chapter seven

7 Emails and instant messaging in the workplace

 

This chapter covers

  • Enhancing email communications with AI
  • Leveraging AI in instant messaging
  • Integrations and automations
  • Sentiment analysis and conflict resolution
  • Maintaining critical thinking skills
  • Future of AI in communication

One of the benefits of generative AI is that it can offer smarter ways to manage emails and instant messages, act like a personal assistant, organize your inbox, draft responses, and automate routine tasks. By using AI, emails become less burdensome and instant messages more efficient, turning these communication tools into productivity enhancers rather than distractions. This is especially important in remote work environments where effective communication can not only build better working relationships but also help you keep your job. This chapter focuses on enhancing these tools to streamline and improve your daily communications.

7.1 Enhancing email management with AI

7.1.1 AI-enhanced email summarization and drafting

7.1.2 Not ready for prime time

7.1.3 Email security

7.2 Leveraging AI in instant messaging

7.2.1 Meeting transcription and recap with AI

7.2.2 Sentiment analysis and conflict resolution for professional communication

Integrations and automation with AI

Teams workflow in action

Webhooks

7.3 Maintaining critical thinking

7.4 The future of AI communications

7.5 Summary

7.6 Prompts used to write this chapter