations where automation and AI make decisions that commit capital, affect customers, or create risk exposure.

We serve three distinct company segments - each with tailored engagement scope, pricing, and delivery timelines designed for your organizational complexity.

Case Study: $280M Manufacturing Company

What You'll Receive

Every Mesa Point engagement delivers concrete, actionable outputs designed for two audiences: executives who need to approve automation strategy, and engineers who need to build it correctly.

The Mesa Point Platform

Mesa Point engagements are powered by our proprietary Decision Authority Platform-the same system we use to capture, analyze, and document every decision in your organization.

During your engagement:

• We capture decisions in real-time during stakeholder interviews
• You see progress through live dashboards as we map your decision architecture
• All data feeds directly into your deliverables-no manual transcription, no delays

What this means for you:

• Complete transparency: You see what we're capturing as we work
• Faster delivery: Board presentations and technical specs generate automatically from validated data
• Higher accuracy: Single source of truth eliminates transcription errors and inconsistencies
• Systematic approach: Not ad-hoc consulting-every engagement follows the same proven methodology

What We Typically Find

In a $400M organization, we typically identify:

• 40-60 automation opportunities across operations, finance, customer experience, and risk management
• 15-20 high-value opportunities worth $5-15M in annual impact
• 8-12 critical decisions that should NOT be automated-protecting strategic judgment, customer relationships, or regulatory compliance
• 5-8 cross-department dependencies that create execution risk if authority isn't clarified

Our analysis reveals both where AI creates value and where it creates risk-so you invest in the right opportunities and avoid expensive mistakes.

How We Engage

Mesa Point engagements are intentionally focused and bounded.

We define decision authority and create governance frameworks. Your teams build systems. Implementation partners handle deployment.

Every engagement produces board-ready documentation and engineer-ready specifications - not recommendations that require interpretation.

The outcome is authority that can be trusted, governed, and executed - with board oversight and engineering precision.

Architects Working with Builders

Mesa Point works alongside your engineering teams and implementation partners to ensure systems execute within approved authority.

Our Approach

We identify opportunities, define requirements, and provide technical specifications. Then we collaborate during implementation to ensure automation executes within approved authority.

Your Team + Our Expertise

Your team builds capability. We ensure it's built correctly. Our work sits between executive strategy and technical execution - bridging the gap that causes most automation initiatives to fail.

What Changes After Mesa Point

From Discovery Through Deployment

Mesa Point engagements span three phases:

We validate systems work as intended, then provide ongoing governance frameworks your team can operate independently.

Engagement complete when authority operates as designed, teams maintain governance independently, and systems execute within approved boundaries.

Single engagement with clear completion criteria: when your team can operate governance frameworks independently.

Schedule a 30-Minute Discovery Call

We'll discuss your automation plans, identify where authority clarity would reduce risk, and outline a focused engagement if there's a fit.

First conversation is diagnostic, not a sales pitch.