Why your business can’t scale
“It’s funny” my colleague started. “Businesses always seem to get stuck at the same point, around that 25-30 million mark”. “You know why that is don’t you?” I replied. He …
The Surprising Office Politics of Robots
I am sure would not be alone by saying I hate office politics. The conniving antics and empire-building that seems to go hand in hand with many a corporate life. …
The critical performance of decisions
There is no doubting that the decisions we make form the cornerstone of any organisation’s performance. Every action we take is prefaced by a decision on whether to take it. …
Solving T-Shaped Problems
I was sitting at a table with a colleague of mine as he described his tale of woe. “I shouldn’t have outsourced it” he concluded. I shot back at him …
Another problem with platforms…
So, you’re an entrepreneur and you’re looking at a problem thinking, wow I can’t believe anyone hasn’t thought of this solution before. You set about building an amazing platform that …
Five Years On…
This month celebrates our first 5 years in business. Well at least it was August 5 years ago I started stressing about where my next pay check was coming from. …
Why your core business isn’t what you think it is…
Tell me, what do you think your core business is? No that’s not it, that’s just what you do. Want to try again? A little closer, but that’s not it …
The Six Levels of Autonomous Organisations
Have you ever stopped to think what cars might look like once a human is no longer required to control them? The design constraints imposed by human command and even …
Competitive, Cooperative, Collaborative: Defining your Relationships.
It’s amazing the number of “networking” meetings I’ve had in the past that have amounted to nothing. Conversations where you quickly realise there’s too much overlap in what we do. …
Build, Buy, or Partner: 8 risk factors to consider
When it comes to business outsourcing models, there’s certainly no shortage of opinions. One of the first stand out comments I came across in my career was from Jack Welch. …