Part one
AI workflows for real work
Choose a task that is already on your list. Each recipe takes you from source material to a checked draft you can actually use.
The workflow in every recipe
- What you're making. The actual thing, and when this is the wrong approach.
- What to have open. The material you need in front of you before you start.
- The prompt. Copyable, with the bits to swap out marked in brackets.
- What good looks like. So you can tell whether yours is any good.
- How to check it. The specific step, not "use your judgment".
- Where it goes wrong. The particular way this job tends to fail.
- From needs assessment to learning objectives 25 min · Handle with care You have survey results, a chart review finding, and a guideline update. You need objectives that tie back to the gap and survive review.
- Turning 400 evaluation comments into something you can act on 30 min · High risk The open text box is where the real feedback lives and where it goes to die. This gets you themes, counts, and the quotes that matter, without quietly softening the criticism.
- The post-activity outcomes report 45 min · Handle with care Turn source material into a structured outcomes-report draft while keeping every figure and claim traceable.
- Faculty email you stop dreading 15 min · Low risk Invitations, chasing disclosures, deadline reminders, and the third follow-up to the busy cardiologist. The unglamorous volume work where your week actually goes.
- A facilitator guide from a deck somebody else built 35 min · Low risk You have 60 slides and a room in three days. Turn it into a guide with timings, discussion prompts, and a plan for when the session stalls.
- Rehearsing the conversation you have been putting off 20 min · High risk Use a fictionalized scenario to rehearse a difficult conversation, then review what you said and what you avoided.