From McKinsey to spreadsheet saviour ๐ฏ
Had the Big Consulting dream job. But textbook strategies don't help with operational reality.
I started UsefulWorks to focus on what actually works.
Start-up smart, enterprise-strong โ
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Growing fast but worried it might break your business? ๐ค
UsefulWorks helps 10-150+ employee businesses scale with confidence:
๐ ops/Sprint: Quick wins
โ๏ธ ops/Growth: Part-time leadership
๐ ops/Flow: Workflow automation
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#GrowthOperations #ScaleUp
Hypergrowth reality:
Week 1: "We need better processes" ๐ค
Week 10: "We need better processes NOW" โก
Week 20: "Everything is on fire" ๐ฅ
Companies that survive don't have perfect systems โ they have systems that bend without breaking ๐ช
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#HyperGrowth #ScaleUp
"We're not ready for a full-time COO" โ but operations are falling apart ๐ง
10-150 employees. Growing fast but can't justify C-suite overhead yet.
You don't need full-time COO. You need part-time operational leadership that scales with you. ๐ก
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#PartTimeCOO
5-minute operations health check ๐
1๏ธโฃ How many critical spreadsheets run your business?
2๏ธโฃ Remove busiest person - what stops working?
3๏ธโฃ New hire - how before they work alone?
4๏ธโฃ Double customers tomorrow - what breaks first?
5๏ธโฃ How many approvals needed for ยฃ1000?
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#OperationsAudit
CEO with ยฃ2m funding looked exhausted, not celebrating ๐
"I know what needs to happen. I just don't know how to make it happen without breaking everything we've built."
Growing businesses don't need more strategies. They need better execution. โก
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#RealWorldConsulting
"We tripled revenue but our systems fell apart" - SaaS CEO ๐
Challenge: Manual on-boarding, weekend work, backing up tickets
Result: Enterprise-grade processes that scale + founders who sleep again ๐ด
Sometimes the hardest part of growth isn't getting it - it's handling it.
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"We don't need another strategy deck" โ actual CEO last week ๐
Trad consulting: Beautiful frameworks โ Binder โ Shelf ๐๏ธ
UsefulWorks: Real foundations โ Practical advice โ Action โ
No 200-slide decks. Just real-world insight that works when growth gets messy.
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#PracticalConsulting
You win the contract of a lifetime โ suddenly you're in survival mode ๐ฅ
โข Game-changing client demands triple output ๐
โข Breakthrough product = hire 20 people yesterday โฐ
โข Investment arrives with impossible deadlines ๐ฐ
Growth hits in bursts. Most aren't ready.
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#GrowthChallenges
Growing pains are real โ but they don't have to break your business. ๐ช
No theories. Real-world insight & useful action for companies ready to handle growth properly.
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#GrowingPains #ScaleUp