Automatable

A task performed by Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive

Schedule and confirm appointments for clients, customers, or supervisors.

Red LightAI can do it · workers don't want it

Technically, much of it, experts rate AI capability 4.5/5, but workers don't want it automated (desire 2.44/5). It's an Automation Red Light: proceed with care.

Worker desire to automate2.4/5

How much the people who do this task want AI to take it over (avg of 9 workers).

AI capability today4.5/5

How capable experts rate current AI at this task (avg of 2 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 feel the way they do

  • Frees up time for higher-value work33%
  • It's repetitive22%
  • It's stressful22%
  • Helps handle larger scale22%
  • Reduces human error11%
  • It's difficult11%

How to automate this

Doable with technology, but keep a person clearly in charge.

Scheduling & coordination

Let people book and remind themselves.

  1. 1Share a booking link so meetings schedule without back-and-forth.
  2. 2Use calendar rules and templates for recurring events and reminders.
  3. 3Automate confirmations and follow-ups with a no-code flow.

Tools that can help

Calendly / Cal.comGoogle CalendarZapier or Make

Know a better way, or spot an error?

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This is 1 of 15 tasks studied for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive, where workers want 13% of tasks automated.

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