by Guy | 12 Nov, 2026 | BusinessFitness, Scalable Margin, Value & Founder Independence, Structural Authority, Governance & Operating Design
“All plans of government, which suppose great reformation in the manners of mankind, are plainly imaginary.” – David Hume, “Idea of a Perfect Commonwealth”, Political Discourses (1752) It’s the second week of November, and the familiar year-end pressures are...
by Guy | 22 Oct, 2026 | BusinessFitness, Strategic Value Direction, Structural Authority, Governance & Operating Design, Uncategorized
“Reckless audacity came to be considered the courage of a loyal ally; prudent hesitation, specious cowardice.” – Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War (trans. Richard Crawley) In most businesses, a shock like this year’s oil and...
by Guy | 8 Oct, 2026 | BusinessFitness, Strategic Value Direction, Structural Authority, Governance & Operating Design
“The impression of the senses is stronger than the force of the ideas resulting from methodical reflection.” – Carl von Clausewitz, On War (1832), Book I, Chapter 6, trans. J. J. Graham (1873) Some twenty years ago I was flying up from the Lowveld...
by Guy | 1 Oct, 2026 | BusinessFitness, Strategic Value Direction, Structural Authority, Governance & Operating Design
“The reason why so few executives concentrate is the difficulty of setting ‘posteriorities’ – that is, deciding what tasks not to tackle – and of sticking to the decision.” – Peter F. Drucker, The Effective Executive (1967) It’s...
by Guy | 3 Sep, 2026 | BusinessFitness, Strategic Value Direction, Structural Authority, Governance & Operating Design
“The era of procrastination, of half measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays, is coming to its close. In its place we are entering a period of consequences.” – Winston Churchill, House of Commons debate on the Address, 12 November 1936...
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...
