Key Business Insights and Tools

Steady Hand...or Street Fight

Part of small business strategy during uncertainty is having the right mindset. Most of my clients – especially those in the B2B tech...

A Coming Inflection Point?

I think the Initial COVID-19 Crisis will end the weekend of April 17, or the week of April 20 at the latest. I don’t mean that the...

Readiness, Agility & Resilience: The Different Faces of Flex Capacity

As I was writing my ebook on Strategy During Uncertainty, I started with the concept of Agility – the ability to flex when needed. And...

Winning the Uncertainty

Access my ebook on Strategy in Times of Survival at the bottom of this page Surviving Uncertainty is much simpler than Winning...

The Importance of Judgment

In this previous post, I described the Business Growth Stack. You’ll notice that Management appears twice. The dual-role that Management...

The Business Growth Stack, and The Role of Judgment

Updated June 2, 2021 There is a lot of conversation these days about Business Operating Systems, which have generated great productivity...

Ebenezer Scrooge Teaches Strategic Planning

Picture this… A friend of yours runs a successful Stage 2 business – but is also frustrated that things aren’t going as well as he’d like....