If you are creating an organisation from scratch, then it’s relatively easy. If you are trying to transform an existing situation then you may need to surface and deal with the mental models that the … more →
How to do BusinessDrAlanRae wrote 1 month ago: If you are creating an organisation from scratch, then it’s relatively easy. If you are trying to tr … more →
DrAlanRae wrote 2 months ago: As some of you will know, I specialise in research into small business behaviour and how they can us … more →
DrAlanRae wrote 5 months ago: Here’s the next extract from my e-book 20 business stories – hope you like it – Yo … more →
DrAlanRae wrote 5 months ago: Our research shows that companies hit a well defined series of crises as they grow. A comparison of … more →
DrAlanRae wrote 6 months ago: Businesses don’t grow in a smooth progression – they grow in jumps. Partly this is because the … more →
DrAlanRae wrote 6 months ago: When people set up in business, they have a choice to make – to grow or not to grow. This seems a bi … more →
DrAlanRae wrote 7 months ago: One of the reasons that companies get stuck is that they are not prepared to make the changes that a … more →
DrAlanRae wrote 7 months ago: Growing a business means balancing supply and demand, yin and yang. It’s one of the tough things tha … more →
DrAlanRae wrote 7 months ago: I have been spending a lot of the last couple of months teaching a module on a Digital Marketing MSc … more →
DrAlanRae wrote 8 months ago: Here’s the next thrilling extract from 21 Business Stories One of the difficulties that a gro … more →
DrAlanRae wrote 9 months ago: One of the real challenges of managing your team is that not everyone sees the world the way you do. … more →
DrAlanRae wrote 10 months ago: I don’t usually talk much in here about our company’s trading activity but today we have something t … more →
DrAlanRae wrote 11 months ago: I have just been re-reading this book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. It’s a fascinating read about … more →
DrAlanRae wrote 1 year ago: Our collaboration project means that we’ve been mainly focusing on tools that allow independen … more →
DrAlanRae wrote 1 year ago: It’s no use having a good story if no-one wants your product. You have to be in tune with whe … more →
DrAlanRae wrote 1 year ago: Your Brand encapsulates your promise to the market. Most of us are in business because we have a pas … more →
DrAlanRae wrote 1 year ago: Being a free spirit means living life on your own terms. This means you need to know how to earn an … more →
DrAlanRae wrote 1 year ago: Well we got the bid off safely after it had turned into a bit of useful knowledge in its own right. … more →
DrAlanRae wrote 1 year ago: We’ve had an interesting week here. As well as giving a talk on IT in growth businesses, I … more →