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Bring in the ones who don’t know your process. The ones who ask awkward questions. The ones who see your system and ask, “Why does it have to be like that?” It’s uncomfortable. It’s also how progress starts. When was the last time someone in your team challenged your...

Or are you the Master, or Something Else Entirely? You might not want to hear this. In The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro paints a portrait of a man whose life is shaped by service. A butler, loyal to his employer. Bound by duty. Unable, or unwilling, to question...

Most Startups Die of Fantasy You don’t need a business plan. You need a reality check. Most ideas don’t fail in the marketplace. They fail in your head. Because you thought you were building something clever. You weren’t. You were building something nobody asked for....

You’ve got an idea. It looks solid. Your numbers hold up. You know how to build it, scale it, run it. But who is it for? We’ve seen a hundred ideas go nowhere because the founder couldn’t answer that question. Not with confidence. Not with evidence. Not with anything...

You ever sit in traffic wondering where it all went wrong? You’re mid-thirties. Maybe pushing forty. Smart. Reliable. Skilled. But still unsure if you’ve backed the right horse. The job’s fine. Pays the bills. But there’s a voice. And it’s getting louder. It says: “Is...

A Roundtable Discussion with Naval Ravikant, Steven Bartlett, Deborah Meaden and ChatGPT... For context I asked ChatGPT 4.0 the following prompt:"I'd like you to play the roles of Naval Ravikant*, Steven Bartlett* and Deborah Meaden* and include yourself - discussing...

You’re Not Competing with AI. You’re Competing with People Who Aren’t Afraid of It. You don't need to be an expert in AI. But you do need to stop pretending it’s a passing phase. The problem isn't artificial intelligence. It's artificial confidence. The people you...

Nobody’s Listening Because You’re Not Talking You’ve had the idea. It hits you in the car. Or on a walk. Or in the middle of a long meeting about someone else’s priorities. You sit on it. You polish it. You tell yourself you’ll get around to it when things settle...

You won’t grow if you stay where you’re comfortable. That’s not opinion. It’s fact. Progress never feels easy. If it does, you’re not really moving. We’ve worked with startup founders, corporate execs, engineers, and investors. Every person who made a real shift...

Ever watched a prototype fail gloriously? Cogs everywhere. Flames (optional). Your pride, slightly bruised. That’s not failure. That’s data.You can spend ten years waiting for the right idea. Or you can test five ideas in ten weeks. The first time I backed a founder,...

A Level 4 cert is great. But so is a birdhouse. You can pass a course. But that doesn't mean you’ve built anything. A certificate means you turned up. It means you followed the brief. Learned the tools. Sat the exam. That’s fine. But what about when there’s no brief?...

Stop Saying Yes to Favours. Start Building Something That Moves.   You get an email. “Can you do this training programme?” No explanation. No purpose. No clear outcome. You know the type.It’s another one of those sessions. Same old topics. Same old people. Same...

Why You Need to Look Stupid to Get Smart A man in a white Tyvek suit. Visor down. Gloves on. Bubble gum in his mouth.He’s chewing. Slowly. The room is silent apart from the hum of fans. One idea hits. It’s simple. It’s not what anyone else suggested.And it works. Not...

What Happens If You Swap Every Part of Your Job? You walk through the same door every morning.Same car park.Same screens.Same people.You fix problems fast.You follow systems.You solve what’s in front of you. But if you changed everything,  the routine, the boss, the...

Ever built something just to see if it worked? Not because you had to. Not for a deadline.Not for a performance review. Just because someone said it couldn’t be done? Good. That’s the spirit we’re looking for. I’ve spent 20+ years building companies, fixing problems,...