The Executive Offload Map: Deciding What Humans, AI, and You Should Each Actually Do

High-agency professionals know they should delegate and use AI, but the real question is always the same: “Who should actually do this?” Tasks bounce between you, your team, and tools with no clear logic, creating overload, underuse of AI, and frustrated people. This episode introduces the “Executive Offload Map”: a one-page grid that tells you, in advance, which classes of work stay with you, which go to humans, which go to AI, and which are shared. You’ll learn a three-move model—Inventory, Index, Assign. First, Inventory: group your recurring work into a dozen or fewer task types (e.g., synthesis memos, status updates, approvals, research, drafting). Second, Index: rate each type on three axes—judgment required, relationship impact, and error tolerance. Third, Assign: use those scores to decide where each type lives by default (You, Human, AI, or Hybrid), plus simple rules for when to elevate or de-escalate. By the end, you’ll have a practical, AI-aware map that turns fuzzy delegation into a consistent, defensible system. Clarity is leverage; this is how you encode it into who does what, on purpose.