The Accelerators

There are four ‘progress accelerators’ in our book, which are simple tools to bring additional life, and add some practicality to this process.

These are high-level worksheets designed to guide you through some processes that can help you on a path to doing or enhance your understanding of what we have covered. These sheets won’t make you an expert in any given topic (there are hundreds of books written on each topic), but are designed to influence how you might think and approach them cohesively. We hope they pique your interest to want to explore more!

Chapter 1

FRAMING YOUR PURPOSE

This accelerator provides a simple checklist to help you think about what and why do you are doing something

Chapter 2

BUILDING A KPI TREE

This accelerator will help you build what is a mathematically connected set of metrics through a KPI tree

Chapter 3

UNCOVERING YOUR STARTING POINT

A quick assessment across four connected axes, providing you a snapshot of where you might be today. You can use this to inform the development of your KPI tree or to prioritise key actions flowing from it

Chapter 4

PRIORITISING ACTIVITIES TO ACHIEVE OUTCOMES

This accelerator will take you through a prioritisation matrix method for quickly comparing multiple options to rank them in order of their impact on a desired goal

About the authors

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    Rich’s take on Az

    Az is from that rare group of people who excel at everything they do, accumulating learnings and experiences along the way, making him one of the most engaging storytellers I have had the pleasure of working with. He has an insatiable curiosity, fuelling a unique ability to balance art and science, and on top of all of this, still be a family man, putting the people in his life first.
    “Dreams are born in our heads, but they are forged in the fire of experience” – Carol Tice
    We have combined our respective strengths on this project, and given Az the freedom to use his superpower – simplifying the complex, which in trying to synthesise ideas and content across such a multifaceted topic has been essential.
    One of my favourite quotes has always been “it’s never crowded on the extra mile” and I have found through this process that Az lives right out there! Never was a hurdle too high, or a time Az wasn’t totally focused on our goal.
    “Together” would be my simple summary of what the journey has been like. We have learned and grown through what has been a fun and fulfilling process, and I hope this is only the first edition!

    AZ'S TAKE ON RICH

    Growing up in South Africa and moving to the UK, Rich had a diverse lifestyle which started as a curious young boy who would burn leaves through a magnifying glass at school, to learning discipline and structure through his mandatory service in the army, through to having his supportive family around him today. All of which contribute to the way that Rich thinks, acts and draws on his experiences.
    Rich has some unique talents including an amazing ability to draw (and write) upside down whilst simultaneously explaining something, but I’ve had visibility of his superpower in full flight through our time working on “Shift”: his brain. It works like lightning in a bottle; one spark can set off a series of thoughts that are processed at the speed of light. It’s incredible to watch.
    If I were to reference our pyramid approach in this book and try to describe Rich in three words, they would be (super) smart, humble and empathetic. Individually they are all great traits, but pulling them together, I can only describe as the intersection of genius; and Rich, in my view, is one of the best thought leaders in our industry with an unparalleled passion for helping businesses to turn motion into progress.
    At a time when everyone has had their fair share of ups and downs, writing “Shift” has been one of my favourite memories, and I’ve genuinely enjoyed and feel incredibly honoured to have worked with Rich on this book.