The Automation Flywheel is a systematic 4-step framework for building automations that actually work. Audit your processes, Prioritise high-impact tasks, Automate the workflows, and Optimise for continuous improvement.
Identify every manual, repetitive task eating your time. Map out workflows, spot bottlenecks, and calculate the real cost of manual work.
Understanding each phase helps you apply the framework effectively
Identify every manual, repetitive task eating your time. Map out workflows, spot bottlenecks, and calculate the real cost of manual work.
Not all automations are equal. Score each task by time saved vs. effort to automate. Start with quick wins that deliver immediate ROI.
Create workflows that handle tasks automatically. Connect your tools using Make, Zapier, or n8n, set up triggers, and let technology do the heavy lifting.
Monitor, measure, improve. Fine-tune your automations, handle edge cases, add error handling, and expand to more complex workflows.
Unlike one-off automation projects, the Flywheel creates compounding returns. Each cycle through the framework builds momentum:
The 2 hours you save today becomes 100+ hours saved per year. Each automation frees up time to build the next one.
Each automation teaches you patterns you can reuse. Your third automation takes half the time of your first.
Start with simple wins, graduate to complex workflows. Eventually, entire business processes run on autopilot.
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