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Spot the tasks where AI really saves you time

An assistant helps with tasks that are repetitive and checkable: retyping, formatting, the activity table you rebuild at the end of every month. It has no place where a decision commits a person. To sort your own work, describe your week without thinking about tools at all, then spot what comes back identically and what you would be able to review. The time saved on producing shifts onto reviewing, which calls for experience rather than less of it.

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What is this course about?

Spot the tasks in your week an assistant can take on, those that must stay in your hands, and make that sorting last.

This is a core course: the material taught is the same for everyone, only the examples, the tools mentioned and the people you deal with change with your job. It has 3 sections, of which 1 section is followed by a quiz, and reads in 20-30 min. The legal framework cited is French law.

The sorting happens on paper, not in a tool

You need no software to get started. Take a sheet of paper and write down what an ordinary week in your structure really contains, task by task. Some of them come back identically and never call for your judgement. Others commit a person and will not move. That split is made by hand, before anyone offers you a subscription.

Key points

Four signs that a task cannot be delegated

Keep them in mind throughout the course. A single one is enough to take a task off your list.

  • It settles a situation that affects an identified person
  • Nobody around you would be able to review the result
  • It rests on ground knowledge that has never been written down
  • It puts your own responsibility on the line when you sign it

What you will be able to do

  • Know what separates a task you can delegate from one that is yours.
  • Spot the tasks where AI really helps and those where it has no place.
  • Choose three uses and fit them into your week without disrupting anything.

The first 4 slides, free

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You need no software to get started. Take a sheet of paper and write down what an ordinary week in your structure really contains, task by task. Some of them come back identically and never call for your judgement. Others commit a person and will not move. That split is made by hand, before anyone offers you a subscription.

Real extract from the free slide “The sorting happens on paper, not in a tool” of this course.

  1. FreeSlide 1 of 14 · What an assistant can take on in your week

    The sorting happens on paper, not in a tool

    You need no software to get started. Take a sheet of paper and write down what an ordinary week in your structure really contains, task by task. Some of them come back identically and never call for your judgement. Others commit a person and will not move. That split is made by hand, before anyone offers you a subscription.

  2. FreeSlide 2 of 14 · What an assistant can take on in your week

    What you will be able to do by the end

    • List your week without thinking about tools even once
    • Separate the repetitive and checkable from what commits someone
    • Decide where the time you have just freed up goes
  3. FreeSlide 3 of 14 · What an assistant can take on in your week

    Four signs that a task cannot be delegated

    Keep them in mind throughout the course. A single one is enough to take a task off your list.

    • It settles a situation that affects an identified person
    • Nobody around you would be able to review the result
    • It rests on ground knowledge that has never been written down
    • It puts your own responsibility on the line when you sign it
  4. FreeSlide 4 of 14 · What an assistant can take on in your week

    Where do you stand?

    One question before you start, about the sorting you would do today. Answer on instinct; the course will explain why afterwards.

    1 short questions, marked immediately, inside the course.

These 4 slides can be read in the player, with no account and no card.

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Programme

3 sections, 14 slides and 4 quizzes in total. Each content section ends with a quiz that checks it has been learned.

  1. IntroductionFree

    What an assistant can take on in your week

    Know what separates a task you can delegate from one that is yours.

    • 4 slides
  2. SectionSubscribers

    Fit AI into your week

    Spot the tasks where AI really helps and those where it has no place.

    • 7 slides
    • Section quiz: 5 questions
  3. RecapSubscribers

    Your action plan

    Choose three uses and fit them into your week without disrupting anything.

    • 3 slides

10 slides are for subscribers

The first four slides of this course can be read without an account and without a bank card. From the fifth on, the €29.99/month incl. VAT subscription is needed. The Beginner level quiz, though, stays free: it measures your level without asking you for anything.

Subscribe, €29.99/month incl. VATPlay the Discovery quiz, free

How your level is measured

  • Beginner
    Questions drawn
    10
    Pass mark
    70 %
    Question bank
    ≥ 30
    Time limit
    20 min

    Free, no account and no subscription.

  • Intermediate
    Questions drawn
    12
    Pass mark
    75 %
    Question bank
    ≥ 36
    Time limit
    24 min

    Subscribers only, once the Beginner level is passed.

  • Expert
    Questions drawn
    15
    Pass mark
    80 %
    Question bank
    ≥ 45
    Time limit
    30 min

    Subscribers only, once the Intermediate level is passed.

The level shown for a course is the highest level you have passed, with your best score and its date. Questions are drawn at random on every attempt. Play the Beginner quiz for this course or read how we measure your level.

Which jobs is it for?

Common core: the examples change with your job, what is taught stays the same. It addresses all 58 jobs in the directory. See courses by job.

Frequently asked questions

How can I tell whether a task can be handed to an assistant?

Ask two questions. Does this task come back identically, and would you be able to spot a mistake in the result? If both answers are yes, you have a lead. If the task settles a situation that affects someone, it stays in your hands, even when it takes up a lot of your time.

Will AI save me time on the hard decisions?

No, and that is a piece of good news that gets misread. What goes are the simple tasks that gave you room to breathe during the day. What remains is weighing up and checking, end to end. So plan where the time freed up goes, otherwise it fills up on its own and the day becomes denser than before.

My management wants to roll out a tool that sorts files. Where do I start?

With the use, never with the product. A system that sorts files about people has effects on them. So you have to qualify that risk level, provide human oversight that can genuinely overrule a result, inform the people concerned and train those who will use it. A vendor's certificate covers their product, not your use of it.

What can I read without a subscription?

The first four slides of every course are available without an account and without a subscription, as is the Beginner level quiz. From the fifth slide onwards, the €29.99/month incl. VAT subscription is required. Creating a free account unlocks no extra slide: it keeps your progress, your job and your results.

How is my level measured?

By three level quizzes: Beginner (10 questions, 70 % to pass), Intermediate (12 questions, 75 %) and Expert (15 questions, 80 %). The level shown is the highest level passed, with the best score obtained and its date.

Who writes and who reviews this course

  • Skillrung team

    Editorial team of skillrung.com

    The skillrung editorial team writes the courses from the publications of the French and European authorities: ANSSI, CNIL, Cybermalveillance.gouv.fr, Légifrance and EUR-Lex. Every figure is tied to its primary source, dated and verifiable from the course page. The team does not stand in for an expert reviewer: every course intended for publication is reviewed by a named professional of the field concerned, whose name and review date appear on the course page.

Artificial intelligence assisted the drafting. Editorial responsibility for the published text remains human.

Statements with regulatory scope verified on .

Sources

Every figure stated in this course points to a primary source, dated and verifiable.

  1. Règlement (UE) 2024/1689 établissant des règles harmonisées concernant l'intelligence artificielle

    EUR-Lex : Journal officiel de l'Union européenne, published on

  2. Recommandations de sécurité pour un système d'IA générative

    ANSSI, published on

  3. Les fiches pratiques IA

    CNIL, published on

  4. Mata v. Avianca, Inc., opinion and order on sanctions, No. 22-cv-1461 (S.D.N.Y.)

    Justia : US District Court, Southern District of New York, published on

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