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An executive assistant juggles dozens of small writing and organising tasks every day. One by one they are quick; added up, they fill the day. That is where AI gives back the most time.
In short
Writing minutes.
Writing letters and replies.
Preparing a meeting.
Organising a trip.
Summarising a long email thread.
Five uses that save time
Writing minutes
From notes or a transcript, clear minutes: decisions, actions, owners, deadlines. You check names and commitments.
Writing letters and replies
Thank-you notes, invitations, polite refusals, reminders: a first draft in the executive’s tone, to adjust.
Preparing a meeting
Agenda, documents to gather, open questions from the previous meeting: the assistant prepares the file.
Organising a trip
Comparing options, summarising constraints, preparing a practical sheet for the stay. Booking and choosing stay yours.
Summarising a long email thread
Thirty messages on one topic: where things stand, who is waiting for what. The executive reads five lines instead of thirty messages.
What you keep for yourself
Discretion, tact and knowing people give the job its value. Knowing when to interrupt an executive, how to say no without offending, whom to call in an emergency: no AI knows that for you.
Data you never paste
Named calendars, personal information about executives, confidential letters and health data stay out of consumer assistants. Using a tool the company has not approved is what we call shadow AI, and it is a risk for everyone.
Find out where you stand
Before choosing a course, the most useful step is knowing where you start. Our AI skills test asks questions matched to your role and tells you, in a few minutes, what you already do well and what would save you the most time. For a whole team, AI training for teams starts from your real tasks, not from a generic course.
Jim · founder of Brain Plus AI
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