Questions, answered.

What is VP of One?

VP of One (vpofone.ai) is a site from Utlyze for vice presidents who sit between the executive team and several managers. It covers briefing up, coaching down, portfolio calls and reporting, with AI doing the drafting and people making the decisions.

What does managing up and down mean?

Keeping the executives above you informed and aligned while you lead and unblock the managers below you. The same decision usually needs two versions: a memo for the executive team and a plan for the teams.

How do executives use AI?

Mostly for preparation: briefings, decision memos, metric analysis, first drafts of communications and the pre-read for leadership meetings. The judgment, and the decision, stay with the person.

Can AI prepare my board update?

It can draft one from your source data, such as dashboards, plans and notes. A person then checks every number and every claim before it goes to the executive team or the board.

What should a VP never delegate to AI?

Decisions, performance conversations, and commitments to customers or staff. AI can help you prepare for each of them; it should not make them or deliver them for you.

How do I coach my managers to adopt AI?

Start with one shared routine, such as the weekly status rollup, and build it with the managers who will run it. Agree on what it replaces, measure it against how the work went before, and then extend it team by team.

How is this different from Business of One?

Business of One is for owners building an AI-first company of their own. VP of One covers the seat between the executive team and several teams: managing up and down, portfolio calls and reporting, rather than running a single department. Utlyze runs both, and both offer Consult and Build.

What do Consult and Build cost?

Consult: $400 an hour, booked in blocks of 5 hours, which puts the minimum booking at $2,000. Build: from $15,000 a month, for a dedicated team that builds alongside you around the clock and answers calls 24/7.

Is this HR, legal or investment advice?

No. What we write about reorganizations, employment, security, law, tax or investing is for education only. For your situation, talk to qualified advisers who know your company. We make no promises or guarantees about outcomes.

How do I start?

Fill in the short form at the end of the home page. Choose Consult to book hours, or Build if you want a team working across your organization.