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Initiate (stage)
The questionWhat's the next curve — and have we started it?
Initiate is the decision to start the next curve while the current one is still strong — not after the slowdown shows. Every growth curve eventually flattens; the leaders who endure begin the next big innovation during maturity, so they transition smoothly instead of falling off the back of the old curve. It is the most counter-intuitive stage, because it asks a winning business to invest in disruption before it feels necessary.
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CanvasThe Resolute Leadership CurveThe sensemaking framework the whole method hangs from — where your organisation actually is, and what that stage asks of you as a leader.CanvasThe Stages of GrowthThe six stages every organisation climbs — and the predictable wall waiting at the edge of the one you are in.
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