Finding Your Flow: 8 Business and Life Altering Benefits of Getting Capacity Right

by Nicholas McGill | Dec 26, 2018 | Business, Business Model Design, Featured, Management, Management Strategy, Operations, Strategic Planning, Strategic Thinking, Strategy

Being aware of your true, effective work capacity as an individual and as a company is an essential life skill. Most established business owners struggle with it. Overestimating what they can do & underestimating the effort required, is a surefire, one-two recipe...

Capacity Counts: 25 Points of Peril & The High Cost of  Getting It Wrong

by Nicholas McGill | Dec 26, 2018 | Business, Business Model Design, Design, Design Thinking, Featured, Leadership, Management, Management Strategy, Operations, Performance, Productivity, Strategic Planning, Strategic Thinking, Strategy

Being unaware of your true effective capacity as an individual and as a company is deadly. If the leader of the company overestimates his capacity, he’ll flood his company with unrealistic expectations, fantasy projects, and vague goals that will cripple the...

Digital Detox: 5 #OffMode Options To Help You Reconnect With The Real World

by Nicholas McGill | Dec 5, 2018 | Becoming Heroik, Business, Digital Lifestyle, Escapes, Featured, Lifestyle, Management Strategy, Personal Development, Strategy

If you’ve been following the #OffMode series, you know that most people struggle with a lot of stress, anxiety and depression, and most of it shares a common source – our digital lifestyles and unchecked information diets. #OffMode is all about cultivating...

4 Simple Ways To Help You Get Started With Your #OffMode

by Nicholas McGill | Dec 5, 2018 | #OffMode, Becoming Heroik, Business, Digital Lifestyle, Featured, Lifestyle, Management, Management Strategy, Strategy

ReCap – For those unfamiliar, #OffMode #OffMode is a disciplined practice of strategic disconnects from your digital lifestyle. This is part 4 in a 5 part series to kick off the category. Here are the others for your reading pleasure: Part 1 – 9 Reasons...

#OffMode: 9 Reasons Why Now is the Best Time to Disconnect & Cut Back

by Nicholas McGill | Dec 5, 2018 | #OffMode, Business, Experience Design, Featured, Field Notes, Management, Management Strategy

The largest contributor to personal and professional burnout, anxiety and depression currently overwhelming you is in your pocket, on your desk, and in your bag. And there’s a simple little practice to keep it all in check, stay balanced, and operating optimally. It’s...

The 6 Second Business Strategy – How To Avoid Gimmicks That Sound Like Fitness Scams

by Nicholas McGill | Nov 28, 2018 | Business, Content, Digital Marketing, Featured, Marketing, Positioning, Positioning Strategy, Sales, Strategy

I can’t believe you clicked on this. Wait yes I can. Now let’s talk about why first, then, on my honor, I’ll deliver on the promise the 6-second business strategy. Here we go. The Internet is flooded with hollow promises of 90-day marketing programs (funnels, lead...