This ediiton explores the often-overlooked human side of operations, arguing that the disconnect between systems and people hinders sustainable growth. It highlights the hidden costs of this gap—wasted time, missed opportunities, and misused tools—often caused by unclear processes and poor alignment. When businesses focus only on tools and tech, they miss the deeper relationships between people and systems. By improving alignment and simplifying workflows, performance increases. A free audit is offered to identify key misalignments.
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Ed. #1: The Operational Piece we Keep missing — Audio Edition

This edition explores the natural architecture behind business growth, showing how companies expand not just by doing more, but by building stronger operational layers. It introduces the 7S Tree Framework — a practical way for founders to understand where growth strains, where structure is missing, and where alignment is needed.
It highlights why operations often lag during growth spurts and how clarity across systems, people, and strategy helps sustain progress.
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Ed. #2: 7 Layers of a Growing Business - Plus One Force to Rule Them All

This edition explores the often-invisible inner ground of founders — the patterns, beliefs, and internal tensions that quietly shape how they lead. It suggests that many strategic struggles aren’t rooted in bad ideas or market gaps, but in misalignment between a founder’s inner wiring and their way of building. When the business grows faster than the clarity inside, friction appears: decisions get reactive, teams misfire, and momentum thins out. By tending to this inner soil, founders can lead with more coherence, energy, and depth. A set of tools and personal insights are shared to spark reflection.

Ed. #3: The Weight Beneath the Surface — How the founder’s inner ground shapes growth

Marta López Ramos

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