Business Insights

What we understand. Practical explanations of the conditions, challenges and opportunities businesses encounter.

Why businesses work the way they do. And what it takes to change them.

Growth

Why growing businesses outgrow the way they work

Growth doesn't just make a business bigger. It changes what the business needs to be capable of | 3-4 min read

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Succession

What does a business need to continue beyond its founder?

Ownership can change in a day. Making a business capable of continuing is a different undertaking | 4-5 min read

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Integration

Buying a business doesn't make two work as one.

An acquisition changes ownership. Integration changes how the business operates | 4-5 min read

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Evolution

When the business you have isn't the business you designed

Sometimes nothing dramatic has gone wrong. The business has simply changed, while the way it works hasn't kept up | 3-4 min read

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Leadership

Why capable leaders don't always make an effective leadership team

The capability of individual leaders matters. So does the system they're expected to lead together | 5-6 min read

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Performance & Productivity

Why working harder doesn't always make a business more productive

Sometimes the problem isn't how hard people are working. It's how much work it takes to get anything done | 5-6 min read

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