Business Scaling Insights

Category: Structure

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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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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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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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Who Should Own the Customer?

Design the Process to Win Summary Insight: Stop looking for a single “owner” of the customer. World-class execution comes from a well-designed structure where every role owns their slice of the journey. Key Takeaways: Map the entire customer journey—then assign

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If You Give Them a Hat, Take Away Their Incentives

Summary Insight: Wearing multiple hats can help scale your business—but performance incentives will kill the balance. If you want leverage, not burnout, pay flat and trust intrinsic drive. Key Takeaways: Hat-wearing is a short-term fix, not a long-term strategy. Incentives

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Queen Of England Structure

Why You Should Not Have a President and COO

Don’t Design Yourself Out of Your Own Company Summary Insight: Don’t crown a COO just to “fix” the founder. That move creates confusion, not clarity. Scale with a smart structure, not a shortcut. Key Takeaways: A President/COO role often leads

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