Thoughts on Strategy

The best business decision is the one you’ll actually follow up on

Business decisions can be hard. When it gets too hard to decide, choose the one you're most likely to do!
Good data isn’t a substitute for thinking

Good data isn’t a substitute for thinking

I love that we now have more data to use to assist decision-making. We can make decisions now with a stronger basis in evidence than whim, and that can only…

All you need is a new strategy

Your strategy didn’t work out this year? Never mind. You can create a new strategy, and get a real buzz doing it. Then watch it slowly dissipate as the year…
Start with Why Sells

Start with Why Sells

The coaching industry is awash with pseudo-Sineks* telling you to Start With Why. The challenge is that most of them don’t tell you anything of substance beyond the Why. It’s…

If you want your business to make a difference, make sure it makes money

If you want your business to make a difference, make sure it makes money. This is not about “me first”, which I abhor and have written about elsewhere (https://btq.wpengine.com/blogs/blog/bsbt/the-me-economy/). It…

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