January 2017
HOW TO WIN A THREE-LEGGED RACE
Why do so many businesses run into trouble during the start-up phase of the business storm cycle? Often, it’s because the start-up tries to run before it can walk. It needs to take the time [...]
December 2016
THE UPSIDE OF A DOWNTURN
When it comes to going through business cycles, there’s always some good news that goes along with every phase, even the ones that seem the bleakest when you’re in them. Consider the caterpillar: If someone [...]
Is It Really Urgent, or Just Important?
In the business world—and in life in general—we have important things to do, and we have urgent things to do. What’s the different between the two? Well, something that is important will have a real [...]
AFTER THE STORM: Professionalizing IT
When you’re coming out of that dizzying hypergrowth business phase we call the Tornado, it’s time to get things back in order. That means salvaging as much as you can that you chucked out the [...]
THE POWER OF MODERATION
When your business is sucked up into the hypergrowth phase I call the Tornado, there’s good news and bad news. The good news is, no phase lasts forever. That’s also the bad news! The faster [...]
THE CHALLENGE OF CHANGE
People resist change – it’s our nature. Whether it’s trying to introduce a regular workout schedule into your weekly routine, giving up a bad habit, or even just adjusting your internal clock to Daylight Savings [...]