Map your highest-payoff activities. List the work that's taking your focus away from higher-value work, score it, and pick your top three to hand to Copilot. You stay the expert in the loop — Copilot just clears the busywork so you get real hours back. Let's make it earn its keep.
Fill it in right here — it does the math as you go. Use Download CSV or Print to keep your copy. Nothing you type is saved to a server; it lives in this browser tab only.
The things you do over and over — the busywork, not the judgment calls.
How many times a week, and how long each time. The sheet does the math.
Mark what's repeatable, where your expertise is essential, and what data is sensitive.
Pair each task with a Copilot move — see the Idea Bank below to spark ideas.
Highest payoff, lowest risk. Mark them "Try first" and start there this week.
Y or N. The best AI candidates are repetitive and rules-based.
Low / Med / High. Lower judgment = easier to hand off — you still review every result.
Basic = Copilot Chat (free; paste the text in). Premium = M365 Copilot (paid; works across your files, emails, and meetings).
High / Med / Low — hours saved × how much the result matters.
Mark your top 3 — high payoff, low risk. Those are your starting points.
Calculated for you from times-per-week × minutes-each. No math required.
Four sample rows are pre-filled to show the idea — edit them or clear them out and add your own. Tick Try first on your top three.
| Task / activity | Role | × / wk | Min ea. | Hrs / mo | Repet.? | Rules? | Judgment | Sens.? | Possible AI-enabled workflow | Tier | Payoff | Try 1st |
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Est. hours/month = times-per-week × minutes-each ÷ 60 × 4.33 weeks. Updates as you type.
Borrow these to fill in your Challenge Map — start with the ones that match your day. Click Use this to drop any idea straight into a new row above. Work with Copilot like an assistant, not a hyper-Google: give it context, then always do a final human review.