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Scaling With Purpose: An Action Catalyst Panel (Business, Leadership, Growth, Technology)

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David Stewart explains why dropping high-revenue clients led to better retention and a happier team.
David Stewart and Adam Outland discuss scaling their businesses by identifying constraints, such as low-value clients and integrated sales-coaching roles, and implementing changes like automation, AI integration, and team feedback mechanisms to drive growth and retention.

As heard by us

Growth here means judging when the familiar has become the risk.

The Action Catalyst frames risk as a question of comfort, not certainty. It argues that a business can look stable while still carrying hidden exposure, and that the harder judgment is knowing when a different move is actually safer than staying put.

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Why you'd press play

If your business has settled into a comfortable groove, this panel gets you thinking about what change actually costs.

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