Operating your business with sustained profitability in a recessionary market

Operating your business with sustained profitability in a recessionary market

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Agenda 

1:00 pm - 1:10 pm - Opening Remarks, Intros 

1:10 pm - 1:45 pm - Presentation by  Yohaan Thommy, MNP

Many businesses achieve early success through entrepreneurial drive and strong product-market fit—but as they grow, profitability and productivity often plateau. The complexity of scale brings hidden costs, diluted focus, and inconsistent execution. Leaders frequently ask, “How do I manage my costs when revenue is stagnant or declining?” or “What’s preventing us from operating at full potential?” This session is designed to explore the two most common bottlenecks to sustainable scale: profitability leakage and productivity drag. We’ll examine the hidden forces that erode performance and introduce tools to strengthen management systems, improve resource utilization, and unlock profitable growth.

1:45 pm - 2:00 pm - Discussion with Q&A - Next Steps

Key Learning Areas:

1. Scaling with Profit in Mind – Why growing revenue is not the same as growing profit, and how to align your business model, cost structure, and delivery operations to scale with intention.
2. Diagnosing Profitability Leaks – Explore common mistakes like under-tracking unit economics, overbuilding teams, and misaligned investments—and how to spot them early.
3. Unlocking Productivity Gains – How companies unintentionally lose up to 30% of output due to role confusion, poor systems, and over-reliance on meetings and managers.
4. The Labour & Talent Bottleneck – Understanding how talent gaps—not just workforce size—limit scale, and what forward-looking businesses are doing to bridge that gap.
5. Process and Tech Enablers – Identifying the management processes, technologies, and business systems that create structure without red tape—and build a foundation for scale.
6. Lessons from Scaling Organizations – Real-world examples of how mid-sized and enterprise organizations have used process, performance, and leadership alignment to improve outcomes.