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Kris Newlin

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CRM Workflow Automation That Moves the Needle (2026)

Workflow automation CRM vendors build in stops at the CRM. The workflows that pay off cross into enrichment, billing and support and get confirmed first.

October 18, 202613 min readKris Newlin, withViktor

Motion AI Review: What It Actually Does (2026)

An honest Motion AI review: what a week looks like on its auto-scheduling, who it suits, where the calendar stops and the work begins, and what it costs.

October 18, 202614 min readKris Newlin, withViktor

AI Automation Examples: 12 Jobs Worth Handing Over (2026)

12 AI automation examples in sales, finance, HR, support and ops, each with the trigger, the judgement call the model makes, the action and the sign-off.

October 18, 202613 min readKris Newlin, withViktor

4 AI Personal Assistants for Founders + 1 AI Employee (2026)

Searching for the best AI personal assistant? Four tools that each handle one founder job, plus Viktor, the AI employee who finishes work across tools.

October 18, 202614 min readKris Newlin, withViktor

What AI Agents Cannot Do Yet: An Honest Take (2026)

AI agent limitations as failure classes you can test for: irreversible actions, unverifiable work, context stuck in one head, and costly judgement calls.

October 18, 202613 min readKris Newlin, withViktor

Pause the Ad or Move the Budget? (2026)

When to pause ads vs reallocate budget: the signals that separate tired creative from a spent audience, the thresholds to act on, and what to do after.

October 17, 202612 min readKris Newlin, withViktor

What Is an AI Workflow? (2026)

What is an AI workflow? A plain definition, its anatomy (trigger, steps, decision points, actions), and how it differs from a pipeline, an agent and ML.

October 17, 202612 min readKris Newlin, withViktor

Automation vs AI: Which One Do You Need? (2026)

The difference between automation and AI as a decision: paired scenarios of the same task with and without a judgement call, and a test for your process.

October 17, 202612 min readKris Newlin, withViktor

How to Correct an AI Employee's Mistakes (2026)

How to correct AI output that came back wrong: name the error, add the missing constraint, restate the rule, and turn repeat fixes into standing rules.

October 16, 202611 min readKris Newlin, Paweł Siuciak, withViktor

GrokBot Alternatives for Teams (2026)

GrokBot alternatives for teams that need more than a chat surface: the tools that act on company systems, and what to check before rolling one out.

October 16, 202614 min readKris Newlin, Julia Staszczak, withViktor

Executive KPI Dashboards: What Belongs On One (2026)

What an executive KPI dashboard should show by stage, where each number lives, why dashboards go stale and how to keep one current without an analyst.

October 15, 202614 min readKris Newlin, withViktor

8 Best No-Code Automation Tools in 2026 (Compared)

Compare 8 no-code automation tools: which remove syntax, which remove logic, and how they differ on integrations, pricing and the skill required.

October 13, 202613 min readKris Newlin, withViktor
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