Imogen Adeyemi
Head of operations, Quillfield Freight
Replaced a 14-tab dispatch spreadsheet with a tool she built in an afternoon. She has no engineering background and strong opinions about what not to build.
01 What you'll learn
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Pick a job worth automating
Find the one recurring chore where a small tool pays for itself within a week, and leave the rest alone.
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Brief an agent like a colleague
Write one paragraph that says who uses it, whose data it holds and who may change it. That paragraph does most of the work.
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Give it real, shared data
Move from a file on one laptop to records the whole team reads and writes, with permissions written in plain words.
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Put it in front of people
Share the link, watch what breaks on a colleague's phone, and fix it in the same conversation.
02 Agenda
All times are London time on Thursday 18 March 2027. The longest stretch of the session is you building, not us talking.
Welcome, and the chore you brought
Everyone names one spreadsheet, and we pick the one to build live.
What makes a small tool last
Imogen on the ones her team still uses, and the ones they quietly dropped.
Live build: spreadsheet to shared tracker
Tomasz goes from a messy file to a published tool, mistakes included.
Your turn: brief your agent
Hands on. Write your paragraph, build, and ask for help in the chat.
Show and tell
Three attendees, three minutes each, real links.
Questions, and what to do on Monday
Who owns it now, how to change it, and when to stop.
Close
03 Your speakers
Tomasz Wren
Product engineer, Tern Street Studio
Helps teams work out what's worth building, which is usually less than they first thought. He'll build live and let you watch him get it wrong.
04 Before you ask
- Do I need to know how to code?
- No. If you can explain the chore to a new colleague, you can do this.
- What do I need on the day?
- A laptop, access to any AI coding agent, and one spreadsheet you'd happily never open again. Remove anything confidential first.
- What if I can't make it live?
- Register anyway. Everyone registered gets the recording and the slides afterwards.
- Is it really free?
- Yes. No card, no upsell at the end.