I was recently introduced to the three core principles of improv (or improvisational comedy) and they really resonated with how I do business. And my approach to life. These are too good to keep to myself. They are: Say “yes, … [Read more...]
What Factors Are Holding Back Your Agency Business?
In this interview Robert Craven highlights some of the barriers to creating a successful agency. Many thanks to Matt Dyment of Entourage for hosting and putting together some excellent questions. Join our network of digital agency … [Read more...]
What Things Do Good Leaders Have In Common?
In this video, Robert Craven addresses some of the qualities that good leaders possess. He also identifies certain things that good leaders tend not to do! Blaming other people for problems in the company, for example… Many thanks to … [Read more...]
What Happens Next?
Sounds like a hypothetical question but it isn’t. I was at dinner with a client last week. She was NED to a company. And in comes the phone call from the hospital. The young MD has just had a massive heart attack and died. I … [Read more...]
Grow Your Business by Design
Most businesses grow by accident. The owner gets up early, goes to bed late and somehow the whole thing comes together as it discovers which are the open doors to push against. Business growth by fluke (despite what the owners and … [Read more...]
The Business Growth Paradox
The Growth Paradox is simple. It is the (naïve) belief that as you grow the business and take on more team members, clients, and business systems that things should get easier. And, of course, they don’t. What happens is that things get … [Read more...]
Bank Holiday Homework! A Bunch Of Fives
Feeling lethargic before your Bank Holiday break? Here are 25 things to get you and your business back into shape. Read the following list and commit to following through on just five of the following ideas as soon as you get back from … [Read more...]
Robert In Action
Robert continues to work hard as Google's go-to speaker on agency growth, running programmes on Brussels, Bucharest and London. Here are some great pictures from recent events: … [Read more...]
Three Little Words… and they’re not I love you.
Sometimes I am given an hour or so to explain my point with great eloquence. I use props, slides and all manner of clever devices to make my point. And then I met a man who asked me to sum up my whole approach to business in the three … [Read more...]