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Welcome to the At Capacity Interview Series, where I talk to guests about how small businesses that are reaching their mental or operational capacity can push past their limits. My focus is on the cloud-based software that businesses use to streamline work, and my guests offer a spectrum of unique experience on business productivity.

In this interview I speak to Louisa Rook, a good friend of mine, about how a combination of online tools and paper based methods can help business owners and their teams succeed at getting things done. Louisa owns TenTen, based in New Zealand, that helps companies get organized and productive. Their motto is "get it done". She's also been working on a productivity planner to help female entrepreneurs bring wellness into their lives.

Louisa offers some great tips for helping your team adopt cloud-based software, how planning and note-taking with paper can complement the hectic digital world, and the importance of mental and physical wellness for entrepreneurs.

Listen to the interview below (once started you can click within the black box to skip ahead):

Feel free to jump to the following times if you’re interested in a specific topic:

3:12 - Using Evernote to help a CEO and his executive assistant stay on top of tasks and meetings

7:07 - Getting teams on board with task/project planning apps like Trello, and the benefits it can have

14:38 - Using individual apps to run your business rather than an all-in-one solution

17:04 - The benefits of paper for being more focused, and how paper can complement digital apps

19:33 - Louisa’s productivity planner for small business owners who want to be more mindful about their wellbeing

Got any comments or questions about the episode? You can contact Louisa at louisa@tenten.co.nz, and me at jacob@jmonash.com.