Paul Roebuck

Writings · by appointment

Field Guides

Short, plain guides for one trade at a time: what AI does to the work you are already responsible for, and the checks that catch it.

Each guide is the same shape — a handful of real stories, a list of checks, about four minutes a day — in the language of the job. The draft was brilliant. Check it anyway.

All the guides are by appointment: written and delivered for one organisation and one trade at a time, not sold from a shelf.

Cover of Close the Gap, the sales field guide

Sales

Close the Gap

The sales people’s guide

For the person who sends the proposal: what AI smooths, flatters and invents when you are trying to win the work.

By appointment

Cover of Own the Gap, the comms field guide

Comms

Own the Gap

The comms people’s guide

For the person who signs off the words: whose voice is it, who carries the correction, and what to check before it goes out.

By appointment

Cover of Protect the Gap, the legal field guide

Legal

Protect the Gap

The legal people’s guide

For the person who carries the risk: where an AI draft quietly changes its mind, and what a file needs to show.

By appointment

Cover of Lead the Gap, the managers field guide

Managers

Lead the Gap

The managers’ guide

For the person who signs off other people’s AI-assisted work: what to ask for, what to check, and who carries it when it’s wrong.

By appointment

Also in the series

Cover of Buggs, the Boogles and Charl Atan

GEO

Buggs, the Boogles and Charl Atan

A fairground guide to GEO

An illustrated field guide to how AI search engines decide what to say about you — with The Brief for the boardroom.

By appointment

Want one for your trade?

If yours isn’t here, tell me what your people sign off and I’ll tell you whether a guide would help. Guides are arranged by appointment, and often alongside a training session.

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