The one you keep carrying.
A handoff that is always late. A customer journey with too many gaps. A spreadsheet only one person understands. Bring it as it is.
ASK A MATE COMMUNITY / BY AA
Better work happens
when you can ask a mate.
Ask a Mate is a practical community for the people making small teams work: owners, operators and the quiet problem-solvers who keep things moving. We get together to share what works, unpack the stuck bits and make the next move feel lighter.
SMALL ROOMS. GOOD QUESTIONS. USEFUL PEOPLE.
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THE GIST
Not a conference.
A really useful room.
There is no prize for having the shiniest stack or the neatest story. Ask a Mate makes space for honest questions about the things that actually eat time, create follow-up and make a good team feel busier than it needs to.
Practical over perfect.
AA and fellow operators show the useful bits: a better flow, a tool doing its job, or the decision that made the difference.
Leave with momentum.
Useful people, sharper questions and one clear thing to try, measure or move forward—without a sales pitch waiting at the end.
WHAT SHOWS UP
Different rooms.
Same useful energy.
Some are in person, some are online. All are designed for conversations you would actually want to have with people who understand the work.
Mate sessions
Small, facilitated conversations around one familiar operational problem.
Live teardowns
Pull apart a clunky workflow together and find the better route through it.
Tool showcases
Hands-on looks at the tools and AI patterns that are genuinely useful right now.
Peer Q&As
Open questions, lived experience and no pretending there is one right answer.
WHO PULLS UP A CHAIR
If you make things happen, you belong here.
Business ownersOperations leadsClinic managersAgency leadersCommunity buildersPractice managersProject wranglersCurious problem-solvers
From agencies and clinics to training teams, member organisations, trades and purpose-led groups. Different worlds. Familiar friction.
NEXT UP
We’re shaping the first Ask a Mate Community sessions now.
Tell us where you are, what kind of work you do and the question you would bring to the room. That is how we make the first gatherings worth showing up for.
Put your hand up ↗︎FIRST GATHERINGSSOON
SYDNEY + ONLINE
Built around the questions you are already asking.
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COMMUNITY-DRIVEN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
Good systems should feel like a mate has your back.
Ask a Mate is AA’s way of bringing the people closest to the work into the conversation. Come for the practical ideas. Stay for the people making work better.
Have a business problem to unpack? Start here →