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THE SUPERFAST 100

Superfast is the result of intensive interviews with the leaders of 100 leading organisations and extensive experience working with companies around the world.

Disruptors such as Google, Deliveroo and Zopa. Fast reactors such as Sarah Wood OBE, Co-founder and Chair of Unruly, Amee Chande, MD of Alibaba UK and Michael Greenlees, former CEO and Chair of Ebiquity. Rapid adapters such as Unilever, Procter & Gamble as well as agile organisations responding at speed in volatile uncertain times such as the UK Counter Terrorism Unit.

As featured by Management Today in What CEOs are reading, Superfast distills into succinct learnings what leaders and leading businesses do, at pace.

They are driven by purpose

They are HIGH-VELOCITY DECISION MAkers

They manage energy not time

they create superteams

They match pace of the organisation to personal pace of their people

They accelerate through customer centricity

They focus on speed to market

They ruthlessly prioritise

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“Leading at speed is essential in a world of accelerating change, complexity and uncertainty. When the one thing you’re sure of is that things will change, the way we lead people has to change too.”

Matt BrittinEMEA President, Google

“To succeed in today’s fast changing environment, leaders need to better balance agility with resilience. Purpose and pace are required requisites. Superfast:Lead at Speed will help you do this.”

Paul PolmanGlobal CEO, Unilever
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One of our team shared this on internal Slack this week - A fab @lizandmollie graphic helps make sense of how progress isn’t linear, neat or always easy. Putting it out there in case helpful for anyone creating change in challenging times. #momentum #patience #SuperfastTheBook pic.twitter.com/vcRXN6qpGL

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24 Feb
Sophie Devonshire 😷
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Superfast: Lead at Speed interviewee @g__j doing it differently - how to scale fast (do read the whole interview not just the clickbait provocations) #entrepreneurs #pacesetters #leadership bbc.co.uk/news/business-… #SuperfastTheBook

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23 Feb
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@OSTC CEO Lee Hodgkinson =one of my favourite interviewees for Superfast:Lead at Speed. Purpose, pace, curiosity & courtesy combined. Love what OSTC are introducing with @TC_MBE to change the future of trading #diversity #positivebusiness bit.ly/2P5ob3o #SuperfastTheBook

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22 Feb
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Fab to see Superfast:Lead at Speed contributor @DanVWarne quoted in this piece about innovations in hospitality. Opening Shelter Hall in Brighton in a pandemic? A great chapter in his story of success - #innovation #resilience #leadership bit.ly/3aG3mUs #SuperfastTheBook

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21 Feb
Sophie Devonshire 😷
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We are all quite ‘narrow’ at the moment. Reading the fab Range by @DavidEpstein and love this simple example of the importance of building diverse experiences to shape us. Innovation= recombination often. Inspiration and ideas come from everywhere. #SuperfastTheBook #staycurious pic.twitter.com/a71dNoSYlT

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“Leading at speed is essential in a world of accelerating change, complexity and uncertainty. When the one thing you’re sure of is that things will change, the way we lead people has to change too.”

Matt BrittinEMEA President, Google

“To succeed in today’s fast changing environment, leaders need to better balance agility with resilience. Purpose and pace are required requisites. Superfast:Lead at Speed will help you do this.”

Paul PolmanGlobal CEO, Unilever
PreviousNext
Sophie Devonshire 😷
22h
Sophie Devonshire 😷
@s_devonshire

One of our team shared this on internal Slack this week - A fab @lizandmollie graphic helps make sense of how progress isn’t linear, neat or always easy. Putting it out there in case helpful for anyone creating change in challenging times. #momentum #patience #SuperfastTheBook pic.twitter.com/vcRXN6qpGL

Expand reply reply retweet retweet favourite favourite
Sophie Devonshire 😷
24 Feb
Sophie Devonshire 😷
@s_devonshire

Superfast: Lead at Speed interviewee @g__j doing it differently - how to scale fast (do read the whole interview not just the clickbait provocations) #entrepreneurs #pacesetters #leadership bbc.co.uk/news/business-… #SuperfastTheBook

Expand reply reply retweet retweet favourite favourite
Sophie Devonshire 😷
23 Feb
Sophie Devonshire 😷
@s_devonshire

@OSTC CEO Lee Hodgkinson =one of my favourite interviewees for Superfast:Lead at Speed. Purpose, pace, curiosity & courtesy combined. Love what OSTC are introducing with @TC_MBE to change the future of trading #diversity #positivebusiness bit.ly/2P5ob3o #SuperfastTheBook

Expand reply reply retweet retweet favourite favourite
Sophie Devonshire 😷
22 Feb
Sophie Devonshire 😷
@s_devonshire

Fab to see Superfast:Lead at Speed contributor @DanVWarne quoted in this piece about innovations in hospitality. Opening Shelter Hall in Brighton in a pandemic? A great chapter in his story of success - #innovation #resilience #leadership bit.ly/3aG3mUs #SuperfastTheBook

Expand reply reply retweet retweet favourite favourite
Sophie Devonshire 😷
21 Feb
Sophie Devonshire 😷
@s_devonshire

We are all quite ‘narrow’ at the moment. Reading the fab Range by @DavidEpstein and love this simple example of the importance of building diverse experiences to shape us. Innovation= recombination often. Inspiration and ideas come from everywhere. #SuperfastTheBook #staycurious pic.twitter.com/a71dNoSYlT

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In The Media

  • Fast Company: How leaders thrive in an ultra-connected world8th July 2019 - 12:47 pm
  • Superfast: How Pace-Setting Drives Performance12th June 2019 - 11:16 am
  • How These Entrepreneurs Have Mastered The Art Of Delegation10th June 2019 - 11:12 am
  • Management strategies: better balanced SMEs21st May 2019 - 11:22 am
  • WIB: entrepreneurs hail their heroes17th May 2019 - 11:23 am

Podcasts

  • Sophie Devonshire at the Isle of Wight Literary Festival 201912th October 2019 - 3:22 pm
  • How to lead at speed (with Sophie Devonshire)11th October 2019 - 3:18 pm
  • Amplifying the Voices of Women Through Authorship18th September 2019 - 3:13 pm
  • The Carl Reader Show – Accelerating Your Business8th August 2019 - 9:00 am
  • Leading at Speed -brands, books and business discussion with Minter Dial21st July 2019 - 8:02 am

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