Is an executive assistantabove the AI?
Below the line: work that can be generated. Above it: the objective, the authority to act, the evidence, and who owns the exception. This is the typical executive assistant week, split along that line. Yours will differ. That is the point of checking.
No link, or a private profile? instead.
30%
Above the AI
You spend seventy percent of your week below the line, but your bosses would be entirely paralyzed without your thirty percent. You hold the keys to their time, even if you spend too much of your own chasing their overdue paperwork.
Read as: someone who keeps two busy executives from collapsing.
[ II ] The week, split
Above the line
30% of the week
Gatekeeping calendar access and prioritizing requests
20%You are the real department head, deciding who gets fifteen minutes and who gets ignored.
Booking travel and resolving transit emergencies
10%When a flight is canceled at midnight, you hold the absolute authority to fix it by any means.
Below the line
70% of the week
Triaging inboxes and drafting initial replies
25%You spend hours making sure your bosses sound slightly more polite than they actually are.
Rescheduling calendars and resolving conflicts
15%A high-stakes game of Tetris where the blocks constantly talk back.
Compiling and formatting briefing packs
15%Gathering PDFs from people who had three weeks to send them but waited until now.
Taking meeting minutes and chasing action items
15%Politely reminding highly paid adults to do the basic tasks they promised to do.
What you own, of the four things that stay human
The objectivewhat good looks like
30The authoritythe power to act and refuse
75The evidencewhat settles a question
40The exceptionwhat lands on your desk at 6pm
80[ III ] Move the number
This number can move.
The compilation of briefing packs should be automated first. By setting up a simple shared repository with strict submission deadlines, you can stop chasing late attachments and focus on the strategic gatekeeping that actually keeps the office running.
That is a build, not a discipline problem, and it does not need AI expertise in house: Above The AI brings the system, the person keeps the objective, the authority, the evidence and the exception.
Drafted in one pass from what you gave us. A toy, with one serious idea inside: the line is real even when the number is rough. Nothing is stored, and no name appears anywhere, unless you publish your page yourself.