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Future Proof

Archive on making your business future proof through "systems thinking" and looking at your whole business to drive sustainable growth.

5 ways culture increases company valuation

This post presents an infographic, explaining 5 ways culture increases company valuation. Especially relevant to potential high growth businesses, it outlines several ways you can look to increase your valuation, while making your company a more enjoyable and future proof place to work. This should be of interest to owner founders of early stage and […]

How your growth challenges change

As businesses grow they often experience different growth challenges at different stages. When I have helped businesses like My Baby Sleep Coach to start-up, the challenge is more around getting the fundamentals in place. What is is vision our purpose? Who are our ideal customers. What should our product/service set look like. As businesses develop […]

How Emma nailed her new business plan

Emma is starting a new business called “My Baby Sleep Coach”. It is a fantastic new venture. Today we worked on her business plan. This is how she describes her business purpose. “I aim to work in partnership with my clients to help them identify achievable and realistic solutions to their baby’s sleep difficulties so […]

Missed targets? Better check your AIM!

5-minute read. Regular readers of my articles (thanks Mum) know that I like to start with a little anecdote, something that has some tenuous link to the content that follows. I’m struggling a bit this week. But here goes. If I was to ask you, “What is the magic number?” Many of you would say, […]

3 Secrets for Rapid Business Growth

5-minute read. Secret 1 – compounding small improvements leads to big wins. If you are a similar age to me and from the UK, you may recall NatWest’s “Pigaro” piggy bank series in the early 80s (video of the advert on You Tube). Save enough money (with NatWest bank rather than your piggy bank) and […]