Sometimes you have to take things apart.
Be bold, take those parts of your business that no longer support you apart, and rebuild them. The test of time is at the heart of Building Better Business.
Sometimes you have to take things apart.
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It better be you…
If we can live and work and enjoy entertainment from anywhere, then business can source it from anywhere too. Specialists will attract wealth that will bypass generalists.
Book Review: More Time to Think by Nancy Kline
I first read "Time to Think" by Nancy Kline in 2001, and reread it recently. More Time to Think was published a decade after her first book and it clearly articulates the learning the author has had from using the principles in the first book. There's no need to read...
The Anatomy of a Computer Scam.
Over the weekend I listened to the latest episode of a podcast. It was called "reply all". In fact, I listened to two episodes from a few years ago and the latest episode which brought the story up to date. It is an entertaining and well-presented story by a...
Building Better Business Finances
Building Better Business isn’t just about good financial management. Yet, without good financial management, it’s just not possible.
Read three key steps to Building Better Business today.
Six months in, are you ready for the next phase?
For many of the small businesses that I work with and mentor there has been a shift to a more digital, internet connected way of working. The intention of the business owners is increasingly to maintain much of that change into the future.
It’s all about design…
A process starts life as an ad-hoc collection of tasks and lists of things to do that a business has not yet worked out the most efficient way to deliver. I start by looking at what I am doing to achieve something meaningful and valuable. For example, the process of...
Building Better Business Podcast Episode 2
Hear about the background to the five pillars of strategy for small businesses: Signposting, Sales, Systems, Skills, and Self.
Reflections – We have a problem…
“Let’s look at this from the point of view of status, what have we got on the spacecraft that’s still good”