Notes on strategy, operations, and leading growing teams.
Short, scannable pieces written for founders and CEOs in the messy middle of growth. No frameworks for the sake of frameworks.
Is your business ready to grow? Here are 5 critical tests to know
Five honest tests you can use to know if you and your company are ready for the next stage of growth.
Read articleHow to unlock the potential of a customer-centric strategy to accelerate business growth
Focus on the wants and needs of your customers, build mutual value, and find creative ways to accelerate growth.
Read articleStrategy, vision, goals, and plans: what is the difference, and which one do you need?
Clients, staff, products. The difference between strategy, vision, goals, and plans, and how each one is relevant.
Read articleWhere is your company in the innovation spectrum?
Efforts to embed innovation in companies fall into a spectrum. Here are the three categories I keep seeing.
Read articleHow to improve the effectiveness of your leadership style
You're not a leader unless you're being followed. One element is crucial if you want to lead effectively.
Read articleFour ways to effectively implement innovation in your company
Practical tips and strategies for encouraging and implementing innovation inside a growing company.
Read articleDesigning quality outcomes as a risk minimisation strategy
Our mental picture of how the world works is shaped by our experiences. What does this have to do with quality and risk?
Read articleHow to select the right team for your innovation initiatives
Selecting and upskilling individuals so they can succeed in their roles is hard. A few thinking prompts to guide your effort.
Read articleThree ways to foster psychological safety in the workplace
Putting people in a room together is not enough. Leaders need to shape behaviours to get the best out of teams.
Read articleShifting the dial: how to embed an innovation mindset in your teams
A three-layered approach to embedding the mindset required to truly shift the dial for your company.
Read articleWhat is servant leadership and why should you care?
The concept can be clear in definition but confusing in application. Here is how to put it to work.
Read articleThree steps to boost your confidence you can apply right now
Trust yourself. Back yourself. Useful only when linked to specific actions, past or future.
Read articleHow to link aspirational discontent to an improvement mindset
There is always something more to do. Aspirational discontent, used well, can fuel an improvement mindset.
Read articlePlanning the change, or changing the plan? Choose wisely.
Nothing is the same today as yesterday. Good change management starts with the elements, the why, and the how.
Read articleAre your ideas fragile? Here's how to strengthen them
Every idea has to overcome two barriers to be executed. Here's how to give them a chance.
Read articleIs leadership really that big of a deal?
It can be hard to see leadership's transformational impact. So what is leadership, and what does great leadership look like?
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