Business Design

Mike Weston is the founder of Escape Velocity, and he helps people to create resilient, adaptable businesses for the future that benefit all of us.
He explains what makes him want to escape from a simple life and why he doesn't think that people should be afraid of change. Mike emphasizes that people have a huge opportunity to change for the better after these traumatic times and turn it into post traumatic growth. He is a visionary and thinker who embraces scenario planning, the escape velocity concept, and claims that change in direction is critical to survival. Our conversation is just the beginning.

Show Notes

🎙️ Rebranding his name: Michael was once the most popular name in New Zealand. 01:29
👩‍✈️ Mike’s favorite moment at the LA airport. 02:31
😎 A data science consultancy: being at the forefront of new stuff.  04:13
😷 Post traumatic growth.is going to be very exciting, and we can all build better. 06:23
🙂 “We're in a period where everything is on hiatus, and when we come out of it, we need to make sure that we've got escape velocity” 08:17
🔃 Change the relationship with change because it creates opportunity and threatens. 09:49
🖐 Scenario planning approach: “Five forces” framework around mindset planning. 13:40
🤕 Denial is not so great a superpower: Mike’s experiences with a brain tumor and post traumatic growth.16:36
🐑 Sheeping in NZ: catered at the high end of the market rather than think about it as a mass market.19:11
💪 Making the future better for the company, everyone in the company, and all that interact with it. 23:54

Connect with Mike: www.escape-velocity.co.uk

🤓 Connect with us: www.thoughtpartnergroup.com
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What is Business Design ?

We talk to quirky, brilliant, successful folks who are able to smarten business down, sharing insights on great business design.

Guests are all thought leaders in their own niche, and we challenge them to speak outside of talking points, which ultimately should make for a few interesting minutes of listening.

Design your business for success, with a few thoughts from those who have been there.