INTERRUPT APATHY!
I bet you think AI is the biggest threat to your future.
You're wrong.
Apathy is the biggest threat to your future.
You feel like an observer in your life.
Your staff don't want to take the initiative.
Your management team seems disengaged from your mission.
Snap out of it and interrupt the apathy!
Why smart, capable people stop showing up in business and life.
What Nic Speaks About
Activating Human Agency
I help people and teams move from passive compliance to ownership and initiative, even inside large organisations.
Staying Connected Without Becoming Consumed
I help teams protect focus, energy, and mental health while working digitally, without disconnecting from what matters.
Curiosity, Action and Failure
I help organisations build entrepreneurial teams that learn fast, act with agency, and turn failure into progress, especially in the AI era.
Latest Thinking
Being humble is holding you back
An investor asked why I wouldn't call my company the best in the world. A wrestle with whether confidence comes before the work or after it, and whether going quiet is humility or agency you gave up.
Why 'We're At War' Means You're About to Get Screwed
When leaders call work a 'war,' they've usually run out of incentives and ideas. Why boardroom war talk is a lazy manipulation to make you work harder for less, and what to ask when you next hear it.
How to become more interesting and interested
While everyone uses AI to sound like the average, you stand out by smashing your random interests together. How curiosity, self-efficacy and high agency make you more interesting, and more successful.
Explore Topics
Building Breakthrough Products
High agency, selective curiosity, and the innovation flywheel.
Focus & Agency
Reclaiming attention in a world that profits from your distraction.
AI & Product Building
How to use AI as a tool without losing your mind, or your team's creative edge.
What Clients Say
Incredible Clients
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