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Hire For Tasks, Not Time

What Should You Hire For in the Age of AI? Identify What Makes You Special and Delegate the Rest

I kick off a new series on hiring and keeping staff in the age of AI by answering the first hiring question: what should you hire for and what should you hand off? My key rule is to identify what makes you special and delegate everything else. I outline a six-step exercise: record every task you touch for one day, group similar tasks, define what a 10/10 looks like for each, score yourself on completion (consistency beats occasional excellence), then hire for your lowest score first instead of…

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