Automatable

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

Use computers for various applications, such as database management or word processing.

Low PriorityLow desire · low capability

Probably not worth it. Both worker desire (2.18/5) and AI capability (2.33/5) are on the low side. It sits in the Low Priority zone.

Worker desire to automate2.2/5

How much the people who do this task want AI to take it over (avg of 11 workers).

AI capability today2.3/5

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 feel the way they do

  • Frees up time for higher-value work18%
  • It's repetitive9%

How to automate this

Low priority to automate, but here is the gist if you want to try.

Repetitive computer work

Record the steps once, then replay them.

  1. 1Use built-in shortcuts, text expanders, and macros for repeated steps.
  2. 2Automate multi-app workflows with no-code (Power Automate, Zapier, Make).
  3. 3For browser routines, use a record-and-replay tool.

Tools that can help

Power Automate / ZapierText expanderBrowse AI

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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