You’ve tried AI. Nothing’s really changed.
The gap between experimenting and operating differently is real. We close it by mapping your workflows, building systems that fit, and training your team to run them.
See the approach →Most “AI transformation” automates the work that should not exist. Hanlon doesn’t.
We start somewhere unusual: the old question — where can AI help us work faster? Then we ask the better one — if we were starting from scratch today, how would we use AI to make this role more human? The answer is always the same shape. The busywork disappears. The thinking work stays. Your software becomes ephemeral, your team’s craft becomes the asset, and the work compounds without growing headcount.
“We processed 5,187 companies in four days. Manual equivalent: three months of research. The automation changed our hiring and strategy priorities.”
Marius, Founder, Foodspace AS — Oslo, Norway
Hans-Jakob Brandt
Founder — Design Systems, AI Operations
I’ve been designing how work happens since 2018, first in product design and design systems, now by building AI systems for service companies.
I started Hanlon because I kept meeting business owners who knew AI should change how they operate, but couldn’t get there alone. Every project is me, from first conversation to live system.
How your team goes from using AI to running on it.
We find a process that should not exist — the one your team would redesign if they had time.
Two to four weeks, fixed price, one workflow. Mapped from the inside, redesigned around what AI can now do.
The workflow runs on AI. A Runbook your team can hand to anyone. Self-improving loops behind it — you approve weekly until they auto-merge.
Ongoing, monthly. After a year, the Thursday-evening problems are gone. The team is the same or smaller. The craft is sharper.
Find out if AI fits your business before you build.
AI amplifies what's already working. If processes are loose or motivation is shallow, AI just makes the noise faster. We built a 19-question self-assessment so you can test that foundation before any tool, any vendor, any budget.
The Fit Report names the one thing to fix first — useful even if the verdict is not yet.
Redesign the work, not the tools.
AI is just a toolset you bolt on. It demands rethinking how work itself is designed.
Your team keeps everything.
We build it. If we disappear tomorrow, your systems keep running.
Prove it first.
Before scaling anything, prove the workflow works. Trust is earned in deliverables, not decks.
The thinking stays. The busywork goes.
AI handles repetitive execution. Your people handle judgment, collaboration, and decisions under pressure.
Results before roadmaps.
We don’t ask you to bet on a forecast. We run a scoped piece of real work first, then you decide whether to continue based on what you saw.
We only take work we can finish.
We don’t work with every organization. Before anything starts, we figure out together whether the fit is real — because a bad engagement helps nobody.
Six deliverables. One working system.
We’re early. That works in your favor.
Founding client rates. The founder’s full attention, and a partner building their reputation on your results. One focused workflow. Two to four weeks.