Pragmatic, strategic, and deeply caring. With Shane Howard (Founder & CEO, Cloudworks Solutions), we explore life, leadership, and business from the inside out - what it takes to scale fast, integrate multiple acquisitions, and still preserve people, values, purpose, performance, and culture.
Shane’s story is a masterclass in antifragile leadership, scaling from 20 to 800 employees across eight acquisitions while maintaining connection and clarity. His honesty about navigating chaos, leading global teams, and evolving ecosystems reminded me that sustainable growth is built on stewardship, staying the course, not chasing change and speed by PowerPoint.
Through the Bee Formless™ Methodology, we explored:
LEARN (Letting go)
✨ Building in motion: navigating uncertainty while scaling through acquisitions.
✨ Change-management fatigue: why traditional methods fail when growth outpaces communication.
UNLEARN (Reimagine & reshape)
✨ Culture at scale: rethinking how shared values and purpose evolve during rapid growth.
✨ Founder-to-leader shift: letting go of control to empower alignment and trust across global teams.
RELEARN (Test & implement)
✨ Antifragile operations: using systems, service, and technology to drive efficiency and progress without eroding humanity.
✨ AI as augmentation: leveraging tools like ServiceNow to amplify people’s capacity - not replace it.
ACTIVE RECOVERY (Reflect & reset)
✨ Work-life flow: practical ways to sustain presence, purpose, and performance through rapid change.
✨ Regenerative energy: how exercise, stillness, and downtime enable creativity and decision clarity.
About Shane Howard:
Shane is the Founder & CEO of Cloudworks Solutions, a consultancy specialising in ServiceNow strategy, implementation, and managed services through a multi-shore model. With deep experience in transformation and growth, he has scaled multiple businesses through acquisition while maintaining a people-first culture.
🌐 Website: https://www.cloudworkssolutions.com/
🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shanedhoward
🎥 Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/SC1_qngcO1I
Reflective prompt:
Where could slowing down to communicate more clearly strengthen your culture, even as your business scales faster? 👇
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