A notebook or document, a small idea, and access to an approved AI tool if you choose to use one. Use fictional or permitted material. Follow the agenda at your pace; the times are planning estimates.
Find the friction
List five recurring tasks and the time each usually takes. Mark which ones have clear inputs and a result you can review.
Practice example
Examples: organize notes, draft an internal update, compare versions, prepare a meeting agenda, or outline a personal project.
Choose one low-risk task you understand well.
Try an AI-assisted version
Write a brief with the goal, permitted inputs, constraints, and expected format. Run one example in your approved tool and keep the original output.
Practice example
Try turning fictional notes into an agenda. Ask the assistant to flag missing owners or dates instead of guessing.
Save the instruction, draft, and a corrected result.
Count the whole process
Measure preparation, generation, review, and rework. Compare quality with your usual process. Record differences between the examples.
Practice example
If review is taking longer than the old task, simplify the workflow or choose another task. Faster drafting alone does not prove a saving.
Complete a before-and-after comparison with a quality note.
Protect the benefit
Document when the workflow is useful and when to stop. Choose a second example to try this week. Decide what you want any freed capacity to support.
Practice example
That might be less overtime, time with family, deeper work, or a creative project—not necessarily more tasks.
Write a repeatable recipe and a practical plan to test it again.
Finish with a useful reflection
What did you make? What can you explain? What did you verify, and what remains uncertain? Keep your work and try the process again on a new example.