Author · Marketer · Entrepreneur

KeeganPurnell

Most productivity advice promises to help you do more. My work starts with a simpler idea: know what matters, then enjoy the work of doing it. My first book, Enjoy Productivity, is out now.

  • CMO, Dairee
  • Brand Manager, FLIK Energy
  • Enactus SMU
  • Saint Mary’s University

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The debut book

Enjoy Productivity

How to game the science of productivity

Most productivity advice promises to help you do more. This book asks a different question: more of what, and for whom?

10habits of mind
40short, practical lessons

Ten habits of mind

Play the path

Roll the die and move the piece across the ten habits, or take the quiz to find the one you need most right now.

Coming next

Enjoy Entrepreneurship

A calm, practical guide for first-time founders, built the same way as Enjoy Productivity: short principles, real stories and one small action at a time.

“You don’t need permission to start.”

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What I’m working on

The work

I spend my days on brands, books and teams. These are the places I’m putting the ideas from the book into practice.

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Chief Marketing Officer

Dairee

Dairee turns surplus and expired milk into fertilizer, cutting dairy waste in Canadian agriculture. I built the brand from scratch and run its Instagram, TikTok and LinkedIn, turning milk-waste research into short, clear content. I also built our pitch for the SMU Innovation Cup.

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Brand Manager

FLIK Energy

FLIK Energy uses presence sensors, smart outlets and AI to find and cut wasted electricity in homes and businesses. I own its positioning, messaging and visual identity, and wrote the leadership team’s four-part Executive Strategy Suite.

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Enactus Saint Mary’s

Enactus

FLIK Energy is an Enactus SMU venture. Through it I’ve helped prepare FLIK Energy’s applications and pitches, including for AI to Market.

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Saint Mary’s University

SMU

I study Computing Science and Business Administration in Halifax. The technical side helps me build the systems behind the stories, and both startups grew out of campus.

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About

Hi, I’m Keegan.

I’m a marketer, student and author based in Halifax. I’ve read more than 110 nonfiction books on marketing, leadership and entrepreneurship, and most of the productivity advice among them made the same promise: a way to do more. Enjoy Productivity starts somewhere else. Before asking how to do more, it asks what is worth doing at all.

Startups
2 at once
Medium
151 stories
Books read
110+ nonfiction
Based in
Halifax, NS

Let’s talk

Your move.

I’m open to podcast interviews, campus talks, workshops and brand collaborations. Email me or reach out on LinkedIn and I’ll get back to you.

  • Productivity without burnout
  • Building a brand from zero
  • Student entrepreneurship
  • Habits that stick

Bulk orders & workshops

Ordering copies of Enjoy Productivity for a team, class or book club? Want a workshop on the ten habits? Email me with “Bulk order” or “Workshop” in the subject line.