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Saif Muhtar Business Systems Educator
Saif Muhtar Business Systems Educator

Speaking & training

Invite Saif to speak at your next event.

Keynotes, workshops and panels for business owners, industry associations and company teams. After 20+ years in construction, Saif rebuilt his own company, RumahHQ, to run on systems, and wrote the method down as a blueprint, "How to Build a Company that Runs Itself". Every talk teaches a part of it, including what did not work.

Send an invitation Speaker one-sheet (PDF)
Language
English, Bahasa Malaysia or both
Formats
Keynote, workshop, panel, podcast, webinar
Material
The BOS blueprint: 12 components, 10 stages
Saif Muhtar

Saif Muhtar

Educator & Speaker · Business Operating Systems

Now booking 2026–2027

Five talks

  1. 01 Build a Company That Runs Without You.
  2. 02 Your Company Should Not Stop When You Stop Answering WhatsApp.
  3. 03 AI on the Ground: Agents with a Site Supervisor.
  4. 04 The 12-Part Operating System Behind a Self-Running Company.
  5. 05 What I Learned Digitalising RumahHQ (Including What Didn't Work).
Speaker kit: bios, photos, MC introduction

Talks

Five talks. One idea.

A business should not stop when its owner stops answering. Every talk teaches a part of the BOS blueprint, comes from a real company, real teams and real cash flow, and is tailored to your audience after a short preparation call.

Signature keynote

Build a Company That Runs Without You.

Why so many good companies stop when the owner stops: the founder trap, what 'a company that runs itself' really means, and how to prove it with an absence test.

Your audience leaves with:

  • The founder trap: why the owner keeps stepping back in, and the decision that breaks the loop
  • What 'runs itself' really means: the six continuities that must hold without the founder
  • The absence test ladder, from one day to one month, and what each step proves
For
SME owners, chambers of commerce, entrepreneur conferences
Length
30–45 minutes
Format
Keynote · Fireside chat / podcast · Webinar

Keynote · Workshop

Your Company Should Not Stop When You Stop Answering WhatsApp.

The five operating cycles and the hand-offs where work gets lost, told through construction: the industry that exercises every cycle at once.

Your audience leaves with:

  • Lead to cash: the hand-offs where work gets lost, and the rule that closes each one
  • Decision rights: authority that travels with responsibility, so staff stop asking before every step
  • The weekly meeting and scorecard that replace the owner's phone
For
SME owners, industry associations (construction, property, services), founder communities
Length
45 minutes, or a half-day workshop
Format
Keynote · Workshop · Panel

Keynote · Panel

AI on the Ground: Agents with a Site Supervisor.

Practical AI for traditional businesses: technology makes a good process faster; it cannot make a bad process good. Where AI helps, and the guardrail each use needs.

Your audience leaves with:

  • Good first AI uses (proposals, meeting summaries, WhatsApp enquiries) and the guardrail for each
  • Human review at every consequential point: contracts, payments, employment and safety
  • The order: understand and simplify the work first, automate stable steps last
For
Technology and AI events, SME digitalisation programmes, banking and GLC audiences
Length
30–45 minutes
Format
Keynote · Panel · Webinar

Workshop · Keynote

The 12-Part Operating System Behind a Self-Running Company.

The BOS house, from strategy on the roof to information, governance and improvement in the foundation, and why you install it in order: rhythm and scorecard first, automation last.

Your audience leaves with:

  • The 12 components every self-running company needs, and the question each one answers
  • Scoring maturity 0–5: why the lowest score, not the average, sets your next priority
  • Your own BOS diagnostic, scored in the session
For
Operations leaders, digitalisation programmes, in-house management teams
Length
45 minutes, or a full-day workshop
Format
Workshop · Keynote · Webinar

Keynote · Fireside chat / podcast

What I Learned Digitalising RumahHQ (Including What Didn't Work).

An honest account of building the BOS inside a working construction company: what worked, what did not, and the mistakes worth skipping.

Your audience leaves with:

  • Where to start when everything feels urgent: the lowest-scoring component
  • System over heroics: fixing every recurring problem twice
  • How to get a team to adopt a new system and keep using it
For
Universities, founder communities, podcasts, alumni and youth programmes
Length
30–60 minutes
Format
Keynote · Fireside chat / podcast · Panel

Formats

From the main stage to the meeting room.

In person across the Klang Valley and Malaysia, or online. In English, Bahasa Malaysia or a mix of both.

Suited to

  • Chambers of commerce and SME associations
  • Construction, developer and contractor associations
  • Technology, AI and digitalisation events
  • Universities and entrepreneur programmes
  • In-house management teams

  • Keynote

    30–45 minutes on stage, with or without Q&A.

