Business Velocity - The Five Facets of Business™ Podcast

The Way You Think Is Keeping You From Growth - Part 1

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Oct 6, 2025
Hannah and Dave dive into the intricate world of leadership behaviors and why elevating them is crucial for growth. They discuss how linear thinking can stifle innovation and stall progress. The concept of a complexity threshold emerges, highlighting how indecision hampers potential. Fear of loss is unveiled as a key barrier to bold decision-making. The hosts encourage reflection on personal and organizational practices that may be holding back growth, setting the stage for transformation.
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INSIGHT

Leadership Elevation Is Strategic

  • Elevating leadership means pulling yourself out of the weeds and shifting to strategic perspective.
  • Systems plus behavior are both required to achieve real organizational change.
INSIGHT

The Trap Of Linear Progress

  • Linear thinking is small incremental changes that feel like progress but can trap an organization.
  • Those minor adjustments eventually reach an endpoint where further tweaks no longer advance the business.
ADVICE

Cut What Doesn’t Scale

  • Recognize when linear improvements stop working and avoid only tweaking existing processes.
  • Shift from 'tweak and fix' to asking whether a step or system should be eliminated entirely.
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