Growth challenges
Things that quietly slow growing companies down.
Pattern 01
Read →Founder Bottleneck
The company has outgrown founder bandwidth for decision making, but people don't yet have the mandate to move on their own.
Pattern 02
Read →Unclear Priorities
What feels obvious in leadership never becomes explicit enough for the wider organisation to know and act on.
Pattern 03
Read →Operating Friction
The ways of working that used to feel fast and flexible are still running a bigger, more complex one causing friction across the company.
Pattern 04
Read →Commercial Complexity Creep
Saying yes to great opportunities built the business, but now the portfolio of bets has grown more complex than the organisation can execute well.
Pattern 05
Read →Leadership Gap
A growing company needs leaders to propagate strategy, decisions and empower people to drive momentum. That means scaling depends on the quality of leadership.