Most teams treat annual planning like a spreadsheet exercise. Finance builds the numbers. Everyone else nods along. Then the plan gets filed away until next year. But real planning isn’t about producing a static budget – it’s about creating a rhythm that connects finance, operations, and delivery all year round. In this episode of The Handbook: The Ops Podcast, Harv sits down with Adam Cooper, founder of ACC Finance Solutions and host of The Fractional CFO Show, to unpack how finance can beco...
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Most teams treat annual planning like a spreadsheet exercise. Finance builds the numbers. Everyone else nods along. Then the plan gets filed away until next year. But real planning isn’t about producing a static budget – it’s about creating a rhythm that connects finance, operations, and delivery all year round. In this episode of The Handbook: The Ops Podcast, Harv sits down with Adam Cooper, founder of ACC Finance Solutions and host of The Fractional CFO Show, to unpack how finance can beco...
How to Scale Smarter: Productizing Value with Brian Kessman
The Handbook: The Operations Podcast
47 minutes
3 months ago
How to Scale Smarter: Productizing Value with Brian Kessman
When businesses talk about “productizing,” they often picture cookie-cutter scopes and rigid templates. But according to Brian Kessman, that’s missing the point. Brian is the founder of Lodestar Consulting, and he’s spent 25 years helping agencies and consultancies scale without burning out teams or eroding margins. His approach isn’t about productizing services – it’s about productizing value. In this episode of The Handbook: The Operations Podcast, Brian and Harv dig into what that really m...
The Handbook: The Operations Podcast
Most teams treat annual planning like a spreadsheet exercise. Finance builds the numbers. Everyone else nods along. Then the plan gets filed away until next year. But real planning isn’t about producing a static budget – it’s about creating a rhythm that connects finance, operations, and delivery all year round. In this episode of The Handbook: The Ops Podcast, Harv sits down with Adam Cooper, founder of ACC Finance Solutions and host of The Fractional CFO Show, to unpack how finance can beco...