Wednesday 25th March No: 60 You know that email you have to read three times AI workslop is becoming your problem If you’ve recently opened one of your Exec's emails, read it twice, and still thought, “What are they actually asking here?”, this one is for you. Because I’ve had a few of those this week. You know the ones. Looks very polished, lots of paragraphs, quite confident in tone, absolutely no clear answer anywhere in sight. And after the third read, you realise… I now have to fix this....
9 days ago • 3 min read
CONNECT March 20th | Issue 54 Latest Articles Ten AI Tools EAs May Not Know About Yet In this guide, we will explore practical tools that help us get through a busy week. There are ten AI tools EAs may not know about yet that are worth exploring if you enjoy experimenting with new tech in your role. Read more → The EA's Guide to Process Mapping In this guide, we will explore how process mapping works in practice for EAs. We will look at how to map processes you already manage every day, from...
14 days ago • 3 min read
Wednesday 18th March No: 59 Everyone is talking about Claude right now And is it worth the switch from ChatGPT? Over the past few weeks, a lot of people have been talking about the latest updates from Anthropic’s Claude, especially a feature called Claude Co-Work. A few writers have even said they stopped opening ChatGPT after switching to it, mainly because it handles longer instructions and extended working sessions much better. As EAs, that immediately piqued our curiosity. A lot of our...
16 days ago • 3 min read
CONNECT March 13th | Issue 53 Latest Articles The EA's Guide to Process Mapping In this guide, we will explore how process mapping works in practice for EAs. We will look at how to map processes you already manage every day, from meeting preparation to project coordination, and how these maps can help you and your Executive run work more clearly across the team and between yourselves. Read more → How to Run an Effective Executive Briefing In this article, we will explore what makes an...
21 days ago • 3 min read
Wednesday 11th March No: 58 If you’ve ever said, “First it goes to finance…” The tools EAs use to map messy processes If you support an Executive, you’ve probably had this moment. Someone asks how a piece of work actually gets done, and you start explaining. “Well, first it comes to me, then finance signs it off, then legal reviews it, then it comes back to us…” Halfway through, you realise this “simple task” involves about seven people, three approvals, and at least one step nobody...
23 days ago • 4 min read
CONNECT March 6th | Issue 52 Latest Articles How to Run an Effective Executive Briefing In this article, we will explore what makes an effective executive brief in practical terms, grounded in how our days actually run. We will look at a structure you can rely on, how to apply it across daily updates, weekly rhythms, and quarterly planning. Read more → Delegating to AI: What Every EA Should Know In this article, we will explore five tasks you should already be delegating to AI in practical,...
28 days ago • 3 min read
Wednesday 4th March No: 57 If your Executive says “quick update”… read this If you only had 30 seconds with your Executive We've been thinking about how we brief our Executives this week. You know the moment. Your Executive catches you between meetings and asks for a quick update. You start explaining background context, long email threads, and the stakeholders involved, and somewhere halfway through, you realize you still haven’t said the one thing they actually needed to hear. As EAs, we...
30 days ago • 4 min read
CONNECT February 27th | Issue 51 Latest Articles Delegating to AI: What Every EA Should Know In this article, we will explore five tasks you should already be delegating to AI in practical, everyday terms, the kind of tasks that come up in your week again and again. Read more → What Hiring Managers Really Look for in EAs In this article, we will explore what hiring managers are really looking for in Executive Assistants in 2026 and how we can ensure our capabilities are visible, measurable,...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
Wednesday 25th February No: 56 This Is How You Prep Like an AI Savvy EA If The Email Is 28 Replies Long, It Needs a Summary We've thinking about inbox triage this week after reviewing yet another 32-reply thread that started with a simple question and ended somewhere completely different. If you’re supporting at a senior level, you know this to be true. Someone asks for an update. Five people reply-all. Two attach new versions. One says “circling back.” By the time it reaches your Executive,...
about 1 month ago • 5 min read