The Business Poet · Human/AI Matrix Tool

What do
you keep,
and what
do you
hand over?

The machine is brilliant at the work your brain finds effortful. The danger was never the tool — it’s handing over the wrong things. Answer a few honest questions about the work you actually do, and we’ll map what to keep close, and what to let go.

Step 1 — Name the work

The things
you do.

List the word you actually did at work last week. Be as specific as you can — “writing the board update,” not “communication.” Add four to eight.

Add at least 4 tasks to continue.
Step 2 — Weigh each one

Be honest.
Nobody’s watching.

Three quick reads per task, and which kind of thinking it really calls on.

Step 3 — The honest bit

What makes you
hand your work
over to AI?

We hand work to the machine for all kinds of reasons — some sound, some just habit. Pick those that ring true, as many as you like.

Reading your answers. Placing your work. Asking where the world is going.
Your Human/AI Matrix

Keep it close
or hand it over?

Here are your tasks mapped onto a matrix that plots stakes against human judgement. Top right is your peak performance zone; bottom left, the things you can pass to the machine without eroding or diluting the human skills that make you valuable.

↑ Draws on judgement only you can bring
Human judgement →
Keep — to practise
High judgement · lower stakes
Keep — this is the job
High judgement · high stakes
Hand over
Low judgement · lower stakes
Hand over — but verify
Low judgement · high stakes
Cost of getting it wrong →
This tool is a prompt, not a verdict. Use your matrix to spark thinking, not decide for you.
A free tool from The Business Poet thebusinesspoet.co.uk
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