Notes from the field
Practical writing on team-scale automation for UK small businesses.
Why you wouldn’t use the Business Butler
Most consultancies pitch you. I’d rather tell you when you don’t need us. Three reasons the Business Butler isn’t the right fit — and the one reason it is.
Read ›Microsoft validated the Business Butler. Now who runs it for you?
Microsoft Work IQ connects your apps. For a 10-person service business without IT, that’s a Ferrari with no driver. Here’s the work that earns the hours back.
Read ›The week off you can’t really take
312 emails. 40 voice notes. A backlog the team couldn’t clear without me. That isn’t time off. That’s deferred work.
Read ›More resource, same problems
A friend moved to a house with a garage. He thought he’d got more space. He’d got more room to keep the same problems. Most growing businesses scale the same way.
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