THE BUSINESS MECHANIC™ | ENTERPRISE PARTNER PRESENTATION
TAKE BACK THE WHEEL
From Business Chaos to Calm
A complimentary morning presentation showing business owners how to turn their understanding of their business into better working systems.
Prepared for Local Enterprise Office Tipperary
The Technical Wall Has Fallen. What's Next for SMEs?
For years, business owners have been expected to adapt their operations to suit the software available to them.
That is changing.
Modern digital technology and AI are making it increasingly possible for businesses to shape systems around the way they actually need to work.
But technology alone is not the answer.
The real opportunity comes from combining the business owner's understanding of what needs to happen with the technical capability to make it happen.
KnowWhy™ + KnowHow = Business EngineSmithing™
KnowWhy™
The business understanding, judgement, experience and purpose.
KnowHow
The technical capabilities and tools that make execution possible.
Business EngineSmithing™
The disciplined methodology that connects them.
The Morning Programme
Why running a business has become so complicated
The Technical Wall has fallen: what's changed
Live demonstration: ShopSmart™, a working business engine in action
Break
Show Me the Madness™: an interactive exercise with the audience
From KnowWhy™ to KnowHow: how working business engines are shaped and proved
Questions, practical next steps and an introduction to TAKE BACK THE WHEEL LIVE
Finish
What Attendees Will Learn
Recognise the Madness
Understand how workarounds, disconnected systems and manual administration accumulate.
Think Before Choosing Tools
Identify the real business problem and the outcome worth achieving.
Understand What's Changed
Discover why modern technology makes previously impractical solutions increasingly accessible.
See It Working
Watch a real digital publishing system that was developed using the methodology taught in the book.
Understand How to Prove It
See why working demonstrations, operational journeys, variations and testing matter.
Know What to Do Next
Leave with a practical starting point for improving one area of their own business.
Real-World Examples
Example One
TAKE BACK THE WHEEL
The book itself became a working digital publishing system. The presentation demonstrates the digital reading experience, reader registration, chapter delivery, reading progress, and book administration, showing the connection between thinking, requirements, development and testing.
Explore the book →Example Two
SLIEVE BLOOM ORGANICS
A real Tipperary-based organic farm using connected operational systems that bring together online sales, customers, orders and other day-to-day business processes.
Visit slievebloomorganics.ie →About the Presenter
Alastair G. Wallace
The Business Mechanic™
Alastair G. Wallace is the author of TAKE BACK THE WHEEL and creator of the Business EngineSmithing™ methodology.
His approach begins with understanding how a business works before choosing or building technology.
Think First. Tools Second. Transform.
Think First. Tools Second. Transform.
A Morning for Your Members. No Presentation Fee.
The presentation is offered free of charge.
It is intended for SME owners and managers.
It is interactive and practical.
It includes a live demonstration.
The host organisation and presenter can agree the final format and logistics.
The session is designed to provide value independently of any future commercial engagement.
For Those Who Want to Go Further
TAKE BACK THE WHEEL LIVE is a more intensive two-day Business EngineSmithing™ workshop.
Participants can learn the complete methodology and watch a selected real business challenge developed into a bounded working prototype.
Any mention of the paid workshop during a partner-hosted presentation is subject to the host organisation’s agreement.
Shall We Bring This to Your Members?
If you think this would be useful for your members, we'd be delighted to explore a suitable date and format.
Or contact us directly
Gwyn | New Business Development
+353 89 608 5969