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Did you know that the fastest way to cut costs can also be the fastest way to cut future growth? Fewer pilots, frozen headcount, delayed investments, and overloaded teams might make the numbers look better for a quarter. But what happens when demand shifts, customers expect more, or a new opportunity appears? The real question is not how to spend less. It is how to build a business that can grow without adding cost at the same rate. That means moving from cost cutting to cost optimization, from rigid forecasts to optionality, and from treating operations as a cost center to recognizing them as a growth engine. Because profitable growth increasingly depends on the confidence to say yes to changing demand, new channels, and faster service without rebuilding the economics every time. In his latest article for the The AI Journal , our CEO Mats Hovland Vikse explores why the companies that win will not be the ones that cut the fastest, but the ones that redesign how they operate so growth and efficiency reinforce each other. How are you building for profitable growth without cutting your way to it? 🔗 Read the full article via the link in the comments.