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How to Plan for Recovery from Lockdown

May 14, 2021 by Alasdair

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated lockdown has been significant for every business.  There is much talk of the “new normal” and hopes of recovery, but it would be foolish to assume that a business just has to pick up where it left off and carry on doing what it did before, in the way it did before, to succeed.  The business world has changed fundamentally and we need to recognise that and adapt accordingly.  There will be a certain level of Darwinian principle in play, where … [Read more...] about How to Plan for Recovery from Lockdown

Filed Under: Clearwater Insights Tagged With: Business Recovery, business strategy, COVID-19

Is it OK to take time off when you run a business?

January 10, 2019 by Alasdair

  You take your business seriously don’t you?  Of course you do, or you wouldn’t be running it – you’d be taking the easier option and working for someone else.  So does that mean you have to work all day, every day and never take any time off? I was caught in a conversation with someone recently who took exactly that view, but I’m not so sure.     You have to be seen to be working hard to be taken seriously. The basic argument put forward in favour of never truly … [Read more...] about Is it OK to take time off when you run a business?

Filed Under: Clearwater Insights Tagged With: business strategy, entrepreneurship, leadership, work life balance

How do you join the scale-up club?

February 27, 2018 by Consultant

A scale-up is a business that has grown by at least 20% in either turnover or staff for three consecutive years.  The 2017 Annual Scale-up Review form the Scale-up Institute identified 31,440 scale-ups in the UK (out of a total of 5.7 million businesses, 99% of which are SMEs) – so it’s a small and elite club. But why is being a member of the club important? The Scale-up Institute has quite rightly identified that nurturing scale-ups has the potential to make significant improvements to … [Read more...] about How do you join the scale-up club?

Filed Under: Clearwater Insights Tagged With: growth, scaleup

How to remain ahead of the game in a competitive market – The OODA Loop

February 27, 2018 by Consultant

Uncertainty is a fact of life in any competitive business environment, but the proactive business leader doesn’t fear uncertainty; he recognises it and deals with it better and faster than the competition. A business that doesn’t react to change and uncertainty can’t remain competitive for long; the often-quoted example is the demise of Kodak. Having invented the technology for digital photography they didn’t recognise the disruption this would cause to the market and their dogged focus on wet … [Read more...] about How to remain ahead of the game in a competitive market – The OODA Loop

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