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What Is Structure

What is Structure?

Structure is how your business is organized. If you want to get your business to do something new, then at key points in its development, you’ll need to look at and change its structure. Buy the book Designed to Scale.

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Introducing the Top-Level OKRs Strategy Survey

I’ve recently made available a powerful new tool for setting strategy. It’s called the Top-Level OKRs Strategy Survey. It relies on lifecycle theory to help you quickly align a Leadership Team on the right top-level objectives and key results (OKRs).

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Designed to Scale Book Launch Announcement

Buy on Kindle Buy Hardcover (Available on Lulu immediately. Available as a hardcover on Amazon in March 2022). Buy on Audible (audio book coming March 2022) I greatly appreciate your helpful Amazon book reviews if you deem this work worthy.

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Fort Capital 2021 Year in Review Podcast

Imagine if you could listen to a recording from last year of you and your co-founder discussing the state of your business and your plans for the coming year. What would the conversation have sounded like a year ago? What

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The Rocket: A Metaphor for Organizational Structure

The Machine that Builds the Machine Summary Insight: Building rockets is hard. Designing the machine that builds the rockets—the organization—is harder. This article reveals the first principles of scaling your business without blowing it up. Key Takeaways: Vision without organizational

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Introducing the Entropy Survey

Does operational excellence matter to you? If so, then I’d like to introduce you to a powerful new tool called the Organizational Physics Entropy Survey. The Entropy Survey allows you to survey a cross-functional team to discover a company’s most

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Does Your Business Need an Anti-Chaos Officer?

Summary Insight: Your company’s biggest execution gaps live between the gears—functions not talking, data not shared, chaos growing. This article shows how an Anti-Chaos Officer fills the gaps. Key Takeaways: Most friction and waste live in the white space between

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When NOT to Delegate and How

Delegation Strategies: When NOT to Delegate

Delegation Isn’t Always the Answer Summary Insight: Delegation is overrated—until it’s not. This article flips the script on when *not* to delegate and gives you a killer tool to align your leadership team fast. Key Takeaways: Use the Conviction-Consequence matrix

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