Meetup Video
Zen Automation | Better Team Organization by Aji Slater and Jim Remsik
Recorded September 04, 2025 at Beyond Finance Chicago
Aji shares how their team uses small, mindful automation steps to relieve frustration, reduce mental load, and make space for better work.
After two decades in consulting, Jim asks a radical question: What if doing less made your team more effective? Drawing from real-world experience scaling engineering orgs and dealing with client complexity, he lays out a framework for thoughtful restraint.
About Aji Slater and Jim Remsik
Aji Slater is a software engineer at Thoughtbot. Jim Remsik is the founder of Flagrant, a human-centered software company founded in 2019.
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