Has your growth company hit a ceiling of complexity?

EVER FEEL LIKE THIS?

You’ve hit a ceiling of complexity; you’ve reached a point in your business where what used to work just doesn’t work anymore.

All growth companies encounter ceilings of complexity, usually when they hit certain milestones.

YOU’RE NOT ALONE

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“When we hit the ceiling of complexity may be different for each of us. But what is certain is that we will hit them.”

- Patrick Thean, Rhythm: How to Achieve Breakthrough Execution and Accelerate Growth

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HOW TO SEE IT COMING?

When you’re not having fun anymore, that’s usually a leading indicator that you’re about to hit a ceiling of complexity.

The inability to operationally pace and match customer demand (keep up with your growth)

Some signs that you’ve hit Your Ceiling of Complexity:

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A sudden awareness of inefficiency or inability to effectively solve challenges created by growthA realization that you have a previously unnoticed skills gap in the company or your leaders aren’t equipped to handle your growthThe recognition that workflow processes are filled with bottlenecks impacting productivity

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WHAT CAN YOU DO?

When you find yourself stuck with challenges that you have neither the bandwidth to keep up with nor the resources to delegate, what do you do?

In order to maintain your growth, you have to learn to manage it.

You need a rhythm to continually identify the right things to discuss to stay focused on the future and avoid being blindsided.

NOW WHAT?

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“The Think, Plan, Do Rhythms allow you to make critical adjustments early in response to obstacles or challenges coming your way. And that’s how you blow past ceilings of

complexity.”

- Patrick Thean, Rhythm: How to Achieve Breakthrough Execution and Accelerate Growth

Establish a rhythm of strategic thinking to create focus for the future of your business

Think Rhythm

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Think about your business so you can see obstacles coming before they halt your growthUse your Think Rhythm to solve problems as you grow and avoid ceilings of complexity all together

Plan your ongoing Think Rhythm - each year, each quarter, each week

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Get in a rhythm of execution planning to let all teams and individuals know what they are supposed to be working on to move the company forward.

The Plan Rhythm is when your team pauses for a couple of days every year and every quarter to choose the right priorities and get your departments aligned.

Plan Rhythm

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Establish a rhythm of doing the work to keep the plan on track

Do Rhythm

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Execute the plan and make effective and timely adjustments every week

Use your Do Rhythm to be proactive and prevent fires rather than fight fires

Keep everyone focused, aligned and accountable to the plan with weekly adjustment meetings

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Blow Past Ceilings of Complexity!

Think

These rhythms aren’t linear; each week, you should spend time on strategic thinking, planning your execution for the coming week, and doing the work and making adjustments.

These are strong, regular, and repeated patterns of organizational behavior, not just a process for solving a particular problem.

Plan Do

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Think Plan Do

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Establishing these 3 key rhythms to execute well will help your company to grow with purpose and blow past ceiling after ceiling

of complexity!