THE SOMETHING BIG WORK LIBRARY
Do more with AI.
Start with real work.
20 practical guides and tools for the work in front of you. Choose a task, get a useful resource, and learn how to check the result.
Find your next useful skill ↓Choose a sensible
first AI project.
Find your next step ↗YOUR FIRST AI ANALYSTA messy spreadsheet.
A report you can trust.
Get the free Excel starter kit ↗I’M READY TO DO MOREChoose the right
agent for the job.
Compare Cowork and Code ↗GIVE AI A WHOLE JOB
Read the approach.
Take the working files.
Two practical articles built around Matt’s way of briefing agents: the outcome, the context, and a clear bar for done. See what was actually checked, then adapt the assignment.
PICK THE WORK. LEARN THE SKILL.
What are you working on?
Campaign report checker
Your checked metrics and review queue. Import a small campaign export, declare its period and row structure, and get checked metrics plus the exact rows that need review. No account connection or model call.
Reconcile two CSV files
Find differences that matching totals hide. Compare your own two CSV exports by selected keys. Reconcile legitimate line items, keep duplicate copies unresolved, and download a review ledger you can trace to the source.
CRM data cleanup
A review queue for each recorded owner. Turn a CRM export into an owner review queue for missing steps, missing dates, and stale recorded activity. Keep uncertain records visible.
UTM audit
Actual links checked against the approved launch plan. Compare two CSVs by asset ID. Find wrong campaigns, destinations, missing assets, and ambiguous parameters before you approve a launch.
Sales-to-CS handoff
See what the receiving team still needs. Check the commitments, owners, dates, and unanswered questions before customer success takes the next call. Start with a nine-record example, then use the same checks on your own register.
RFP response checker
Source-to-response matrix checker. Compare a source requirements list with your response matrix. See missing IDs, unsupported status claims, and unclear exceptions before the next review.
User acceptance testing
Find the gaps in your test register. Turn a requirements list and test register into a reviewable UAT plan. Find missing cases, unclear IDs and unsupported pass claims before an internal tool becomes part of your business.
NotebookLM business research
See which evidence needs review. Organize your source documents, compare the evidence, and catch gaps before an AI summary becomes a business decision.
Measure an AI pilot
AI pilot evidence ledger. Compare complete work before and after AI. Keep review, corrections, failed tasks, and financial assumptions visible.
AI workshop for employees
Your workshop debrief. Give your team a flawed sales follow-up, seven source facts, and 30 minutes to make the draft useful. Includes the exercise, printable facilitator workbook, and a disclosed answer key. No AI account required.
Claude for Excel
Check the work before you share it. Turn a messy spreadsheet into a report you can explain. Get the Excel workbook, five ready-to-paste assignments, and a checked answer key.
Claude Cowork vs Claude Code
Which Claude should you use?. Compare the differences, choose the right tool for your task, and get a starter kit for each.
Claude for PowerPoint
Build a brief for your own presentation. Turn your notes and numbers into a presentation you can actually use. Get an editable six-slide deck, source workbook, five prompts, and a checked answer key.
Claude Chrome permissions
Check the layer that is actually blocking you. A practical decision tree for repeated approval prompts, blocked site access, and restrictions your administrator needs to review.
Your first Cowork project
Give the agent a complete assignment. Give Claude your first real job. Learn with three complete workflows: a client kickoff, weekly report, and meeting action plan. Get the files, prompts, and answer keys.
Claude Design for business
Make the brief as clear as the design. Build a clear brief, make a focused first version, and check it before sharing. A practical workflow for founders and marketers.
ChatGPT project instructions
Set the working rules once. Build project instructions for your real work, with clear sources, useful outputs, and checks that catch confident mistakes.
Gemini Gems for work
A repeatable brief for a repeatable job. Five specific business setups, the files each needs, and a simple test for whether the output deserves your trust.
AI readiness assessment
A next step, with reasons. A practical decision guide for business owners and teams. Pick one workflow, check what is missing, and leave with a concrete next step.
Customer feedback analysis
Keep every theme connected to its evidence. Practice on 16 fictional comments. Keep every finding connected to its source, check the themes, and choose what to investigate next.
Useful enough to use.
Clear enough to check.
These resources are for business people learning to work effectively with AI. Start with a bounded task, use approved or fictional inputs, and check the output. The guides are public. A free newsletter signup unlocks the interactive tools and resource downloads.