CS in the AI Era · From relationship managers to revenue leaders · csintheaiera.com


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How to use this template

The map is already filled in — that's intentional. Your job isn't to discover which quadrant your tasks belong to. Your job is to be honest about where you're actually spending your time, and where you should be.

Work through each quadrant. Score yourself. Then look at the gap. That gap is your action item.

Recommended uses: solo reflection · 1:1 with your manager · team discussion · quarterly role review


Part 1 — The Map

Four quadrants. Two axes: AI capability (how well AI can do this task) and human judgment required (how much irreplaceable human judgment the task demands).

Quadrant AI Capability Human Judgment What it means
🔴 Protect Low High Human-only. Your irreplaceable value.
🟢 Elevate High High AI surfaces it — you decide and act. The revenue zone.
🟣 Augment Low–Med Medium AI makes you faster. You're still in the loop.
Replace High Low AI does this better and faster. Fighting it is career risk.

Part 2 — Activities by Quadrant

🔴 Protect — Human-only. Irreplaceable.

These are the tasks where trust, judgment, and presence are the product. No AI system builds a relationship over 18 months, reads a pause before an answer, or decides in real time that a commercial conversation is actually a human moment.