I’ve spent the last 10 years working on projects online and my top reason for creating content and resources boils down to one thing…
Be helpful on the internet.
With a shoutout to persistence and supportive clients new friends, I’ve been able to build over 500 websites, have over 1 million people per year view my work, have 50,000 enrolments in my courses and, ultimately, help people bring their projects to life.
If you’re looking for help, I help businesses create scalable systems with simple software at Systems Adviser and have courses for people looking to learn systems thinking. On the side, I create curation websites as a home for helpful things.
Get in touch if you’d like a chat.
With the rise of self-service booking platforms, like Acuity, people are able to automate their weekly sales meeting bookings but often not in the most efficient way. You might have a full calendar with appointments zig-zagging across town and no travel minimisation strategies in place. One strategy that we recommend to clients is to set up their scheduling / booking calendar page in a way that...
Question: I need help setting up my Notion and get me going on a functional task list and task management system within it. Found great videos but feels overwhelming to set up and get going. I have lots of different projects happening at the same time with my business and personal life and like most of us… need a system that is very easy to use and not be overly complicated that will help...
Question: Not sure if you will be able to help. We have just won a big project in the US and we need assistance in (1) deciding which would be the best Project Management Client facing Portal. (2) How to set-up said Portal correctly with all the project tasks and users we have identified so far. (3) Supporting (skills transfer) to our internal guy who needs to move into the position of Project...
I’m currently on an Asana trial and would like to know how to structure of digital agency’s workflow: Client (system some clients have multiple systems which can be separated) Project/Request under client Definition Development Test/review (approve go to regression test- fail go back to Development) CI/CD release to QA Regression test QA (approve go to client approval- fail go back to...
Automate as many non client facing tasks as possible. Build into your workplace a culture of kaizen, continual improvement and incentive your staff to automate the parts of their job that don’t provide client-facing value. Whether it’s filtering emails, task management automation, automated messaging, helpful notifications or others, create a workplace whether ideas are shared, staff roles evolve...
Paint two pictures. The business x10 with your current systems and the business x10 with different systems choices. There are some insightful tools that a systems adviser uses to help you see your business from different angles and perspectives. Using these tools, they can give you a snapshot of how your whole boat sails today and then plan ahead. By painting the picture of your business with 10x...
Empathy is the key to deeper insights in an organisation. It’s through spending time “on task” that you start to see your service as your staff & clients see it. Where is the friction? Where does information go from offline to online and back again? Where are the touchpoints where you need humans and what are the repetitive tasks that could be automated? Switch roles for the day so you can...
We’ve all been in the situation where someone is speaking in a meeting, sending chat messages or reeling off tasks over the phone. You’re grabbing for a pen, double-tapping to open your notes app or finding anything you can to try and not forget anything. By splitting out your communication into a clear channel, people start to see communication channels for encouragements, company news or urgent...
With the rise of self-service booking platforms, like Acuity, people are able to automate their weekly sales meeting bookings but often not in the most efficient way. You might have a full calendar with appointments zig-zagging across town and no travel minimisation strategies in place. One strategy that we recommend to clients is to set up their scheduling / booking calendar page in a way that...