September 14

Create a Status Report Automatically

If it takes you forever to generate your weekly status report, it’s time to ask AI for help.

I haven’t seen a tool yet like InSummary. When you connect your Google Calendar, the platform analyzes your work for the week to create a concise, interactive report.

Here’s what it did with my past week:

Screenshot of a summary page titled "Bziesenis' Summary" covering activities from 09/08/2023 to 09/14/2023. The overview automatically mentions participation in various regional workshops and a virtual AI workshop.

After the quick summary, it created a fun graphic that gave more details.

A circular chart automatically categorizes events into segments like "Newsletter," "Scheduled," "Recurring Events," and "Weekly Events," with subcategories including "Other," "Work Streams," and various SMACNA events, seamlessly integrating data from status reports.

Every major section could be drilled down. I’m not sure how it figured out that I “Ignored” the Zoom webinar on my calendar, but it did.

A status report detailing events attended, including Chicago SMACNA events, professional workshops, recurring events, and ignored events, with time durations noted. Automatically create your report for seamless tracking and management.

The Cons

As much as I like the idea, I don’t like the permissions I had to give. They seemed more intrusive than usual, but as usual I clicked the “Accept Terms” button too fast to go through them. You should be more careful than I was.

Also, it only works for your main Google Calendar, but there’s a waitlist for other platforms.

But still… it’s interesting to see a busy week laid out like that.


Tags

business essentials, productivity


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