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Day 1: Most SaaS onboarding doesn’t suffer from a lack of automation.

Most SaaS onboarding doesn’t suffer from a lack of automation. It suffers from a lack of alignment. I’ve watched teams roll out sophisticated playbooks, AI copilots, and dazzling dashboards—only to re…

Heather JacobsApr 14, 20251 min read132 words

Most SaaS onboarding doesn’t suffer from a lack of automation.

It suffers from a lack of alignment.

I’ve watched teams roll out sophisticated playbooks, AI copilots, and dazzling dashboards—only to realize they’ve simply scaled dysfunction.

Why?

Because we skip the human layer.
The gut-checks.

The “Hold on… what are we actually trying to do here?” moments.

Too often, executive sponsors think they bought a strategy.
Meanwhile, project leads are executing a completely different story—or worse, no story at all.

No shared context. No shared outcomes. Just a lot of motion.

Onboarding isn’t a race to “go live.”
It’s a chance to get aligned before chaos compounds.

Because misalignment never shows up in the kickoff call.

It shows up in the churn report.

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