Life inside a scale-up can feel like living inside a never-ending fire drill. Every ping feels existential. Every email feels critical. Every request feels like it needed to be done yesterday. But here’s the truth: when everything is urgent, nothing actually is. This episode breaks down the chaos-inducing cycle of reactive urgency — and why building your urgency immunity is essential for staying sane, staying effective, and staying human at scale. You’ll learn how to spot real urgency versus ...
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Life inside a scale-up can feel like living inside a never-ending fire drill. Every ping feels existential. Every email feels critical. Every request feels like it needed to be done yesterday. But here’s the truth: when everything is urgent, nothing actually is. This episode breaks down the chaos-inducing cycle of reactive urgency — and why building your urgency immunity is essential for staying sane, staying effective, and staying human at scale. You’ll learn how to spot real urgency versus ...
Ep.7 Are We a Team or a Family - The Chaos of Scale
The Chaos of Scale
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Ep.7 Are We a Team or a Family - The Chaos of Scale
As startups grow, a familiar tension creeps in: Are we building a family… or a team? In this episode, we dive into one of the most romanticised — and misunderstood — ideas in company culture. The early-stage “family vibe” feels warm, loyal, scrappy, all-in. But as we scale, needs shift. Roles shift. Expectations shift. And the family analogy? It starts to crack. This episode explores why high-performing sports teams — intentional, accountable, built for impact — offer a far healthier blueprin...
The Chaos of Scale
Life inside a scale-up can feel like living inside a never-ending fire drill. Every ping feels existential. Every email feels critical. Every request feels like it needed to be done yesterday. But here’s the truth: when everything is urgent, nothing actually is. This episode breaks down the chaos-inducing cycle of reactive urgency — and why building your urgency immunity is essential for staying sane, staying effective, and staying human at scale. You’ll learn how to spot real urgency versus ...
