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Automation Foundations for Modern Ops

Build your first reliable business systems without overcomplicating the stack.

A practical starting point for entrepreneurs and operators who want to replace manual admin with clear, maintainable workflows.

Duration
3 hours
Lessons
9
Rating
4.9

Course overview

Automation Foundations for Modern Ops is the on-ramp for people who know their business needs systems but do not want to disappear into tool complexity. The course shows how to map real work, choose good trigger points, and design workflows that your team can actually trust.

You will move from process thinking to implementation, using approachable examples drawn from lead capture, task routing, approvals, client delivery, and internal reporting. By the end, you will have a repeatable framework for deciding what to automate, what to leave manual, and how to document your decisions.

What you’ll achieve

Identify automation-ready tasks across your business
Map workflows using triggers, actions, dependencies, and exceptions
Create a documentation format your team can maintain
Ship your first three no-code automations with confidence

Prerequisites

Comfort using cloud software in a browser
A basic understanding of your current team workflow
No prior automation experience required

Curriculum

Instructor

LB
Lena Brooks
Operations Design Coach

Lena coaches founders and operators on process architecture, helping them turn SOPs into scalable automation systems.

Tools covered

Zapier
Make
Notion
Slack

Included resources

Operator-first frameworks
Hands-on implementation walkthroughs
Downloadable process mapping sheets
Quick-win workflow examples

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Lessons
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Rating
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