The blog
Straight talk on people.
No jargon, no bloat. Notes on hiring well, scaling cleanly, and building teams that move your numbers instead of slowing you down.
Point of view
Why most HR is a handbrake on growth
Traditional HR optimised for protection, not growth. For a scaling company that is a handbrake. Here is the commercial alternative.
24 June 2026 · 4 min read
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The numbers
What a bad senior hire really costs you
A wrong senior hire can cost two to three times their salary to put right. Where the cost hides, and how to de-risk it.
17 June 2026 · 4 min read
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For founders
The people mistakes that bite when you scale past 20
The informal way of running people works at ten and breaks at thirty. The five mistakes that bite first, and the fix.
10 June 2026 · 4 min read
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