What we do

Your art is what you do when no one can tell you exactly how to do it.

Your art is the act of taking responsibility, challenging the status quo and
changing people and their circumstances for the better.

Art is not in the eye of the beholder. It’s in the soul of the artist.

Art is original.

Art is a personal gift that changes the recipient.

Art is a personal act of courage, something a human does that creates change in another.

Art is someone who uses bravery, insight, creativity and boldness to challenge the status quo.

Art is never defect free. Perfect means standardised and that is not remarkable. (Perfect in its imperfections)

Art is scarce. Because it is scarce it is of high value.

Art matters because it has intent. It tries to change something for the better.

Our approach

SlightlySkew is an integrative, functional and emotional business design method,
which promotes that all parts of the business are connected, work together,
and impact each other to create extraordinary value.

SlightlySkew

A business Crafting Method

Visualization is the practice of imagining what you want to achieve in the future. As if it were true today.
It involves using all five senses of sight, smell, touch, taste, and hearing.
The process of visualizing directs your subconscious to be aware of the end goal you have in mind.

SlightlySkew states that it is a four step process. It has to be imagined (visualized), then designed before
it is created in reality (deliver). However, it must be assessed and continuously improved.
This becomes a very powerful business cycle to entrench the habit of repetition.

Trees absorb nutrients from the soil through their roots.
We cannot see this but it ensures the tree can:

Everybody contributes to a common cause
People wil give their blood, sweat and tears to achieve it
Customers experience a vibrancy that ensures repeat business

Stay healthy and strong for years
Resist diseases and pests
Withstand extreme weather conditions

It all happens underground

Business needs the same. We call it Winning Aspirations.
Just like the tree it is not noticeable but ensures:

Your Aspirations

SlightlySkew comes alongside business owners and entrepreneurs and looks intently at the building blocks of your business to ensure that they shape and fit together to create a rhythm that delivers the extraordinary. Consistently.

Every sport has its own playing field. Each sport is played on a field that is specially designed for that particular sport. The type of playing field used for each sport, such as grass, turf, clay, or other surfaces, will vary depending on the sport, the rules of the game, and the conditions of the playing field.

Every business also needs to define its own playing field. To be extraordinary the business needs to know who would be willing to buy their product/service, why would they buy it, how and where would they interact with the business and how would the business maximise its revenue streams.

Your Playing Field

“It’s all in how you arrange the thing…the careful balance of the design of motion.”
Andrew Wyeth

Setting a strategic direction to gain competitive advantages in the market entails enabling competencies in the business to create extraordinary value for your customers.

This includes the key activities to deliver the said value and would include capabilities such as product development, marketing, customer services, finance, etc. Equally important will be the resources - capital, human resources, machinery, etc. - to deliver on the identified activities. Some of the key activities will be provided by partnerships and their strategic alignment to deliver the value is key in achieving your strategic goals. All this needs to be aligned with the winning aspirations the business has adopted.

A successful strategic direction should be ambitious, executable, and flexible enough to respond to changing conditions.

Your Capabilities

“Capabilities are clearly manifested only when they have been realised”
Simone de Beauvoir

Understanding who does what in your business must be a key objective in becoming an extraordinary business. Add to that knowing that the information required to do the job was timely available and how do I measure whether it was in actual fact done correctly makes the description very complicated.

We promote modelling the business using the different dimension and levels of the business in a clear, concise and unambiguous manner.

With the description of the business available in these models it becomes easy to define the various processes, ensure clear job descriptions and impeccable induction material.

Your Business Machine

“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.”
Milton Berle

Optimise your business model
Apply the 'Six Paths Framework'
Improve operational efficiencies

Be Better Tomorrow