# The practitioner behind the method.

Source: https://thewiremethod.com/about
Site: The WIRE Method
Tagline: AI that works inside the business.
Founder: Richard Batt
Contact: hello@thewiremethod.com

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About

# The practitioner behind the method.

The WIRE Method was not invented in a workshop. It was written down, one project at a time, over a decade of hands-on AI and automation work inside small and mid-sized businesses.

## Richard Batt

Richard Batt has spent more than a decade implementing AI and automation inside small and mid-sized businesses. The work has covered 120 implementations across 15 industries, from recruitment and legal services to healthcare, logistics, and contact centres. The pattern that became the WIRE Method emerged after the same four steps showed up in every successful project, and the same gaps showed up in every failure.

Richard has trained more than 30 teams to run AI implementations. His work has been featured in InfoWorld and the Wall Street Journal. He is the author of The WIRE Method.

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## How the method came to be written down

The first implementation was a Monday morning conversation with a client. Three emails sent by hand, data copied between two spreadsheets, a checklist that lived on a whiteboard. That afternoon, the work was automated. The client got Monday back. The same conversation has happened, with small variations, 120 times since.

The WIRE Method is what is left when you remove everything that did not survive contact with a real business. The four steps are the order that has held across every project. The named patterns are the things that go wrong, named so the next person can recognise them before they cost.

### First implementations

Started building automation inside small businesses across recruitment, professional services, and logistics.

### The pattern emerges

After 40 projects, the same four-step order showed up in every successful build. The first version of the framework is written down.

### Method named

The framework is formalised, the named patterns documented, and the playbook taught privately to client teams.

### External teaching

Practitioner certification opened to outside consultants and operations leaders.

### Book and licensing

Organisational licensing programme launches. The WIRE Method book published — sold direct.