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Location, location, location
This week’s post is a personal story with a practical lesson for any agency thinking about its office, so indulge me.

A better org chart visualisation than the one you’re using
An organisational chart shows where departments sit and who manages who in your business. I’ll often ask to see an org chart or organogram at the beginning of an engagement because I can immediately guess what some of the firm’s challenges are likely to be.

Who put that team in charge?
Many agencies seem to revolve around one particular team, which feels like it gets all the praise - and the easiest ride. Let's talk about why that happens (and if it's really a problem).

How to avoid timesheets
You've left that big, bureaucratic business: yours will be agile and admin free. You won't make people fill in those pointless timesheets. Here's what you need to overcome.

The truth about headcount
In its second year of trading, Rise at Seven onboarded a new employee every single week for a full 12 months. We publicised this relentlessly, so no hard feelings if you think we celebrated this as an achievement. But headcount is not a goal in itself; it's a means to an end.