You’ve probably sent a few text messages. Maybe jumped onto that Facebook chat group that blew up overnight and sent off a quick response. You’ve most likely sent an email, answered a phone call, or perhaps even engaged in that most old-fashioned of communication methods: face-to-face conversation. The way we communicate has exploded as …
If you’ve spent any time on our website, you may have already come across our breakdown of Zapier, an integration platform that offers users the power to set up ‘Zaps’ and automate tasks that involve two or more applications by setting them up to communicate with each other. A ‘Zap’ is an action that’s defined …
Running a business is expensive. Rent, equipment, monthly overheads, marketing, retirement plans, even staff birthdays… the costs truly do add up. In a world where many are walking fine lines between profit and cost bases on a monthly base, it can be difficult to say yes to new costs, even those that stand to add …
THE FUTURE OF WORK AND AUTOMATION As automation and artificial intelligence technologies improve, many people worry about the future of work. If millions of human workers no longer have jobs, the worriers ask, what will people do, how will they provide for themselves and their families, and what changes might occur (or be needed) in order for society …
What the Industrial Revolution Really Tells Us About the Future of Automation and Work Read More »
Imagine if a technology existed that could read your email for you, and use that data to trigger a workflow, or automate something. The good news is that it already exists, and has for some time. It’s called an email parser. The bad news is that it is at best kind-of helpful, and at worst, wildly …
Business Automation might seem like a complex or difficult topic, but even if you have never consciously done so, you have most likely used an automation tool. Do you know what this object does? You have probably never used one. I certainly haven’t, but it was revolutionary in its time. It is a slide rule, …
Apps are essential to your business, but are your current business apps overlapping and costing you too much? Would you like tech stack that could take care of all the jobs in a better and more organized way? Before you start signing up to apps to automate your business, it’s important to take a strategic approach. In …
It is around 11pm, and I am inching towards a project deadline for a client. The home internet connection won’t work, and I am over trying to fix it. I revert to my mobile internet connection, which is patchy where we are in the Euganean Hills (seems to be influenced by weather, the tides, and …
How Automation Helped Me Live in Italy for Three Months Read More »
The New Year is the perfect time to take stock and make resolutions for the coming 12 months. Automation adoption went ahead by leaps and bounds in 2017 and 2018 promises to be another year laden with growth opportunities. So, what do we need to do to position ourselves to take advantage of these growth …
7 Compelling 2018 New Year Automation Resolutions Read More »
One of the first things I do when I meet with a new client is to do a kind of ‘automations audit’. That is, I look at every single process in their business to work out what processes are happening that could be automated. Some are obvious, some are not. If this is something you’d …