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 | 7 May, 2026 | BusinessFitness, Scalable Margin, Value & Founder Independence, Structural Authority, Governance & Operating Design
“There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.” – Montesquieu, De l’Esprit des Lois, 1748 Say the word “governance” to a founder running a business of thirty or sixty people and watch what...
by Guy | 30 Apr, 2026 | BusinessFitness, Scalable Margin, Value & Founder Independence, Strategic Value Direction
“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.” – Seneca, Letters to Lucilius (Epistulae Morales), Letter 104, c. AD 65 There is a situation that many founders will recognise. It...
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...
by Guy | 26 Feb, 2026 | BusinessFitness, Scalable Margin, Value & Founder Independence, Structural Authority & Governance
“The greatest part of prudence is the ability to govern one’s self.” – Michel de Montaigne, Essays, c. 1580 Endurance as a Leadership Norm In established SMEs, endurance is rarely questioned, even when it gradually evolves into founder dependency. Leaders carry...
