Your business is complicated enough. Your systems shouldn’t be.
Airtable & Zite specialists · Custom business applications · Automation & AI
The best solution doesn’t start with software. It starts with understanding your business. I help you find what’s slowing you down, simplify the way work gets done, and build systems that make those improvements stick.
Work directly with the person building your solution.
30+ years of business and technology experience.
Practical experience that goes well beyond individual software platforms.
No layers of account managers.
Work directly with the person who understands your business and builds your solution.
No unnecessary complexity.
Clear advice and straightforward systems designed around what you actually need.
I work directly with you from the first questions to the finished solution: understanding the problem, challenging the process and building something your team can rely on.
Whether you need help improving an existing system, developing a new application or connecting your business processes, we can agree on an approach that suits the project.
RECOGNISED EXPERTISE ACROSS LEADING PLATFORMS
IN THEIR WORDS
What our clients say
“Michael ensured he thoroughly understood what we needed before implementing the solution.”
Kelly Berndt · Event Planning & Operations Consultant · ASICS
At ASICS, we had a significant volume of data with many moving pieces that needed to be accessible to select users worldwide. Michael made our lives so much easier by setting up the perfect Airtable + Fillout system. It prevented human error and saved us literally hundreds of hours. The system is so efficient, and Michael’s simple explanations of the platform made it super easy to use.
Michael ensured he thoroughly understood what we needed before implementing the solution. He completed everything promptly and was always an email or a phone call away to help when we requested additional features or changes.
Michael’s knowledge, expertise, responsiveness and professionalism made using the platform easy and seamless. ASICS has just extended its contract with Michael, and we recommend Michael and productivity kick to anyone wanting to become more efficient and productive.
“In very little time, Michael identified numerous ways to streamline this, eliminating the possibility of errors and revolutionising our processes, thereby saving significant time and our double-handling of data.”
Ben Hall · CEO · AAT Kings Group
What started as a brief conversation with Michael, at productivity kick, about how Airtable could solve an issue with populating and managing data in Excel spreadsheets quickly morphed to encompass efficiency gains in areas we had never considered. Michael’s background in the travel industry meant that he immediately comprehended our business processes and ‘language’ and not only understood our initial need but quickly showed us new opportunities for efficiencies, having grasped how the data flowed not only within the department we were talking about but from that department to another. In very little time, Michael identified numerous ways to streamline this, eliminating the possibility of errors and revolutionising our processes, thereby saving significant time and our double-handling of data. We’re now able to immediately identify metrics that would have taken hours to produce in Excel. Thanks to Michael introducing us to Airtable, Excel ‘copy and paste’ is a thing of the past in our office.
“As a start up he was also mindful of our budget and didn’t confound us with jargon or push extra functionality on us that we wouldn’t use.”
Jane Johnson · Founder · Careering Into Motherhood
We were struggling with heaps of spreadsheets and keeping track of each client’s individual journey with us until we worked with Michael. He took the time to fully understand our requirements and has build us a fantastic CRM system in very little time, that integrates fully with all the other platforms we use. As a start up he was also mindful of our budget and didn’t confound us with jargon or push extra functionality on us that we wouldn’t use. We’ve only just started to use this bespoke system but it’s already improved accuracy, productivity and is saving us time – all of which will only continue now. Huge thanks to Michael for taking away what had become a big headache for us!
“What an absolute godsend it has been to have Michael and his business ‘productivity kick’ work with us to find improved procedures and efficiencies.”
Chris Treloggen · Managing Director · Contiki EMEA
What an absolute godsend it has been to have Michael and his business ‘productivity kick’ work with us to find improved procedures and efficiencies. Our initial contact was to help improve a weekly task that was both manual and prone to error- within the week Michael had created a system that was not only more efficient and intuitive but also saved 2 staff members somewhere in the range of about 5 work hours per week.
This immediate and very cost effective win helped us realise many other opportunities that exist and I’m pleased to say there have been at least 6 other projects undertaken by ‘productivity kick’ for our very busy operational office that have helped connect departments and other areas of the business efficiently, ensured accuracy, reduced manual processes and have allowed us to streamline our business and maintain one source of truth that can be shared both internally and externally to ensure everyone singing from the same song sheet.
I can’t imagine any business that wouldn’t benefit from a review by Michael and his team to see how you can be working far smarter rather than harder!
“He is efficient , reliable and a pleasure to work with.”
Jackie Parsons · Owner · Hedonistic Hiking
Over the past few months we have set up Airtable for our business and Michael has assisted us every step of the way. Before signing up he explained very clearly what the benefits could be and during the whole process we have had online training and support. Michael and Productivity Kick is the perfect solution if you are looking to increase your efficiency and set up a system which can be tailored exactly to your precise requirements. Michael has vast experience of the travel industry. He is efficient , reliable and a pleasure to work with. Airtable is an amazing system and having an expert to set it up and train you in its uses is invaluable. I can’t recommend Michael highly enough.
“Michael is very open about the advantages and limitations of Airtable and explains it all clearly with examples.”
Lisa Seufert · Managing Director · WSAS
We contacted Michael to help us understand the pros and cons of Airtable as we were searching for a solution that would help us with our project planning. Michael ended up setting up the Airtable workspace for us, and it has been a game changer. Michael is very open about the advantages and limitations of Airtable and explains it all clearly with examples. He has helped us with practical solutions for our needs and has been extremely fast in responding to any queries we had during the setup phase and after. It’s been great working with Michael on this project, and we’re very happy with the result.
LET’S MAKE WORK EASIER
There’s a better way to run your business.
You don’t need to know what system you need. Just tell me what isn’t working. Start with a complimentary 30-minute conversation.
