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The Cost of Doing Business — Numbers You Need to Know to Scale and #FutureProof your Business. Part 1

To run a successful, sustainable and resilient business, it’s not enough to have a strong mission, vision and values statement (although that’s a good start), you also have to have an underlying business model that (1) makes financial sense; and (2) provides…

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January 20, 2021

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FutureProof Leadership is Built on Good Habits

I’ve been thinking a lot about habits over the past few months. This is probably because we’ve all had to change so many of them and then create new ones to adapt to life with COVID19. But also, habits make…

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October 22, 2020

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Business Continuity Planning for Future Proof Companies

I first wrote about the importance of a Business Continuity plan in the wake of Hurricanes Irma and Maria, but as we encounter new challenges like COVID-19, we need to constantly monitor and update. While we can’t plan for every…

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September 22, 2020

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How to create a Future Proof Company Culture

Your company’s culture is not what you write down on your website or even in your Mission, Vision & Values statements. It’s how you put those words into action. Stakeholders (employees, clients, partners) tune out what is said, especially if…

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September 18, 2020

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The Future Proof Company Checklist

What do Future Proof companies look like from the inside out? They have: Strong Mission, Vision and Values (MVV) Statements Cultures that support the MVV Statements Diversity on the Board of Directors and Leadership Team Adaptable, motivated employees Data-driven strategic…

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September 17, 2020

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How to Future Proof your Mission, Vision and Values Statements

In an era of unprecedented challenges, with no precedent upon which you can rely, leadership and decision making become exponentially more difficult. This is why successful, sustainable, growth-oriented companies create strong mission, vision and values (MVV) statements. Timeless, forward thinking…

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August 26, 2020
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Future Proof Book Review: UpStream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen by Dan Heath

I was always a big fan of Dan and Chip Heath’s book Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die (2007). It’s one of the few that has remained in my library and not been donated (although it’s…

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August 11, 2020

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Trends in the Time of COVID19: Mobile Technology

For the past 8 years, I have been tracking trends that would affect business as we know it. Generally I was focused on a decade or two in the future, but with COVID19 acting as an accelerant, the future is…

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July 27, 2020

Book Review, Future of Work

Future Proof Book Review: The Meritocracy Trap by Daniel Markovits

It’s been about 10 years since I’ve written a book review. Back then I used to review books for Entrepreneur.com. Now seems like a great time to restart as I have a long reading list of books relevant to the future…

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July 17, 2020

Future of Work

Hindsight from 2020 can be 20/20 if you look for the right clues

COVID19 has been an accelerant for both the future of work and economic upheaval. We’ve had to adjust to a world that should have been at least 10 years in the making. Instead it’s happening all at once. But what…

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July 9, 2020