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How Many Grandmas Can You Hire?
August 25, 2024
If you can't find enough experts here's a better wayThis Post is Based on Two IdeasThe only reason to hire people is that you need them to produce results (which...
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Communication Rules
August 17, 2024
How to stop wasting time and get your message acrossEd was a salesman. He practically lived in his car.And often when he was on the road in meetings all day,...
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Don't Fumble the Hand-offs
August 10, 2024
To grow, your company must do hand-offs wellBefore we start, I’m asking for a favorMany of you have bought my book, Output Thinking, and for that I am grateful. If...
ReadWhat's it Like to Work with a Coach?
May 7, 2024
It should change how you spend your time!The short answer is I don't know. I can only tell you what it's like to work with me. There are coaches that...
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Are You a Leader or a Manager?
March 10, 2024
The difference matters. A lot!Outputs and Systems are all about management. But there's another important aspect of running a company. Leadership. These two words are often confused or interchanged, but...
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Are Companies Fractals?
February 25, 2024
Yes. Sort of. But that's where the money is. This post is a long answer to a question raised by Tim Ludwig - @tsludwig on Twitter (now X). Tim asked:If...
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Decisions are Outputs
January 6, 2024
But who makes them in your company?The reason you hire people is to produce some output: widgets, or hamburgers, or sales. I wrote a whole book about this Output Thinking:...
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3 Words I hate: Culture, Values, Attitude
November 15, 2023
Why? Because they make a manager's job harderThese are not magic words that you can sprinkle over your company to get amazing results - despite what some consultants will try...
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What Is An Output?
October 28, 2023
It's why you hire people. PLUS a Big AnnouncementMy book, Output Thinking is now available for Pre-order SpecialIf you pre-order before Dec 5 and email a copy of the receipt...
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In Praise of Tacit Knowledge
October 18, 2023
Here's something I bet you didn't know if you speak English.There's something every speaker of English knows but most don't know they know. It's the reason you can say "my...
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There Are Only 7 Reasons to Spend Money
October 3, 2023
They all fall into 7 BucketsWe've discussed HERE that the purpose of a system is to produce an output. And we talked HERE about documenting the systems that produce those...
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How to Get Better at Delegating
August 2, 2023
Subsystems are the KeyImagine you want to delegate dinner. You have someone with all the skills needed. What do you tell them to do? You could say any of these...
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This C.A.F.E Is Not a Place to Sit
July 21, 2023
It's a part of systemizing your companyWhat is C.A.F.E? In a previous post the picture has a bucket called C.A.F.E. and I've been asked to explain what it is. Someone...
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There are 3 Kinds of SOPs
May 12, 2023
Each Requires a Different Type of DocumentationWELCOME! There's been an influx of new subscribers recently so I'll start with a short intro of who I am and what this is...
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High Output Management
April 14, 2023
Andrew Lynch hosted me on his podcast to talk about this book by Andy GroveAndrew Lynch was kind enough to invite me on his podcast, The Rereadables, to discuss the...
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The Most Important Part of a Dashboard
March 14, 2023
It's not the numbers - it's what's in your headMost SMBs Don't Need a Dashboard - but they are cool. Here's how to use one if you need to.Dashboards Track...
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