Flexibility & Innovation

Every company wants to be flexible and take advantage of every opportunity available to it. However this is a balancing act as highlighted by the Harvard Business Review article detailing the challenges the New York Times had creating a Digital division. This within one of the oldest professions of all, the print business which had mature processes…

Customer First

When conducting your Value Proposition Design work it is critical that you create individual canvasses for each individual market segments. With constant pressures on your time it is sometimes difficult to create optimised customer segmentation models and yet doing so will unlock huge amounts of value. The closer the fit the better change you have…

Scale Models

Strategyzer‘s Business Model Canvas is a great tool to use when your value proposition has traction with paying customers and you are ready to look at scaling your business. Unpacking the business using this tool will allow you to craft clear and effective plans and communications for potential investors and employees alike. We work with…

Growing Pains

It is important that every Leader knows what resources are required in order that their business can achieve the required velocity (speed AND direction). It is also important that potential future team members understand who they will be working with and what their leadership style is to achieve best fit. To do this I would…

Pink Spaghetti Award Nomination

Absolutely fantastic news to see Caroline nominated for the Cheshire Business Woman of the Year Awards, read more here. Pink Spaghetti’s growth demonstrates that when discipline and rigour is applied to operational processes by the Executive team great things happen. It is a pleasure to work with Caroline and the team and look forward to…

Swimtime – in at the deep end for new CEO

Well what a journey, the UK’s largest swimming business has been sold and you can read about it here. On a personal level it has been an absolute pleasure to work with both Barry and Linda, the Founders of Swimtime, over the last few years and I will miss them greatly. I am looking forward…