Welcome to a new era

This Week, For Us | Issue #001

The last year in online business has had a bit of a cat-in-a-bathtub vibe.

The wild technology changes, the dramatic way in which our actual work is changing, and the impossible task of keeping up with changes as they unfold.

I had to take a beat to figure out what the f*ck is happening, reorient and recalibrate.

Maybe you feel like this too?

In that process, I realized that I am uniquely suited to translate the firehose of online noise, AI shifts, and business systems.

I can do what I’ve always done…

• Provide practical, implementable resources with the systems thinking built in.

• Help you figure out what to ignore and what’s worth your time.

• And draw your immediate attention to the systems, tools, and perspectives that can genuinely change the way you run your business for the better.

With that, I’m in the process of taking all my courses, programs, articles, templates, prompts, processes, and IP, updating them, and moving everything here, to Substack

Everything will exist as standalone articles, epic guides, and resources that are easy to navigate, reference, and implement.

It’s a new era in online business (and Hey Systems) and I am here for it. 😎

How the Hey Systems Substack works

I wanted to create a space that makes it very easy for you to find support, resources and tools to keep building and adapting your business, using all the cool tools and technology we now have available to us.

But more than that, I want to continue to do what I’ve been doing behind the scenes for the last decade, applying systems thinking with a human-centric lens to small business challenges and opportunities.

Everything here falls into four types, each with its own colour so you can spot them at a glance:

• Articles — thinking and strategy pieces.

• Epic guides — full, step-by-step systems you can install.

• Resources — quick, practical tools.

• Newsletter — this, every Friday.

At any point you can go to heysystems.co and navigate to any category you like.

A lot of it will be free.

There’s also a paid option, and the paid library is growing every week.

Right now, paid subscribers get two things I’m most excited about:

• Weekly check-ins on Mondays and Fridays, and the

• Paid subscriber chat, a direct line where you can ask questions and get support as you build and grow your business.

I’ll also include three sections in each Friday This Week, For Us newsletter.

• Maybe you’ve heard — what’s happening in AI, systems, and business and what matters to solo and small business owners like us.

• We’re in good company — good news for small and solo businesses.

• What’s new this week from Hey Systems — a roundup of any articles or resources that dropped.

While this inaugural issue is more of an announcement, there are a few things that went down recently that I think are worth paying attention to:

• 📘 The first Epic Guide — The complete guide to Asana’s “My tasks.” is here.

• 🤖 The big AI tools all leveled up. Claude's new Opus 4.8 is its smartest model yet, Gemini's fast model is now live for everyone, and ChatGPT remembers you better across chats (even on the free version).

• 🎥 Turning one video into a week of content keeps getting easier. Record a short clip on your phone and AI tools (Canva, Opus, Descript) will cut it into captioned, ready-to-post pieces for you. The "I don't have time to make content" barrier is getting a lot lower.

There is so much more to come and I’m so happy you’re here.

Amy x