Automatable

A task performed by Training and Development Specialists

Monitor training costs and prepare budget reports to justify expenditures.

R&D OpportunityWorkers want it · AI can't yet

Not yet. Workers want this automated (3.33/5), but experts rate today's AI capability at only 3/5, the technology isn't there. It's an R&D Opportunity.

Worker desire to automate3.3/5

How much the people who do this task want AI to take it over (avg of 6 workers).

AI capability today3.0/5

How capable experts rate current AI at this task (avg of 3 experts).

How much human involvement should stay?

The Human Agency Scale (H1–H5) captures how much human direction workers think this task should keep.

H3Equal human–AI partnership

Why workers want this automated

  • Frees up time for higher-value work50%
  • It's repetitive17%
  • It's stressful17%
  • It's difficult17%

How to automate this

Workers want this gone, but today's tools only get part of the way. Automate the edges.

Monitoring & tracking

Watch by exception, get pinged only when something needs you.

  1. 1Set thresholds so the system flags problems automatically.
  2. 2Put live numbers on a dashboard instead of compiling status by hand.
  3. 3Route alerts to email or chat with a no-code flow.

Tools that can help

Looker StudioZapier or MakeApp notifications

Know a better way, or spot an error?

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This is 1 of 10 tasks studied for Training and Development Specialists, where workers want 70% of tasks automated.

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