Out now from Wiley
The AI Workweek
How to Cut Hours, Automate the Busywork, and Focus on What Actually Matters
The practical guide for leaders ready to move from AI curiosity to enterprise ROI, written by Ashley Gross from the system she used to cut her own 80-hour week down to 15.
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Why this book matters
Turn AI hype into human-centered results. AI can cut hours off your to-do list, but only if it serves people, not just processes.
The problem
AI often fuels nonstop availability and burnout.
The opportunity
This book shows how to invert that trend.
The outcome
Real space for focus, recovery, and human judgment.
Who this book is for
Managers and team leads
You are buried in email, meetings and status updates, and you want hours back without dropping the ball.
Executives who need ROI
You bought the AI tools. Now you need them to show up in output, not just in the budget.
Individual contributors
You want to use AI to do your best work, not to be available around the clock.
Operations and IT leaders
You are rolling out Copilot, ChatGPT or Gemini and need a plan people will actually follow.
What you will learn
Design your week around outcomes
Turn vague priorities into clear outcomes, then use AI to sort your inbox and calendar against them.
Deploy autonomous agents
Move past chat interfaces to build end-to-end automated workflows.
Eliminate operational bottlenecks
Reclaim executive and team bandwidth from repetitive manual work.
Drive revenue growth
Build sustainable, scalable AI capability grounded in real business metrics.
Read a chapter free
Most managers will tell you what your priorities are. They rarely show you how to measure whether you are hitting them.
Start with the preview chapter on designing your work week around outcomes, then use AI to sort your inbox and calendar against them.
About the author
Ashley Gross
Ashley is the Founder and CEO of The Alliance, a Forbes-recognized AI consultant and a keynote speaker. She has trained 2,500+ professionals at Fortune 500 companies and has been implementing AI in enterprise workflows since 2020.