Blog - the proactivist

Podcast: Acquired

Podcast: Acquired

4 recommendations for seeing what no one else looks at.

Either you make the decisions or they get made for you

Either you make the decisions or they get made for you

A company’s highest cost never shows up on the P&L.

Are You Running the Business or Running the Machine?

Are You Running the Business or Running the Machine?

Your company’s problem probably isn’t money.

Wimbledon sells what it hides

Wimbledon sells what it hides

The luxury playbook applied to a tennis tournament (and to your business)

Uncomfortable questions about AI and talent

Uncomfortable questions about AI and talent

Why the next cycle will reward experience, not haste.

AI does replace people (and thank goodness)

AI does replace people (and thank goodness)

Resources will be abundant, ideas will be scarce.

Don’t promise, surpass

Don’t promise, surpass

Keeping a promise shows discipline. Beating it shows value.

Your greatest strength has an expiry date

Your greatest strength has an expiry date

Building on what you’re good at isn’t enough if you don’t know that changes too.

The 3 Decisions You Can’t Keep Putting Off

The 3 Decisions You Can’t Keep Putting Off

SMEs face three urgent challenges that will shape their future. Most are still stalling.

Van Halen and your dirty glasses

Van Halen and your dirty glasses

Details matter in business, because they show and prove.

The Reactivist

The Reactivist

React proactively, make decisions quickly, and solve problems efficiently.

You don’t need to know everything

You don’t need to know everything

The challenge isn’t having more information but choosing less, and choosing better.

Subscribe to The Proactivist

Subscribe to The Proactivist

What doesn't get said in meetings, gets written here. The Proactivist is the weekly newsletter for business owners who want to grow by intention, not by inertia. Every Tuesday. 5,000 readers.

Subscribe and receive the free growth diagnosis of your business.