Neil Hoyne

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Google just opened up something I wish I had when I was building my first side project: Gemini Workspace Office Hours.

It’s a small, hands-on session with Google folks where you can bring your workflow chaos and leave with something you can actually implement. 😁

Here’s the good news: it’s built for regular humans, not prompt engineers.

If you’ve been watching AI demos and thinking, “cool… but how do I use this in my day-to-day without rewriting my whole life?” this is for you. 🙂

➡️ You book a short slot and show up with ONE real workflow that’s eating your time.

Email triage, meeting follow-ups, sales notes, hiring pipelines, course planning… anything.

➡️ We map the workflow in plain English first.

No gatekeeping. NO CODING. 🙂

➡️ Then we translate it into an AI-assisted system using the tools you already have (Docs, Sheets, Gmail, Calendar).

You’ll see what to automate, what to keep human, and where most people overcomplicate it.

➡️ You leave with an artifact. A draft workflow, a prompt pack, or a simple spec you can hand to your team.

Something you can run the same day, not “someday.”

➡️ “My inbox is a graveyard.” Help me turn emails into tasks, deadlines, and reminders automatically.

➡️ “My meetings disappear into the void.” Help me generate clean notes, action items, and follow-ups in my tone.

➡️ “My team asks me the same questions.” Help me build a tiny internal FAQ that stays up to date.

➡️ “I keep forgetting the basics.” Help me build a daily briefing that actually reflects my priorities.

➡️ Step 1: Write your workflow in 8 lines max. Keep it ugly.

(Example: ‘When an email contains a question, I need to reply within 24 hours. If it’s urgent, flag it. If it’s a meeting request, propose 3 times.’)

➡️ Step 2: Identify your “inputs” and “outputs.”

Inputs = what the AI sees (emails, docs, calendar events).

Outputs = what you want created (a draft reply, a checklist, a reminder, a summary).

➡️ Step 3: Add constraints so the automation doesn’t annoy you.

Things like: “don’t send emails automatically,” “ask me before scheduling,” “keep sensitive info out of summaries.”

➡️ Step 4: Run one tiny test for 3 days.

If it saves you 10 minutes a day, that’s over an hour a week. If it saves you 30 minutes, you just bought yourself a free afternoon.

➡️ This is not a lecture. It’s a working session.

Bring screenshots, messy docs, and half-baked ideas.

➡️ You do NOT need to be technical.

If you can describe the workflow, you can automate the workflow.

tl;dr - If you can describe the workflow, you can automate the workflow.

Slots are limited, and the first round is this FRIDAY.

Want me to share a few good “starter workflows” in the comments for people who don’t know where to begin?

https://lnkd.in/example-office-hours

#google #lifeatgoogle #ai #startups #productivity #automation

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