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The Handbook: The Operations Podcast — 64 episodes
Utilization, Scope Creep, and Rev Rec: The Finance Side of Delivery with Rich Brett
Revenue Up 2x, EBITDA Up 5x: The Operating Model Behind It with Andrew McBarnett
Cashflow, P&L, and Pricing: What Every Leader Needs to Know with Rich Brett
3 events in June: Toronto, NYC & online – join me!
8 Acquisitions: The Ops Lessons Most People Learn Too Late with Jonathan Healey
Revenue Is Up. Profit Isn't. Here's Why with Rich Brett
Why Only 13% of Firms Feel Ready to Scale – with Manish Kapur & Rich Brett
5 ops events. 8 weeks. Zero excuses. RSVP now!
6 Ops Changes That Took This Business from Scrappy to Scalable – with Alex Bodini
Why Ops Is Really About Culture (Not Just Process) with Nicky Russell
Live event: Run like you're looking to sell, 19 March
From 11% to 43% Net Profit – Fixing the Fundamentals with Robert Patin
5 AI Guardrails COOs Need to Put in Place Today with Sharon Toerek
The 8 Systems Every COO Needs to Scale with Jason Swenk
One Question Before the Break – What Should We Tackle Next?
Ops Quickie: Fixing the Sales-to-Delivery 'Black Hole'
Scaling Effort, Not Results? This is your wake-up call – with Michael Wark
Ops Quickie: AI isn't the threat. Flying blind is.
How to Run Annual Planning Like a CFO (Even If You’re Not One) with Adam Cooper
Ops Quickie: PSA vs ERP – Same Same...or Totally Different?
Beyond Experiments: What It Really Takes to Operationalize AI with Luke Alexander
Ops Quickie: MCP – the Missing Link Between Ops & AI?
Becoming Better Ops Leaders: Lessons from Operations Nation
Ops Quickie: When your stack starts to crack 😬
Lessons From Scaling $750k to $25m with Lindsey Head
Ops Quickie: What ERA is your business in? Find out here!
How to Scale Smarter: Productizing Value with Brian Kessman
Ops Quickie: Why a PSA ≠ PM Tool
What 11 Acquisitions Taught Dom Hawes About M&A
Ops Quickie: What the heck is a PSA?!
Board-Level Thinking, Sale-Ready Ops – with Sam Wood
The ops CHEAT CODE: One year of insights condensed with Harv Nagra
Are you helping or hindering your delivery team? With Galen Low
Strategic Ops, Unlocked: Manish Kapur’s Workshop Playbook
Growth Thresholds & Growing Pains with Marcel Petitpas
Pricing, Profitability & Predictions with Karl Sakas
Why your tools aren’t talking & what it’s costing you with Ryan Pearcy
BenchPress 2025: 4 Big Agency Opportunities You Need To Be On Top Of
How to Get Clients to See You as a Strategic Partner with Max Traylor
Rethinking performance, pay reviews & career growth with Zoe Blogg
How to move from tactical to STRATEGIC ops with WPP's Preston Chandler
Mike Della Porta: How to elevate service delivery for scale
Managing Gen Z: Challenges, Myths, and the Opportunity with Isobel Camier
Building a systemized, codified, scalable sales engine with Ryan Hall
Running your agency like clockwork with Jinny Mitchell-Kent
How to document and embed best practices that stick with Harv Nagra
Hire, train and retain like Sarah Brougham
Amy Hopper: How to build more engaged, high-performing teams
Richard Brett: What is 'rev rec' & which metrics matter?
BONUS EP: How can you boost your agency's productivity?
Trenton Moss: 3 high-impact strategies that redefined my agency
Dan Timmiss: How to get your agency IT ready for scaling
Freia Muehlenbein: How to pitch to WIN
Jenny Plant: Great Sales & Great PM - Can One Person Do It All?
Julia Vastrik: How to strengthen company culture in the WFH era
Alfie Wenegieme: How to get better at finance
Matthew Peng: How to find the right tool for the job
Ryan McNamara: The REAL purpose of ops: A revenue and growth driver
Claire Hutchings: Bad agency marketing is an ops problem: let’s fix it
Claire Quansah: 6 steps to successful change management
Tyler Caskey: How consolidating tools & automation can transform your agency
Manish Kapur: Optimize these 4 areas to grow your agency
Teaser: Hello from Harv
Agency folks, welcome to The Handbook: Trailer