The executive assistant of the future: DonnaPro’s approach to human-AI collaboration

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DonnaPro, a European executive assistant agency, trains its EAs on AI tools before placement and supports them with 2,500+ pages of operational frameworks. Founder Filip Pesek argues AI should amplify human judgment, not replace it. The company claims founders reclaim 60+ hours monthly and uses a six-stage selection process combining AI-assisted filtering with manual vetting.

Every productivity tool on the market right now is telling you the same thing: AI will replace what you do. Cut the middleman. Automate the humans. Do more with less.

Filip Pesek disagrees.

“The best AI tools still come with a human who knows how to think,” says the founder of DonnaPro, Europe’s premium executive assistant agency. “AI can draft faster, research deeper, process more. But it can’t understand context. It can’t read the room. It can’t know when a founder needs a briefing before they know they need it....

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