Be honest, how much time have you spent this week doing work that could have been handled by AI?
Even though I am a self confessed tech addict, I resisted fully embracing AI for a while. Why? I love to be in control and handing over my work to an AI agent felt…well just uncomfortable.
That was before I learned to truly partner with AI. To entwine my mind and ideas with its speed and information.
It all starts with delegating tasks that take you time and energy, but AI can do with ease.
This week, I’m showing you exactly which tasks to delegate to AI so you can reclaim your time and focus on work only you can do.
Why You Need To Partner with AI NOW
As a woman who wants to make an impact, working with AI is not a nice to have, it’s a non-negotiable.
Last week I was at an AI Conference and heard from some of the top people in AI, including Allie K Miller. She is the former Global Head of Machine Learning at AWS and is now one of the most influential voices in AI.
She said that from mid 2026 we are going to see a rapid speed up in the roll out of AI. From 2027, the working landscape will have completely changed. One thing she said really stuck with me – “You have a small window to lean in and do more in months than others have done in years. Do not underestimate this moment. This is it!”
The good news is, you have time to get ahead of the curve, if you act now.
She recommends you start small with AI: read one article, listen to one talk, and subject matter experts can begin by learning about AI in their own fields.
Research the different AI agents (Like ChatGpt, Claude and Gemini) and find out their strengths and weaknesses. Sign up to the free versions of those you like and then upgrade to paid when you are ready. I use all three for different tasks.
Get comfortable with AI language and capabilities, and keep up with the latest news and trends.
If you want to be in-demand in the new technology age, now is not the time to ‘see what everyone else does’, you need to be a trail blazer.
The AI Delegation Map
When you delegate the right tasks to AI, you’re not cutting corners. You’re reclaiming the time you need for high-value work that machines can’t replicate.
Not every task should be handed off to AI. But these three? Absolutely.
Here’s your map for what to delegate this week:
1. Meeting Notes & Action Items
The task: Taking notes during meetings, then spending 20 minutes afterwards cleaning them up and identifying next steps.
Why AI should handle it: This is pure information processing. AI excels at listening, summarising, and extracting action items without losing focus on the conversation.
How to do it:
- Use tools like Otter.ai or Fathom to automatically record and transcribe your meetings
- Ask the AI to summarise key points and pull out action items with owners and deadlines
- Review the summary in 2 minutes instead of rewriting notes for 20
Your time saved: 15-20 minutes per meeting. If you have 5 meetings a week, that’s 1.5 hours back in your calendar.
What you do instead: Use that time to follow up personally with key stakeholders, refining relationships that make you memorable
2. First Drafts of Routine Communication
The task: Writing emails, status updates, LinkedIn posts, or internal reports from scratch.
Why AI should handle it: First drafts are time-consuming but formulaic. AI can generate solid starting points based on your key messages, then you add your distinctive voice.
How to do it:
- Use ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini to create first drafts
- Give it clear context: “Draft a LinkedIn post about [topic] that challenges the assumption that [X]. Make it conversational, confident, and under 150 words.”
- Edit for your voice, perspective, and specific examples only you can add
Your time saved: 10-15 minutes per piece of content. Over a week, that’s 1-2 hours.
What you do instead: Spend that time crafting your unique angle or strategy, the parts AI can never replicate.
3. Delegate: Research & Information Synthesis
The task: Gathering information from multiple sources, articles, or reports and synthesising it into a usable format.
Why AI should handle it: AI can scan, extract, and organise information faster and more thoroughly than any human. You bring the strategic lens.
How to do it:
- Use Perplexity, ChatGPT, or Claude to research specific topics: “Find the top 3 trends in [your industry] from the past 6 months and summarise each in 2 sentences with sources.”
- Ask it to compare perspectives: “What are the different viewpoints on [topic]? Give me the key arguments for each side.”
- Use the synthesis as your foundation, then add your expert interpretation
Your time saved: 30-45 minutes per research task. That’s 2-3 hours a week if you’re preparing for presentations or client work.
What you do instead: Apply your expertise to interpret the data, form distinctive opinions, and position yourself as the authority.
The Bottom Line
Partnering with AI isn’t about replacing your expertise. It’s about protecting it.
The tasks AI handles best are the ones that keep you invisible: admin work, routine communication, information gathering. When you delegate these, you free up the capacity to do work that makes you iconic: strategic thinking, relationship building, and sharing your unique perspective.
You don’t need to be a technical expert to leverage AI effectively. You just need to know what to hand off.
This week, pick one task from this map. Delegate it to AI. See how much time you reclaim.
Then use that time to do something only you can do: build a connection, share your perspective, or make a move that makes you unmissable.
Be strategic about where you spend your irreplaceable human energy.
The future belongs to women who don’t just learn about AI, but those who partner with it
All my best,
Nichola
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