The People Leadership Blindspot
Leaders rate their own feedback and learning habits higher than their peers do. It is the widest perception gap in our data, and it stays invisible until someone measures it.
Perspectives
What we see inside high-growth companies.
Insights on leadership and business building, drawn from our research, from our work inside scale-ups, and from art, myth and literature.
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From The Scaling Paradox
What our research shows
The Warmth Trap
60% of scale-ups feel like a family: warm and loyal. At 30 people that closeness is a strength. At 80, without clear expectations alongside it, it starts to cost performance.
The Empowerment Illusion
Real delegation is the strongest predictor of organisational health we found. Leaders tend to rate their own delegation higher than their teams do, which makes it easy to miss.
Articles
Essays · Laurie Kemp
The Double Gaze: what Janus teaches us about leadership and growth
The Scaling Paradox · Anna Dia Adriani
The real reason your team isn't learning, and it's not time
Essays · Laurie Kemp
The fool's licence and why your company needs one
Essays · Laurie Kemp
The Rashomon Effect: when competing narratives destroy leadership teams
Practice · Laurie Kemp
What is the difference between startup culture and scale-up culture?
Practice · Anna Dia Adriani
The quiet power of not having all the answers
Essays · Laurie Kemp
The most expensive person in your company is the one nobody listens to
The Scaling Paradox · Anna Dia Adriani
When should a founder stop being the sole decision-maker?
Essays · Laurie Kemp
Penelope and the undersung scale-up COO
The Scaling Paradox · Laurie Kemp
Why do scale-ups fail after Series A?
Practice · Anna Dia Adriani
Your next hire will either build your culture, or break it
Essays · Laurie Kemp
Bruegel on exit chasing and unbridled ambition
Essays · Laurie Kemp
Goya and the founder who cannot let go
Practice · Anna Dia Adriani
The real incentive: leading by example
Practice · Anna Dia Adriani