16. How To Scale Your Business Using The Operational Secrets Of The Royal Marines With Ben Ford
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Ben Ford is a programmer and development team coach. He applies operational principles from the Royal Marines and 10 years in tech leadership to help businesses scale without getting stuck. Ben takes a systems approach, with more breadth than dogmatic agile consulting, and deep technical experience that's sometimes missing in business coaching.
In this episode, Ben shares:
- What tech startups can learn from military operations
- How the OODA loop process applies to both military and business strategy
- How to continuously monitor and improve your operations
- What high performance looks like in an organisational context
- The importance of cross-functional teams and avoiding silos
- How to balance operational efficiency with innovation and experimentation
- The impact that bullying has had on his life
- And much, much more...
Links and resources:
- About Ben: https://commando.dev/about
- The OODA loop: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OODA_loop
- Team of Teams: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Team-Teams-Rules-Engagement-Complex/dp/0241250838
- Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Antifragile-Things-that-Gain-Disorder/dp/0141038225
Connect with Ben:
- Ben's website: https://commando.dev/
- Twitter: @commandodev
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/commandodev/
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