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26 November 2023 Newsletter “Be a doer not a talker. You have these people who want to dabble in a wide range of different projects, but are never all in on one. I think that’s bad, because history belongs to the doers.” Sam Altman, Open AI CEO Hope you’re Thriving! It’s been a productive week with three workshop days, many meetings and a lot happening – love it! Of course, whilst I’ve had a lot happening, I’ve had nowhere near as much happening as the team at Read More...

26 Nov 23

Lessons From Open AI: Get Your Structure Right, Confront The Brutal Facts & Compound Execution

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26 November 2023 Newsletter “Be a doer not a talker. You have these people who want to dabble in a wide range of different projects, but are never all in on one. I think that’s bad, because history belongs to the doers.” Sam Altman, Open AI CEO Hope you’re Thriving! It’s been a productive week with three workshop days, many meetings and a lot happening – love it! Of course, whilst I’ve had a lot happening, I’ve had nowhere near as much happening as the team at Read More...

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4 June 2023 Newsletter “A man is great not because he hasn’t failed; a man is great because failure hasn’t stopped him.” ― Confucius Hope you’re Thriving! It’s been a very productive week recording, finalising and launching my new course for Onboarded as well as a presentation for EO. NEW Onboarded Course Last week I heard it said that it’s hard to write a short book. We’ve all read books and thought the author could have conveyed their message in half the pages. For Read More...

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Determine Your Economic Engine With 2 Metrics, New Online Onboarded Course & How To Stop Dumb Decision Making In Your Leadership Team

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4 June 2023 Newsletter “A man is great not because he hasn’t failed; a man is great because failure hasn’t stopped him.” ― Confucius Hope you’re Thriving! It’s been a very productive week recording, finalising and launching my new course for Onboarded as well as a presentation for EO. NEW Onboarded Course Last week I heard it said that it’s hard to write a short book. We’ve all read books and thought the author could have conveyed their message in half the pages. For Read More...

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Determine Your Economic Engine With 2 Metrics In our work with leadership teams, we use proven frameworks to consistently build, validate and evolve strategic plans. The Hedgehog concept from Jim Collins is one of them, helping our clients explore their strategic core, acting as a guardrail as they climb their growth mountain towards the summit, or as Jim Collins calls it, the BHAG. In his book “Good to Great”, Jim Collins explains the Hedgehog as a concept to focus an organisation’s Read More...

Determine Your Economic Engine With 2 Metrics

Determine Your Economic Engine With 2 Metrics

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Determine Your Economic Engine With 2 Metrics In our work with leadership teams, we use proven frameworks to consistently build, validate and evolve strategic plans. The Hedgehog concept from Jim Collins is one of them, helping our clients explore their strategic core, acting as a guardrail as they climb their growth mountain towards the summit, or as Jim Collins calls it, the BHAG. In his book “Good to Great”, Jim Collins explains the Hedgehog as a concept to focus an organisation’s Read More...

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20 November 2022 Newsletter “The job of the leader is to grow more leaders.” – Robin Sharma Hope you’re Thriving! It’s been a fun week, which concluded with a 2-day annual planning session with a group of companies. I just love that quote above, which states, “The job of a leader is to grow more leaders”. It speaks to the leader as a coach concept, and why the genius with 1,000 helpers is failing as a leader. In ten words, it says to leaders, look at the Read More...

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Are you focusing on productivity or time in the office? If We Bought Twitter: things to consider when acquiring a business & Profit per X

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20 November 2022 Newsletter “The job of the leader is to grow more leaders.” – Robin Sharma Hope you’re Thriving! It’s been a fun week, which concluded with a 2-day annual planning session with a group of companies. I just love that quote above, which states, “The job of a leader is to grow more leaders”. It speaks to the leader as a coach concept, and why the genius with 1,000 helpers is failing as a leader. In ten words, it says to leaders, look at the Read More...

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This video is a summary of the book Scaling Up by Verne Harnish and should give you an understanding of the subjects and key concepts in the book. I’m going to talk about who the book is intended for, what problems it solves and how it solves them and how you can use the book to further your business.         [creativ_media type=”youtube” url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naYurMoPjGA&”] What is Scaling Up?   Scaling Up is Mastering Read More...

What is Scaling Up?

What is Scaling Up?

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This video is a summary of the book Scaling Up by Verne Harnish and should give you an understanding of the subjects and key concepts in the book. I’m going to talk about who the book is intended for, what problems it solves and how it solves them and how you can use the book to further your business.         [creativ_media type=”youtube” url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naYurMoPjGA&”] What is Scaling Up?   Scaling Up is Mastering Read More...

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Can you describe your strategy in a sentence? We would define strategy under Michael Porters description “A unique and valuable position involving a different set of activities (from competitors)” How is it possible to move from your current position to a ‘unique and valuable position’? I think I know what you’re thinking, ‘that’s what I want, how can I get that from this ‘1 reason’ blog post!’ Well the bad news is that it is a Read More...

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The 1 reason ‘Profit per X’ is the ‘nub’ of your strategy

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Can you describe your strategy in a sentence? We would define strategy under Michael Porters description “A unique and valuable position involving a different set of activities (from competitors)” How is it possible to move from your current position to a ‘unique and valuable position’? I think I know what you’re thinking, ‘that’s what I want, how can I get that from this ‘1 reason’ blog post!’ Well the bad news is that it is a Read More...

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  In this interview, Herb Kelleher former CEO of Southwest Airlines talks about the Profit per X of his business and the Hedgehog concept. He also discusses how they originally set out to be the most productive short haul airline in the world, and how the Core Values were established. Also the video looks at the challenges facing the companies Profit per x of profit per fuselage today, how rising fuel prices have been a significant challenge to this, and how the companies Core Values Read More...

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Profit per x at Southwest Airlines

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  In this interview, Herb Kelleher former CEO of Southwest Airlines talks about the Profit per X of his business and the Hedgehog concept. He also discusses how they originally set out to be the most productive short haul airline in the world, and how the Core Values were established. Also the video looks at the challenges facing the companies Profit per x of profit per fuselage today, how rising fuel prices have been a significant challenge to this, and how the companies Core Values Read More...

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Founded in 1972 Jiffy Lube is a franchised drive through oil change shop that changes your oil & filters, tops up your other oils and vacuums your cars interior in less than 10 minutes and without an appointment. Unlike other motor mechanics and vehicle repair shops, Jiffy Lube is only focussed on fast oil changes at a low price and doesn’t claim to repair all problems with your car. However the items they do work on, they claim to know very well, use quality materials and provide Read More...

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Differentiating activities – Jiffy Lube example

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Founded in 1972 Jiffy Lube is a franchised drive through oil change shop that changes your oil & filters, tops up your other oils and vacuums your cars interior in less than 10 minutes and without an appointment. Unlike other motor mechanics and vehicle repair shops, Jiffy Lube is only focussed on fast oil changes at a low price and doesn’t claim to repair all problems with your car. However the items they do work on, they claim to know very well, use quality materials and provide Read More...

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