by Guy | 16 Apr, 2026 | BusinessFitness, Strategic Value Direction, Structural Authority, Governance & Operating Design
“The real problem is not what people do, but what they feel they must do.” — Václav Havel, Letters to Olga (1988) The Year-End Review Most leaders have sat in some version of this meeting. The quarter has closed, the numbers are in, and they are not...
by Guy | 9 Apr, 2026 | BusinessFitness, Strategic Value Direction, Structural Authority, Governance & Operating Design
“A man who is used to acting in one way never changes; he must come to ruin when the times, in changing, no longer are in harmony with his ways.” – Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince, 1513 Spend any time inside a growing business, particularly in...
by Guy | 2 Apr, 2026 | BusinessFitness, Strategic Value Direction, Structural Authority, Governance & Operating Design
“The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.” – Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince (written 1513, published posthumously 1532) The Brief Hesitation After a Clear Instruction You give a clear...
by Guy | 26 Mar, 2026 | BusinessFitness, Structural Authority, Governance & Operating Design
“A good deal of the corporate planning I have observed is like a ritual rain dance; it has no effect on the weather that follows, but those who engage in it think it does.” – Russell Ackoff, A Concept of Corporate Planning, 1970 After the Meeting...
by Guy | 19 Mar, 2026 | BusinessFitness, Scalable Margin, Value & Founder Independence, Structural Authority, Governance & Operating Design
“Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.” – William James, letter to Carl Stumpf, 1 January 1886. After the meeting, the week takes over The meeting ends well. The discussion was sound, the decisions sensible, the intent in the...
