Blogs
The Control Illusion
Why Holding On Too Tight Is Slowing Your Business Down Last Tuesday, a founder told me something that made me laugh, not because it was funny, rather because it was painfully familiar. She said, “I just need two uninterrupted days to think about strategy. That’s all....
The Business You’re Building Is Building You
Why your systems quietly shape your culture, your leadership and you “We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.” - Winston Churchill Churchill was talking about architecture, but he may as well have been talking about business. After two decades of working...
Why Gmail Should Not Be Used for Spam Marketing
Do you open your business email every morning to find at least one gmail from an anonymous marketer or SEO specialist offering you marketing services? It's not just my clients that get them, it's me too, and it's not only irritating, it's actually against Google's...
The Quiet Crisis No One’s Talking About: When Businesses Lose Their Ability to Think
“The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence itself, but acting with yesterday’s logic.” - Peter Drucker Most leaders I speak to aren’t burnt out. They’re informed, they’re busy, they’re capable and yet something feels off. Decisions feel heavier...
When Wisdom Was Earned Slowly: What Ancient Stories Still Know That Modern Business Forgets
“Not everything that matters moves fast. Some things grow deep before they grow loud.” Modern business worships speed. Fast decisions. Fast growth. Fast scaling. Fast results. We celebrate velocity as if it were wisdom. We reward decisiveness even when it’s detached...
When the Founder Becomes the Bottleneck, No One Wants to Say It Out Loud
“Your business doesn’t slow down because people aren’t working hard enough.It slows down because everything still has to go through you.” This is one of the hardest truths for founders to hear and one of the most common realities I see behind the scenes. Not because...
The Future of Work Isn’t Remote or Hybrid — It’s Fragmented (and What That Means for Small Businesses)
For the last few years, we’ve argued endlessly about where work should happen. Remote. Hybrid. Back to office. Four days a week. Flexible Fridays. It’s been a lively debate, and in many ways, a distracting one. Because the real shift in how work happens isn’t about...
AI Optimisation
Optimisation for AI drives me nuts! It’s not because it’s hard or that I don’t like AI, it’s because they call it GEO. Why do they call AI Optimisation GEO? They call AI Optimisation GEO because it means: Generative Engine Optimisation. It refers to optimising...
New Customer Loyalty Crisis — Why Retention Will Matter More Than Growth
For years, business growth followed a familiar script: attract more leads, close more deals, repeat. But that model is quietly breaking. Customer acquisition is becoming more expensive, competition louder, and attention harder to earn. What’s emerging in its place is...
How to Improve Employee Morale During Unproductive Times
Periods of low productivity are an unavoidable part of organisational life. Economic uncertainty, restructuring, stalled projects, seasonal slowdowns, or external events can all result in phases where progress feels limited and output declines. During such times,...
