by Guy | 10 Sep, 2026 | BusinessFitness, Scalable Margin, Value & Founder Independence, Strategic Value Direction
“It is astonishing what foolish things one can temporarily believe if one thinks too long alone.” – John Maynard Keynes, preface to The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, 1936 It was a week into September, and the office had emptied...
by Guy | 27 Aug, 2026 | BusinessFitness, Scalable Margin, Value & Founder Independence, Structural Authority, Governance & Operating Design
“Visibility is a trap.” – Michel Foucault, Discipline and Punish (1975) Two Businesses, One Set of Numbers Two businesses close the month with very similar results. Same margin, same customer retention, same average debtor days. On paper, comparable...
by Guy | 20 Aug, 2026 | BusinessFitness, Scalable Margin, Value & Founder Independence, Strategic Value Direction
“To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.” – George Orwell, from the essay In Front of Your Nose, published in Tribune, 22 March 1946. Across a boardroom table, an owner is talking a prospective buyer through the...
by Guy | 13 Aug, 2026 | BusinessFitness, Scalable Margin, Value & Founder Independence, Structural Authority, Governance & Operating Design
“It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?” – Henry David Thoreau, letter to H. G. O. Blake, 16 November 1857 The Second Late Friday It’s the second Friday running that the team’s still there...
by Guy | 6 Aug, 2026 | BusinessFitness, Scalable Margin, Value & Founder Independence, Strategic Value Direction
“Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.” – William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963) A business closes its best year on record. Revenue up...
by Guy | 30 Jul, 2026 | BusinessFitness, Scalable Margin, Value & Founder Independence, Strategic Value Direction
“I am tempted to declare that whatever doctrine the Armed Forces are working on, they have got it wrong. I am also tempted to declare that it does not matter that they have got it wrong. What does matter is their capacity to get it right quickly when the moment...
