Monthnotes – June 2025
June’s been a pretty full-on few weeks and as the month draws to a close, I’m pretty worn out. It’s three weeks until my summer … Read More
Build #64 – Organisational design that actually works
I spend a lot of time working on organisational design projects for clients. To be honest there are times I end up waking up at … Read More
Build #63 – Rewriting leadership, authority and valuing dissent
It’s been a busy couple of weeks in my inbox so I was spoilt for choice while selecting the most useful articles for founders who … Read More
Build #62 – Designing for deeper work
Hey there, I’ve been thinking a lot about deep work recently. It’s something that’s vital for people in scaling businesses to have space to do. … Read More
Build #61 – Aiming small, founder-led growth, life and work
Hey there, It’s Simon here with today’s quick issue of Build – my newsletter read by more than 1,400 founders taking an intentional approach to … Read More
Monthnotes – May 2025
That felt like a tough month. My energy is quite low but I’m glad it’s weekend. There’s been quite a lot of complexity to wrestle … Read More
Build #60 – Alleviating decision-making load for founders
This week in Build I’m looking at a favourite topic of mine: decision-making. Most of the founders I work with are grappling with the challenge … Read More
Build #59 – Resistance to change, busy work and a team conflict hack
Once again Wednesday is with us, so I bring you the three most interesting things to cross my path this week: 1. Why is change … Read More
Build #58 – Words matter
Hey there, You might know I became an ICF qualified coach last year. I was surprised me that a lot of the coaching course (and … Read More
Build #57 – Leadership, competence and the value of simplicity
In last week’s Build newsletter I looked at why systems win out over goals. This week it’s time to share three of the things I … Read More
