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title: "Three things I would never leave to AI"
slug: lo-que-no-se-delega
lang: en
situation: liderar
format: hoja
minutes: 5
video: 9
updated: 2026-10-19
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# Three things I would never leave to AI

> For managers who define what does and does not go through AI in their area, and want to say it on one page instead of arguing it case by case.

## When to use it

- Someone on the team sent a client an AI-written text without reading it and it had to be explained.
- You get asked "can AI do this?" three times a week and answer differently each time.
- You are about to write the area's AI policy and need the "what not" part.

## The sheet

AI can prepare. What carries your name, you decide. That is the line: not that AI is bad, but that some things have consequences and someone answers for them.

| What carries your name | Delegated to AI (it prepares) | Reviewed (AI prepares, a person decides) | Stays with a person | The criterion behind it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Decisions about people: hiring, evaluating, letting someone go | Sorting interview notes, comparing a CV with the profile, a draft of questions. | The final comparison between candidates; the draft of an evaluation. | The decision and the conversation in which it is delivered. | It affects someone's life and the decision is yours. |
| 2 · Sensitive messages: bad news to a client or to the team | Message structure, checking dates and figures, a shorter version. | The final text, read aloud by whoever sends it. | Deciding how it is said and who says it. | There, how you say it and who says it matter. |
| 3 · What you sign: a figure, a contract, a commitment | Document summary, comparing versions, checking the sums. | Every point in the summary against the original document. | The signature and the line-by-line review before it. | If it carries your signature, you must have reviewed it yourself. |
| 4 · Your fourth row (specific to your area): __________ | | | | |

Reading rule: if a task lands in the "stays with a person" column, write that person's name. "The team" does not sign.

## How to fill it in 5 minutes

1. Read the three rows aloud with your team. Almost everyone agrees with the first column and argues about the third.
2. For each row, ask: "What did AI do the last time we touched this?". What it already does without discomfort goes under "delegated".
3. Put a name in every "stays with a person" cell. A role works; a committee does not.
4. Add the fourth row: the thing in your area that carries a name and is not in the three (a quote, a diagnosis, a payment authorisation).
5. The most common mistake: treating the three columns as prohibitions. The first column is explicit permission. Let AI prepare, by all means. Let it decide what has consequences, no.

## The line that is almost always missing

The middle column. Teams argue "all or nothing": either AI does it or it is off limits. Almost everything that carries your name lives in the middle: AI prepares, a named person reviews and decides. Without that column, people delegate too much out of convenience or too little out of fear.

## If this becomes a big decision

If drawing these lines is part of a decision that is hard to reverse and carries your name, the free tools at vicsol.org/decision-clarity/ help you structure it. They do not replace a formal review.

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Vic Sol · Decision Desk · vicsol.org/resources/ · Free to use with attribution.
This sheet structures a conversation; it is not legal, financial or audit advice.