Twenty minutes doesn't sound like much. Multiply it by ten sales calls a week and it adds up to more than three hours spent on a task that someone, or something, else could be doing. 

Now think about how many tasks like that are hiding in your own week, repeated so often that you no longer notice them. 

In this Work Edit, I sit down with Stephen, an organisational transformation advisor with more than 20 years of experience. Stephen uses Claude every day for client research, interview synthesis, first-draft deliverables and thought leadership, but he knows his approach has been sporadic. He wants a deliberate setup without signing up for 12 different tools. 

I share how I'd restructure his projects, how I catch the writing habits that make readers suspect AI wrote the whole thing, and the tools I rely on every day. Then we zoom out to a simple one-week exercise that reveals which tasks AI should be taking off your plate for good. 

If you use AI daily but suspect there's far more value on the table, this conversation will show you where to look. 

Stephen and I discuss: 

• Why very specific projects, GPTs and skills tend to outperform one big, broad project 

• How to train an AI on your voice using your best work, and why a separate anti-AI writing skill adheres better than one long instruction set 

• Why I always write the first draft myself, and how I use AI as an editor afterwards 

• The AI tells that make readers switch off, and why even writers with their own genuine style can get caught by them 

• The tools in my daily stack, including Granola, Whisperflow and Superhuman, and how I handle disclosure when AI is taking notes in a meeting 

• The one-week task log that shows you what to automate, and how a 20-minute pre-call task turned into a skill my EA now runs 

• How recurring tasks, like a weekly actions recap or a daily AI news researcher, can run without you prompting them 

If you would like more tips on getting more value from AI, check out How I AI. Every week, my co-host Neo Aplin and I share practical ways to get more out of whichever AI tool you use. Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.

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Credits: 
Host: Amantha Imber 
Sound Engineer: The Podcast Butler