by Guy | 11 Jun, 2026 | BusinessFitness, Innovation & Intelligent Leverage, Structural Authority, Governance & Operating Design
“The more eagerly a man struggles to reach it, the further he departs from it if he takes the wrong road; for, since this leads in the opposite direction, his very swiftness carries him all the further away.” – Seneca, De Vita Beata (On the Happy Life),...
by Guy | 4 Jun, 2026 | BusinessFitness, Innovation & Intelligent Leverage, Structural Authority, Governance & Operating Design
“It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious.” — Alfred North Whitehead, Science and the Modern World, 1925 A founder I worked with some years ago had just finished rolling out a significant technology investment. The...
by Guy | 28 May, 2026 | BusinessFitness, Scalable Margin, Value & Founder Independence, Structural Authority, Governance & Operating Design
“The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.” – Christopher Hitchens, Letters to a Young Contrarian (2001) What “Useful” Actually Means Every founder with a board of directors, advisory, or other trusted...
by Guy | 21 May, 2026 | BusinessFitness, Scalable Margin, Value & Founder Independence, Structural Authority, Governance & Operating Design
“As useless laws weaken necessary laws, those that can be evaded weaken legislation.” – Montesquieu, The Spirit of the Laws, 1748 Most founders who resist adding structure will tell you the same thing: they built the business by moving fast, and...
by Guy | 14 May, 2026 | BusinessFitness, Strategic Value Direction, Structural Authority, Governance & Operating Design
“The most common source of mistakes in management decisions is the emphasis on finding the right answer rather than the right question.” – Peter Drucker, The Practice of Management, 1954 The Meeting That Resolved Nothing The meeting ends on a...
