Leadership Editor

Daniel Whitfield

Daniel writes about management, boards and the operating habits of effective leaders and organisations.

Latest from Daniel (10)

A simple, thirteen-week method that helps small-business owners see cash crunches coming — without becoming accountants.

Daniel WhitfieldOct 2, 20261 min read

Standing meetings, deep-work blocks and review cadences that keep a leadership team aligned without filling every hour.

Daniel WhitfieldSep 29, 20261 min read

Handing off work well means being clear about outcomes, decision rights and check-ins — not simply giving tasks away.

Daniel WhitfieldSep 29, 20261 min read

Durable companies turn a founder’s judgment into systems, principles and people who can make good decisions without them.

Daniel WhitfieldSep 28, 20261 min read

Too many board meetings are spent reading slides aloud. A better format puts the hardest questions first.

Daniel WhitfieldSep 28, 20261 min read

Opinion: growth that depends on endless funding is fragile. Companies that can fund their own expansion control their own future.

Daniel WhitfieldSep 28, 20261 min read

Dozens of overlapping subscriptions cost more than their fees. Here is how to audit and consolidate your company’s software.

Daniel WhitfieldSep 25, 20261 min read

Project management, approvals and automation platforms: how to pick tools that scale with your company.

Daniel WhitfieldSep 23, 20261 min read

Automating a broken process only makes it fail faster. Signs that a task needs redesign, not software.

Daniel WhitfieldSep 23, 20261 min read

Cash discipline, flexible costs and loyal customers separate the firms that bend from those that break.

Daniel WhitfieldSep 20, 20261 min read