If you speak to enough business owners, you’ll hear a common belief – ‘We just need better people’…people with more experience, more skill, with at least some initiative! On the surface, it sounds like a valid point. Trouble is, it’s often wrong, because what’s really sitting underneath that belief is this one: We don’t fully […]
Author Archives: Marianne Page
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Apr
Apr
I want to clear something up straight away. Big Mac Thinking isn’t about burgers and it’s not about McDonald’s. It’s about trust. The Big Mac just happens to be one of the best examples that I know of in business of what trust looks like in action. The Essence of Big Mac Thinking The fact […]
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Feb
Feb
The reason you can’t switch off isn’t because you care too much. It’s because the business doesn’t know how to run without you… yet! Most business owners know that feeling. The Trap of Constant Involvement Things tick along nicely while you’re there. Decisions get made, standards are met, customers are looked after properly. But the […]
OurWay Methodology, Simple Systems
Why AI Can’t Capture Our Way (and What It’s Actually Brilliant For)
05
Feb
Feb
I had a LinkedIn exchange recently that really struck a nerve. Someone got in touch to say that they’d followed my work on Simple, Logical, Repeatable systems for a long time, and wanted my input on a new product they’d created. So far, so good. We clearly shared a belief that businesses only work well […]
Big Mac Thinking, Business Scale, OurWay Methodology, Simple Systems
Why doing things OurWay matters
02
Feb
Feb
When I talk about OurWay, people sometimes hear my way. But it isn’t. It’s not my way, or your way, and it’s definitely not everyone doing things their own way. It’s OurWay. It’s the bridge between your people and your processes. A bridge that’s definitely needed in most businesses, to close the gap between what […]
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