Imagine a time when all the urgent work is done. Clients are happy. There are no team dramas. The figures are together, you are ahead of the marketing, retainers are on track and every project is somehow slightly ahead of schedule. You have a full week to do work on whatever you want. How are…
Pension information might seem out of date for this site, but my job is supporting founders and funding retirement is a frequent topic. I build this calculator to help visualise the impact of fees relating to some common pension types. A percent or two might seem very little, but the impact compounds over time and…
It’s a painfully familiar pattern. An agency-founder walks into a Monday meeting with a new idea: A new service line / rebrand / new system to try / partnership that could change everything / Yet another AI initiative. The founder is giving it everything and the wheels begin to turn. Tasks get assigned. Someone sets…
Exploring the three pillars of strategy, delivery, and leverage that define a genuine agency business.
Why leaders often do their best thinking in traffic or at 3am – and what that signals about business design.
Why “word of mouth” and “referral” are lazy CRM labels that hide what actually drives new business.
A diagnostic exercise to identify structural bottlenecks and where a business is overly dependent on the founder.
A practical look at the blockers to execution discipline; clarity, prioritisation, noise, capability.
Why founder-led agencies should define success on their own terms, not inherit metrics from shareholder businesses.
Why LLMs don’t just disrupt search, but undermine the web’s entire browse-and-click model.