Monthnotes – May 2023
Today – 31st May 2023 – is our 20th wedding anniversary. I can’t really believe that Jo and I have been married 20 years. It’s … Read More
Monthnotes – April 2023
Looking back at this month and trying to work out what went on, two interesting inflexion points stood out for me. Since January I’ve been … Read More
Build #17 – Systems thinking in scaling business
Systems thinking is a way of thinking about your business. It helps leaders better understand their organisation and how to maximise their impact. I’ve spent … Read More
Monthnotes – March 2023
Looking back at the time since my last monthnotes, it feels like it’s been a pretty work-centric month as the season turns and spring is … Read More
Build #16 – Founder to CEO?
Great founders don’t necessarily make great CEOs. Being deliberate about founder role transitions is often overlooked in scaling businesses. Growing a business means getting comfortable … Read More
Build #15 – Escape from firefighting
Firefighting. Fire drills. Chaos. Pulled from pillar to post. Overwhelmed. I hear those words a lot in my conversations with founder CEOs in growth businesses. … Read More
Build #14 – Feeling the mountain
Recently I was talking with Lesley – a ski instructor – about her work helping people improve their skiing. She talked about the importance of … Read More
Build #13 – Deciding on deciding
Businesses run on decisions. They control the flow of work in your business. Paying attention to how and when they’re made as well as who … Read More
Build #12 – Process isn’t boring
Working with process gets a bad press in many creative businesses. Process work is stereotyped as stifling creativity and restricting individual autonomy. Laying out processes … Read More
Monthnotes – February 2023
I worked out that this is my 41st consecutive set of monthnotes. Sometimes when I first sit at the keyboard to start writing it’s hard … Read More
