The future of work in Waiheke Island.
The realistic near term win is not fewer people, it is the same people not doing eleven hours of admin a week.
Waiheke fills up every summer with visitors heading for the vineyards and beaches. We automate bookings, enquiries and seasonal staff admin for the island's small teams.
Small crew or big organisation, the busywork is the same :)
Quotes with GST, consent paperwork, LBP records and health and safety logs: the admin every New Zealand trade business carries.
*Illustrative example based on nine hours a week of admin. Actual results vary by workflow and business.
What the future of work means here
Our goal is a three day weekend: compress the week by handing the repetitive work to systems that do it reliably, so people spend their hours on the part only a person can do.
- Automate the task, not the person's job
- Measure success in hours given back to the team
- Keep a human on every decision that affects a customer
- Train the team to run and change it themselves
How the work runs
We find the one workflow costing Waiheke Island businesses the most hours, ship a working slice into production in weeks, prove it pays for itself, then harden it and hand it over.
Waiheke Island, up close.
Tourism is an important part of the Waiheke economy, with visitors drawn to its beaches and boutique vineyards, and up to a quarter of adult summer residents work in tourism-related jobs.
Waiheke is a 35-minute ferry ride from Auckland's city centre. The island's population swells every summer with visitors.
Questions Waiheke Island businesses ask
Is this a talk or a build?
Both, depending on what you need. We speak on the future of work, and we build the systems behind it. The advice is the same either way, and it is free of charge until there is a scope to quote.
What does this look like for a Waiheke Island business?
Waiheke is wine, hospitality, and high-touch tourism - AI here handles the spike when the ferry lands. We scope one workflow, ship it to production, and prove the return before expanding.
Where do you start?
With the workflow costing the most time or the most leads. The realistic near term win is not fewer people, it is the same people not doing eleven hours of admin a week.
Do you work with Xero?
Yes. Xero is one of the systems we build around, and we connect to the other tools you already run rather than asking you to switch.
Does scheduling handle public holidays?
It should. New Zealand has 11 national public holidays, including Matariki, plus a regional anniversary day that depends on where your business is.
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