How to Use AI for Work
Start with your daily tasks. Identify manual, repetitive, or slow work. Use the AI tools you already have—Copilot, ChatGPT—for those tasks.
Don't start with "explore AI" or tool-first thinking. Start with your tasks: What feels manual? Repetitive? Slow? What involves text, data, or structured information? Once you identify one task, use Copilot or ChatGPT for it. Let individuals discover personal use cases through daily experimentation; organisational value emerges from adoption, not top-down planning.
How to get started with AI
- Identify one task—manual, repetitive, or slow—that you do regularly
- Pick a tool—Copilot if you use Microsoft 365, ChatGPT for drafting and research
- Try it—give context, iterate on the output, refine the prompt
- Expand—once one task works, add another
- Share—help your team discover their own use cases
For a fuller organisational view, read our getting started with AI guide.
Which AI tools should I use?
Use what you already have. Copilot integrates with Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel—ideal when your work lives in Microsoft 365. ChatGPT is strong for drafting, research, and open-ended tasks. If you have both, use each for what it does best. See our guides on how to use Copilot and how to use ChatGPT.
How to discover use cases for your role
Ask: Is this task manual, repetitive, or slow? Does it involve text, data, or structured information? Can I describe what success looks like? If yes, AI may help. Explore what you can use AI for by role and task—then map those patterns to your specific work. Clairable guides this discovery.
Getting your team using AI
Individual adoption drives organisational value. Let your team discover personal use cases through daily experimentation—don't start with top-down planning. Set context (goals, governance) once, then support discovery. Read our guide on getting started with AI in your organisation.
Common mistakes
- Starting with tools instead of tasks—"we have Copilot, now what?" without identifying use cases
- No clear use case—vague exploration instead of a concrete task
- Top-down planning before individual discovery—org-level strategy before people have tried AI for daily work
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Discover personal use cases matched to your role
Clairable helps you find AI use cases that fit your role and align with your organisation.