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When someone asks whether AI can do your work, you need a clear answer in 30 seconds.

Get the free 10-page PDF for a practical response to “Can’t AI just do this?” It shows you how to answer without defending your role, explain the work you provide and adapt the conversation for a board meeting or procurement call.

The 30-Second Answer to "Can't AI Just Do This?": the guide's cover

Inside the guide

The guide takes you from the first question to a clear explanation of your value.

  1. What happens when someone asks whether AI can do this?2
  2. How should you begin your answer?3
  3. How do you connect AI to the work already completed?4
  4. How do you explain the work you provide?5
  5. Which parts belong to AI, and which parts belong to you?6
  6. How do you answer in a board meeting?7
  7. How do you answer on a procurement call?8
  8. Why does a defensive response fail?9

The question behind the guide

A client asks, “Can’t AI just do this?” What do you say next?

The question can come in front of a VP, a client sponsor or the people deciding whether to fund the engagement. The guide helps you use the moment to explain what AI contributes and what your work makes happen.

  • You have limited time to answer

    The guide is built around a response you can give in 30 seconds.

  • The conversation can become a defense of your role

    A defensive answer shifts attention away from the engagement and onto whether you are still needed.

  • Different stakeholders evaluate different things

    Board members and procurement teams need the answer framed around the concerns they are responsible for.

Sonya Siderova, Founder and CEO of Nave

About the author

The guide is written by Sonya Siderova, Founder and CEO of Nave.

Nave grew out of a product development team that was delivering just 25% of what it committed to. After adopting Kanban, the team began making decisions from delivery data instead of opinions. That experience eventually became Nave, a flow analytics platform trusted by 7,000+ delivery teams worldwide.

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