by Guy | 18 Dec, 2025 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Coaching, Culture, Customers, Excellence, Growth, HR & Personnel, Leadership, Risk, Strategy, Success, Technology, Valuation
What five decades in business taught me about judgement, resilience, and momentum From Buttons to Boardrooms: Setting the Scene Picture this: 1972, a dimly lit computer room in, then, Salisbury, Rhodesia. I’m a 17-year-old trainee operator, feeding punch...
by Guy | 11 Dec, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence, Board & Governance, Business - General, BusinessFitness, Culture, Customers, Economy, Excellence, Leadership, Marketing, Profitability, Risk, Strategy, Success, Technology
“Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” – Winston Churchill Introduction – From Looking Back to Looking Forward If 2025 sorted the strong from the fragile, where should SME leaders direct their energy in 2026 to build unbreakable...
by Guy | 4 Dec, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence, Business - General, BusinessFitness, Communication, Culture, Customers, Disruption, Economy, Energy, Europe, Excellence, Growth, Leadership, Marketing, Motivation, Productivity, Risk, Sales, Strategy, Success, Technology
“The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence; it is to act with yesterday’s logic.” – Peter Drucker Introduction – 2025 Business Retrospective: Lessons, Patterns and the Road Ahead December gives many business leaders something they rarely...
by Guy | 27 Nov, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence, Business - General, BusinessFitness, Culture, Excellence, Growth, Leadership, Motivation, Productivity, Risk, Strategy, Success, Technology
“Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.” – Stephen Hawking Introduction: When Efficiency Meets Adaptability Two CEOs face the same supply chain disruption. The first spends three weeks chasing approvals, pulling reports from five different...
by Guy | 20 Nov, 2025 | Business - General, BusinessFitness, Communication, Culture, Customers, Excellence, Growth, Leadership, Motivation, Productivity, Strategy, Success
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” – Aristotle Introduction: Excellence as a Daily Discipline Many leaders assume operational excellence is the product of large-scale transformation, expensive systems upgrades, or bold...
by Guy | 13 Nov, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence, Business - General, BusinessFitness, Culture, Customers, Excellence, Growth, Leadership, Motivation, Productivity, Strategy, Success, Technology
“You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.” – James Clear The Cost of Chaos – Why Business Systemisation Is No Longer Optional If you run a growing business, you will know this feeling all too well. Everyone is working flat...
