For growth initiatives, rising expectations don’t always lead to greater impact.

by Lean Scaleup | July 17, 2025
For growth initiatives, rising expectations don’t always lead to greater impact.

Leadership wants a lot from you. Results. Revenues. Real change. All while corporate complexity cuts your oxygen supply. Sound familiar?

Here’s the real challenge: In 3 out of 10 initiatives, your success depends on reducing risk and increasing certainty. Fast.

But here’s the problem: Most growth initiatives are treated like safe bets. Like predictable projects. PowerPoint says, “We’ve got a plan.” Everyone nods.

But the plan assumes too much. That customers will behave. That value propositions will land. That reality will match the slides.

Spoiler: That’s the silent killer.

Because behind the timelines and KPI dashboards… Assumptions are going untested, risks are going unnoticed, friction is building up beneath the surface. Until something breaks — late, expensive, and public.

There’s a smarter way. It’s called the Growth Risk Audit. You’ll audit your current growth initiatives. Validate assumptions early. Spot where reality might break the plan. And — most importantly — build a case to fix, pause, or push forward.

This is how you protect your roadmap. How you keep your stakeholders aligned. How you defend your budget — with data, not with hope.

Send me a message to get the Growth Risk Audit Guide (Corporate practitioners only). It’s a step-by-step playbook. Built for speed. Backed by real-world practices.

Run a smart audit — this quarter. One hour now can save you six months of damage control.