Episode 11 · 14:22
The 5 systems every £1M+ business needs before it scales
A walkthrough of the scale-readiness stack: sales handover, visible work management, documented processes, the weekly rhythm and decision rights.
14:22
What you’ll take away
- Why each growth stage invalidates the last stage’s operating model
- The five systems in order of installation
- The 90-day sequence Markinly uses with clients
Chapters
- 00:00 — Carrying capacity: why informal systems break
- 03:05 — System 1–2: handover and visible work
- 07:12 — System 3–4: SOPs and the weekly rhythm
- 11:03 — System 5: decision rights
- 13:10 — The install sequence
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