I’m listening to a fascinating presentation from Les McKeown called 7 stages of every growing business.
It’s a very funny taught but also a great reminder of the fun I had studying Management. It’s so similar to sport it’s hilarious. When you think of the team you need to achieve in sport and this is a big team you see the same requirements and process that Les describes.
I’m working through the various videos
- Patterns
- Starting out
- Making sales
- Saying yes
- Systems
- Structure
- Team Building
- Processes
and learning about
- Visionaries
- Operators
- Processors
It’s amazing how much of this talk I recognise. I’ve enjoyed working in different types of company precisely so I could learn these different stages.
I also equate these stages of growth with other areas of developing or growing
- athletes
- software
- products and services
Software simply automates what people already do so the people can do other things computers can’t already do. The scale a business can achieve also typical reflects the maturity of the software available.
These are just a few thoughts that I have watching the presentations. Things I’ve been pondering for a while anyway.