'Scalable Business Operations' is not just some kind of buzzword - it's the cornerstone of sustainable growth. Imagine a situation where your organisation easily adapts to increasing demands, expands its capabilities with ease, and wins at every turn. In this post, we delve into the strategies, technologies, and practices that pave the way for businesses to build scalable operations and plough over challenges in their way... Reaching the heights of efficiency and performance previously unheard of! Understanding Scalable Business Operations Strategies In today's rapidly evolving business lands ..read more

Trajectory, Collaboration, Brainstorming and Tools... Let's go! Welcome to this week's TAO! As promised, every Wednesday you will receive: Something to Ponder Something to Act on And something to Share Helping you to be strategic towards your destination. Tactical in your journey towards it. And helping you build the mindset to survive both. Let's jump in! Subscribe to The Art of Operations Newsletter: Giving you the strategies for your destination. The tactics for your journey. And the mindset to survive both. Subscribe Free Email sent! Check your inbox to complete your signup. No spam. Un ..read more

This week the theme is all about Optimisation of your own leadership skills: Welcome to this weeks edition of TAO! (still letting that abbreviation sink in. I'm not 100% sure I like it yet?). As promised, every Wednesday you will receive: Something to Ponder Something to Act on And something to Share Helping you to be strategic towards your destination. Tactical in your journey towards it. And helping you build the mindset to survive both. So let's jump in! Subscribe to The Art of Operations Newsletter: Giving you the strategies for your destination. The tactics for your journey. And the min ..read more

This week the theme is all about Efficiency and Teamwork: Welcome to the first edition of this newsletter. As promised, every Wednesday you will receive: Something to Ponder Something to Act on And something to Share Each newsletter will be succinct, strategic and tactical. Helping you to be strategic towards your destination. Tactical in your journey towards it. And helping you build the mindset to survive both. So let's jump in! Subscribe to The Art of Operations Newsletter: Giving you the strategies for your destination. The tactics for your journey. And the mindset to survive both. Subsc ..read more

Welcome to my newsletter. Lovingly called 'The Art of Operations' (or 'TAO' for short)... Here I will be sharing weekly content, every Wednesday. Each newsletter will be based around the same consistent theme and structure. Each will be succinct, strategic and tactical. Including one of each of these three things: Something to Ponder Something to Act on And something to Share Subscribe to The Art of Operations Newsletter: Giving you the strategies for your destination. The tactics for your journey. And the mindset to survive both. Subscribe Free Email sent! Check your inbox to complete your ..read more

Hi, I'm Dan Holloway, Founder here at Operational Voodoo. I have been driving growth and scale within venture capital and private equity-backed businesses for over 20 years. Focusing heavily on Business Operations, Tech and Entrepreneurship. Allow me to provide a little insight into an experience I had some years ago. Something that I hope you may find interesting. Possibly amusing. But most certainly a little surprising... Rolling back throughout my career to date, I learned how to start, grow and scale businesses pretty early on. Every business I have ever worked in, whether my own ventures ..read more

Let's dip into my opinions on profanity in the workplace: Is refraining for calling 'Bullsh*t' damaging to your business...? Yes, I just typed a bad word there. 'Bullsh*t'. Shocking to many in the business world, I know! It's true. I swear. And by 'swear' I mean, I say bad words (on occasion and where I deem necessary). Even in meetings. Even in front of the most junior and most senior people within an organisation alike. Still shocked? Many have an issue with that. And that's understandable. But when I do it, there is a strategic goal being strived for. Profanity is a tactical tool. And one ..read more

Yesterday evening I gave a talk to a Facebook Group of about 11 thousand people. No pressure, hey! ha. Talks like that is still something that gets the butterflies in my stomach buzzing, but equally, they are things I love to do, for a number of reasons... 1) I get to help a big group of people. So that in itself is enough! 2) It helps to validate, to myself, that what I am doing is valued and helpful to others. Which is also great, for me and them! 3) And this is the bit that sometimes surprises me... It really kicks my brain into overdrive when it comes to thinking about content and how I c ..read more

This evening I had a sudden realisation... For the entirety of my professional career, I have been using a phrase that was not my own. As a part of my own personal development over the years, I have applied much thought to my core beliefs and values. Those core aspects by which I wish to conduct myself, both professionally and personally. One of these core values is to give thanks and recognition where it is due. Especially to appreciate those who have impacted me in a positive way. With that in mind: To Fraser Speir - Since my first job at the age of 17 years old when you and I worked togeth ..read more

This morning I read a great article from Inc. Magazine, written by Angelina Zimmerman... A great article and one that makes many good points! I was giving a presentation this week to the latest cohort of FFWD London, the Pre-Accelerator programme run by The Accelerator Network. Some fantastic Startup businesses that a few colleagues and I have been helping to mentor. The presentation and subsequent Q&A was around "Communication and an Agile Business Culture". During the Q&A a question asked by one of the Founders went like this: What do you do with someone on your ..read more