  • Workshop

    Half-day or full-day, hands-on. Participants map their own operation.

  • Panel

    A practitioner's voice on construction, SMEs or practical AI.

  • Fireside chat / podcast

    An interview format for events, podcasts and founder communities.

  • Webinar

    45–60 minutes online, slides and live Q&A.

For organisers

Easy to book. Easy to host.

A speaker who prepares with you, arrives early, and hands over everything your MC and marketing team need.

  • A preparation call

    Before the event, to understand your audience, their industry and what you want them to leave with.

  • Examples for your audience

    Stories and examples tailored to your attendees' industry, not a generic deck.

  • Slides and an early tech check

    16:9 slides, and Saif arrives early to check sound, screen and clicker.

  • A ready speaker kit

    Short and long bio, photos, an MC introduction and a one-page PDF, below.

Technical needs

  • Projector or screen
  • Lapel mic
  • HDMI or USB-C
  • Slide clicker

Speaker kit

Everything your team needs, in one place.

Copy a bio for the programme, hand the MC the introduction, and download photos and the one-sheet. Please credit “Saif Muhtar”.

Short bio

72 words

Saif Muhtar teaches business owners how to build companies that run without them. After 20+ years in construction, he rebuilt his own company, RumahHQ, to run on systems instead of on its founder, and codified the method in his blueprint "How to Build a Company that Runs Itself": a Business Operating System (BOS) of 12 components, ten stages and 40 modules. Today he teaches it on stage, in workshops and in programmes.

Long bio

151 words

Saif Muhtar is an educator and speaker on business operating systems: how a traditional company stops depending on its owner's memory and phone. He is the author of "How to Build a Company that Runs Itself", a Business Operating System (BOS) blueprint of 12 components, ten stages and 40 modules. He learned it the hard way. Over 20+ years in Malaysian construction, he founded and grew RumahHQ, a design-and-build company with 90+ builders and engineers and more than 230 homes completed. Then he rebuilt it around one system of record, connected workflows and AI agents that work under human approval, with every workflow tested against a written acceptance test before it went live. The blueprint codifies what that rebuild taught him. Today he teaches the BOS on stage, in workshops and in programmes, and writes about founder dependency, management rhythm, decision rights and practical AI for SME owners and their teams.

MC introduction

30 seconds · 68 words

Our next speaker spent 20+ years building houses in Malaysia. Then he did something most business owners never manage: he rebuilt his own company so it runs on systems instead of on him, and wrote the method down as a blueprint, "How to Build a Company that Runs Itself". Today he teaches owners and their teams how to build companies that run without them. Please welcome Saif Muhtar.

Photos

Full-size downloads for posters, programmes and social media.

Speaker one-sheet

One A4 page: talks, bio, formats and how to get in touch. PDF.

Speaker one-sheet (PDF)

Bookings

Now booking for 2026 and 2027.

Keynotes, workshops, panels and podcasts, in person across the Klang Valley and Malaysia, or online. Send an invitation with your date and audience; you will hear back within two working days.

Send an invitation

What to include in your invitation

  • Your date, or a date range
  • City and venue, or online
  • Who will be in the room, and roughly how many
  • The format and length you have in mind
  • The talk you are considering, or the problem you want addressed

Invitation

Invite Saif to your event.

Tell us a little about your event. Saif reads every invitation himself.

What happens next

  1. Send the invitation

    A few questions about your event, your audience and your date.

  2. Saif replies within two working days

    With his availability and a suggested format and length.

  3. A preparation call

    Before the event, to tailor the talk to your audience and settle the details.

Speaking invitation

Now booking 2026–2027

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Prefer email? hello@saifmuhtar.com

Questions organisers ask

What is the speaking fee?

Fees depend on the format, length, location and how much tailoring is needed. Send your event details and Saif will reply with a proposal.

Can a talk be tailored?

Yes. Every talk is adapted to the audience's industry and level after a preparation call with the organiser.

Can the talk be in Bahasa Malaysia?

Yes. Every talk can be given in Bahasa Malaysia, English, or a mix of both.

Does Saif speak outside the Klang Valley?

Yes. Saif speaks in person anywhere in Malaysia, or online.

Is the talk a pitch for RumahHQ?

No. Saif speaks as an educator. RumahHQ is the company where the method was proven and the case study in his talks, not a product he sells.

Does Saif join panels and podcasts?

Yes, on owner dependency, business systems, SME digitalisation and practical AI with human approval.