Make sure your business is viable
To survive and maybe thrive, every business needs to change its business model.
Make fewer plans. Find a way forward
Plans imply certainties; strategies imply flexibility. Which do you think works best for us now? We’ve just had a week in Devon. We wanted a quiet holiday nearby, so we could get back should lockdowns occur, keep away from crowds in holiday mode who may not...
Problems vs tensions. You need to know the difference
Essentially problems are things we can solve. Tensions have to be managed. Unfortunately, we use the word problem when we describe both. This creates its own issue when our language leads us to use a problem-solving technique and then fail when we are trying to deal...
Build resilience, manage risk and find opportunities
Brittle businesses are built on long held assumptions and few reserves. We have all found out that some of our assumptions no longer hold true. How might our future business and peace of mind change? How can we build more resilient businesses? Beware of assumptions As...
The rules of business – here’s what you can change
How to safeguard what you have and exploit what you can