Prove It: How to Show What AI Actually Does for Your Work, Before Next Performance Review

Your company wants to see what AI is doing for you. Can you show them?AI is showing up in performance reviews. Some of the world's biggest employers now treat AI use as a factor in ratings and promotions, and ordinary workplaces are following. But most people have never been told what good looks like, and much of the time AI seems to save is quietly lost again to checking and fixing what it produced.Prove It is a practical, honest guide for the person whose work is being measured. It shows you how to find where AI genuinely helps in your job, measure the difference in a way that holds up, keep a simple record of evidence, and turn it into a self-review that is specific and credible.Inside you'll find- Why AI use is not the same as AI impact, and how to talk about the difference- The checking tax: the hidden time spent verifying AI output, and how to lower it- A simple task map to find where AI will actually help in your role- A net-time method that counts prompting, checking and fixing- An evidence file that takes ten minutes a week- How to report honestly where AI didn't help, and why that shows judgment- Self-review phrases, questions for your manager, and what to do if the metric is unfair- A one-page four-week plan and ready-to-use worksheetsDrawing on published research on AI and knowledge work, this book skips the hype and the tool tours. It works with whatever tools your employer provides, because the method is about your work, not the software.Specific beats impressive. This book shows you how to be specific.For information only. Not legal, employment or HR advice.