Moat Identification Worksheet

Identify which of your current activities are structurally un-automatable and why. Rank your human moats by organizational visibility and time investment.

Last updated June 2026

Category Career & AI Risk

Audience All professionals, Managers, Team Leads

Format PDF · 1 page

What's Inside

01Moat Assessment Table

025 Un-Automatable Categories

03Visibility Scoring Guide

04Moat-to-Role Alignment Check

Who This Is For

Professionals in Week 2 of the 30-Day Protocol
Managers assessing team resilience
Anyone identifying their career insurance

When To Use It

After completing Week 1 Task Decomposition
During role transition planning
Performance review preparation
Team skill mapping sessions

Copy-Paste AI Prompt

Help me identify my human moats — the activities in my role that are
structurally un-automatable by AI.

My role: [JOB TITLE]
My Layer 4-5 activities from Week 1: [LIST THEM]

For each activity, evaluate:
1. Could an AI system with full access to my tools and data do this
   without a human in the loop? (Yes/No)
2. If No — why not? Classify the reason:
   - Relationship-dependent (trust, history, personal credibility)
   - Accountability-dependent (personal liability, sign-off authority)
   - Ambiguity-dependent (no clear "correct" answer exists)
   - Context-dependent (requires institutional/unwritten knowledge)
   - Ethical-dependent (values-based judgment required)
3. Rate organizational visibility: High / Medium / Low
4. Rank from strongest to weakest moat

Return a ranked table of my top 5 moats with evidence.

Common Mistakes

Confusing "hard to do" with "hard to automate"
Listing skills instead of activities
Ignoring organizational visibility
Assuming all Layer 4-5 work is a moat
Not testing with the question "Could AI do this with full data access?"

Best Practices

For each Layer 4-5 activity ask "Could AI do this without a human?"
If yes, it's not a moat — it's high-layer execution
If no, identify WHY (relationship, accountability, ambiguity, context, ethics)
Prioritize moats with HIGH organizational visibility
Your strongest moats combine un-automatability with visible impact

Download the full worksheet with moat ranking table, category classification, and visibility scoring.