How I work.
These are the rules I use when helping boards, founders and operators make growth decisions.
Start with the constraint
Most businesses don't have ten equal problems. They have one constraint holding the system back, demand, capacity, conversion, pricing, reporting or execution. I find the constraint first, then build the plan around it.
Systems over heroics
If growth depends on one person pushing harder, the model is weak. Good growth systems make the right work visible, repeatable and owned.
Judgement over intelligence
Smart ideas aren't enough. The work is knowing what matters, what to ignore, and which trade-offs are worth making.
Strategy is deciding what not to do
A strategy that adds work without removing work is usually just ambition. Good strategy creates focus.
Build capability that lasts
The aim isn't to make myself necessary. It's to leave better people, better systems and better decisions behind.
The filters every engagement runs through.
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