Why Wakata: There's a Business in the Boring Bits
Daily reports. Sign-offs. Tracking variations. All the boring bits that people ignore — until they need them for a commercial negotiation.
The Problem
Everyone ignores the admin.
When I started in construction as a contract administrator, I could see what people around me thought the job was about: wheeling and dealing. Negotiating. Making things happen. But I understood the reality from day one: there's a lot of admin. Daily reports. Sign-offs. Tracking variations. Filing correspondence. And here's what shocked me — how many people just ignored it because it wasn't the 'real work.'
The Disconnect
Then you need those folders.
But then you get into a commercial negotiation. Suddenly you need those big folders full of information. The daily dockets. The signed records. The trail of what actually happened on site. That documentation gives you the weight to negotiate at a commercial level. Without it, you've got nothing. The boring bits aren't boring — they're foundational.
The Solution
Don't make humans do computer work.
I come from a design background, and here's my philosophy: you don't want human brains being used as computers. Computers are better at processing data. Humans are better at solving problems, making decisions, delivering value. Right now, businesses have talented people spending hours on data entry, chasing signatures, updating spreadsheets. That's computer work. That's not adding value.
The Insight
AI for the boring bits.
In an age where AI is doing amazing things, I wanted to use it for the boring bits. Not to replace the humans doing the work — to free them up to actually do the work that matters. Wakata handles the grunt work — capturing what happened, structuring the data, closing the loops, proving compliance. So your people can use their brains for what computers can't do.