Signal Before Scale
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When Good Leaders Become the Wrong Leaders
Or have you diagnosed the wrong problem first? The day a good leader starts looking like the wrong leader is rarely the day the problem begins. By the time most boards begin discussing whether to replace a senior executive, the organisation has usually been changing for months. That matters because replacing the wrong executive doesn’t…
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The NHS Doesn’t Buy Technology
Here’s a curious thought. Imagine inventing a better parachute. You spend years proving it works. It’s safer, lighter and easier to use. Every independent test says it’s an improvement…but nobody buys it. Most people would conclude there must be something wrong with the parachute. What if there wasn’t? During my conversation with Vee Mapunde, Co-Director of…
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Why Most Scale-Stage Problems Are Misdiagnosed
The most important problems inside scale-stage MedTech organisations are often misdiagnosed. What appears to be a hiring issue, communication breakdown or operational slowdown may actually be a sign that organisational complexity has begun outpacing leadership architecture. Recent developments involving Ennov, xWave Technologies and ŌURA illustrate this particularly clearly. These are often presented as growth stories,…
