Outsmart Your Boss with AI (4 Easy Tricks to Impress)

Your boss thinks you’re working late. Truth is, you’ve got AI doing the grunt work while you take the credit. Don’t feel guilty—business is war, and war is won with better weapons. Here’s how to arm yourself:

1. Steal Their Voice

Your manager’s got a “tone”— that they think is amazing, filled with their own style and buzzwords. Doesn’t matter. Feed their past reports to ChatGPT.

Prompt:
“Learn this writing style. Now write me a summary of this [input data] as if they wrote it.”

Now every report you hand over sounds like it fell from their own pen. They think you’re a disciple. Really, you’re a ventriloquist.

2. Pre-Answer the Bloody Questions

Bosses love ambushes: “What about Q3 margins?” “What's holding us up?” Don’t sweat.

Prompt:
“Here’s the data. Predict the awkward questions a manager will ask and draft sharp answers.”

You stroll into the meeting with counter-punches cocked. They think you’re psychic. You’re just playing with loaded dice.

3. Spin Straw into “Insights”

Dumped a swamp of spreadsheets? Don’t drown.

Prompt (with file upload):
“Find 3 trends in this data. Pull out the important bits and phrase them as insights that would impress a senior manager.”

Deliver findings, not figures. Suddenly you’re the “strategic thinker.” Translation: AI mopped the floor for you.

4. Run a Shadow Agenda

Before your 1:1, feed ChatGPT your last emails and notes.

Prompt:
“Remind me of my action items. Suggest 2 easy wins that I can highlight. Add some action steps to focus on next.”

You show up running the show with answers. Boss thinks you’ve got memory like a steel trap. Really, you’re outsourcing your brain.

The Dirty Truth

AI isn’t just about working faster. It’s about being smarter without sweating harder. Use it right and you’ll leapfrog the plodders. Use it wrong and you’re just another mug glued to a to-do list.