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Management as AI superpower

Ethan Mollick (One Useful Thing) · oneusefulthing.org

Mollick's way to decide when to delegate (your time against the time to brief and check) and the six questions a good brief answers.

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It answers 3 questions

  1. What should I hand to an AI agent, and what should I keep doing myself?
  2. How do I brief an AI agent so it does the job I actually want?
  3. How do I check what an AI agent actually did before I trust its work?

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