Phase 1 · case it

Find the one task worth it.

Sourcing alone can eat ~13 hours a week. Where’s yours going?

Pick a workflow to tear down

Your calendar
Last week, hour by hour — where did the time go?
The client journey
Brief → shortlist → placement.
The candidate journey
First contact → offer.
Any process you repeat
The thing you do again and again.

It’s all just a workflow. List every step — mark where time drains and value’s won. (AI will break it down for you.)

Score each task

1Which win is it? time back, or a bigger score?
2How much time × how often? a 5-min daily job beats a 2-hour yearly one
3Can AI actually do it well, today? this judgement is the real skill

Rank them — then pick one

Big value, hardkeep human · for later
Big value — AI can▶ build this
Low value, hardskip
Low value, easynice-to-have
Value →
Can AI do it? →

Top-right wins.

High value, and AI can actually do it today. That’s your target — pick one.

The teardown — foolproof

1Pick a workflow
2List every step ask AI to break it down for you
3Mark each: could AI do it well?
4Rank on the grid → pick one
Ch. 11 · Case it