William Buist
Building Better Business
Make the change you need today…
Working with business owners seeking the courage
and confidence to build a better business
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...
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 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.
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.
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...
Hear about the background to the five pillars of strategy for small businesses: Signposting, Sales, Systems, Skills, and Self.
“Let’s look at this from the point of view of status, what have we got on the spacecraft that’s still good”
In this episode of the Building Better Business Podcast, your host, William Buist, gives an introduction to the podcast and details what is to come in later episodes.
Sometimes automation of a business process can make something that is complex and too time-consuming to undertake manually possible to scale. Automation may also make it more consistent as well as faster and more reliable. Done well it is a clear advantage, but done...