Groundwork
Cut the manual work that eats your week.
Start with the expensive, repetitive stuff — not a transformation programme.
I help owner-led businesses find expensive, repetitive work — copy-paste between tools, status lost in chat, knowledge stuck in one person’s head — and remove it with the smallest useful fix. Not an AI transformation programme. One workflow first. Early pilots for a single fix are usually £500–£3,000.
How it works
- 1. Look. See how the work runs — people, tools, handoffs, exceptions.
- 2. Find. Name a few places where time and risk pile up every week.
- 3. Fix. Build the smallest useful change — process, software, automation, or AI.
- — Less copy-paste between tools
- — Staff time back on customers, not admin
- — One workflow first; expand only if it pays
Who this is for
Owner-led businesses that still run on people — and individuals who want private setups.
- Multi-site operations. Several locations, shared stock or customers — too much coordination still in chat and spreadsheets.
- Field and mobile teams. Jobs and updates between office and vans — status gets lost, people chase.
- Hire and rental. Availability, collections, damage, and branch handoffs that burn hours every week.
- Private individuals. Capable AI on your terms — local models, private setups, without putting everything in the cloud.
Initial review
Thirty minutes or a short note — to see if the problem is real. Not a priced deliverable.
- — How the work runs today
- — Where repetitive work and broken handoffs sit
- — A few places worth fixing first — then, if it fits, a small paid pilot
Alexander Katin — fifteen years designing, building, and delivering software systems, interfaces, and AI workflows from messy friction into tools people actually use.
Prefer email? aleksandr.katin@gmail.com
Which manual task eats your week?
Send a short note, or book thirty minutes.