by Guy | 23 Jul, 2026 | BusinessFitness, Scalable Margin, Value & Founder Independence, Structural Authority, Governance & Operating Design
“Wooden-headedness, the source of self-deception, is a factor that plays a remarkably large role in government. It consists in assessing a situation in terms of preconceived fixed notions while ignoring or rejecting any contrary signs.” – Barbara Tuchman,...
by Guy | 18 Jun, 2026 | BusinessFitness, Innovation & Intelligent Leverage, Scalable Margin, Value & Founder Independence
“The greatest obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, the continents, and the oceans was not ignorance, but the illusion of knowledge.” — Daniel J. Boorstin, The Discoverers (1983) A founder I know became noticeably more productive over 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 | 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...
