A forward deployed engineering pilot. Each week, Aaron's team embeds with a different function for a dedicated Tinker Time day, rapidly identifying and prototyping high-impact AI use cases. Four weeks. Prove the model, then scale it.
Tinker Time is Alto's innovation format: step away from routine, build something new, ship by end of day. This pilot extends that model into a weekly rotation across five functional teams.
Aaron's team embeds directly with each function, identifies their highest-friction workflows, and rapidly prototypes AI-powered solutions. If the pilot succeeds, this becomes a repeatable model for scaling AI adoption across the company.
One dedicated day per function per week. Participants bring their biggest pain points. Together we assess feasibility and impact, narrow in on the best opportunity, and build.
4 weeks of sessions across multiple functions proves the repeatable pattern. Success means we rerun with new participants and expand company-wide.
"No idea is too small, odd, or ambitious to try. A failed prototype is still a success if we learned something."
Each week, a different group gets a dedicated Tinker Time day with Aaron's team. Participants come ready to share their biggest pain points and repetitive tasks. We brainstorm together, narrow in on the best opportunity, and build.
| Week | Function(s) | Suggested focus areas |
|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | RevOps + Customer Success | Pipeline hygiene, lead routing, commission calcs, client onboarding, health scoring, renewal workflows, + your ideas |
| Week 2 | Customer Support | Ticket triage, knowledge base, response drafting, escalation routing, SLA tracking, + your ideas |
| Week 3 | Legal & Compliance + Sales | Contract review, regulatory tracking, compliance reporting, deal acceleration, proposal generation, + your ideas |
| Week 4 | FinOps + Marketing | Company onsite week. Time allowing, sessions with FinOps and Marketing, + your ideas |
Each leader nominates participants and submits a list of pain points and repetitive tasks.
First Tinker Time with the first group. Brainstorm, select, build, and demo a working prototype by end of day.
Remaining groups get their dedicated day. Each session follows the same format, tuned to that function's needs.
Company onsite week. Time allowing, FinOps and Marketing join for additional sessions.
Review outcomes across all sessions. Promote winning prototypes to production. Decide whether to rerun or expand.
Each exec nominates up to 2 participants from their team and submits:
• List of repetitive, time-consuming tasks
• Estimated weekly hours spent on each
• Any known dependencies or blockers
• A working prototype or proof of concept
• Clear assessment: time saved, accuracy, scalability
• Documentation of what worked, what didn't
• A potential launch window for production use
Each function gets a dedicated Slack channel. Session home base, idea backlog, and ongoing collaboration all in one place.
Past Tinker Time experiments that became real tools:
Tinker Time is where curiosity meets creativity. Now it deploys across every function.