Is the Daily Grind Clouding Your Business Instinct?

For mid-market leaders, the biggest threat isn't the competition — it's the operational noise that prevents you from making the next right move. Reclaim your strategic edge.

Business instinct is clarity in action. It’s knowing — not just feeling — which opportunity to seize because it’s validated by both data and your deep market insight.

You didn't get to this level on spreadsheets alone; you did it with a deep, intuitive understanding of your market. But as your business grows, the noise of daily operations — the constant firefighting, the endless meetings — begins to drown out that instinct.

The very systems meant to support you are now boxing you in, forcing you back into reactive management and costing you the clarity to see your next big opportunity.

The problem isn't a lack of grit. It's that the approach that got you here won't get you there.

Business Instinct isn't magic. It's a muscle.

Your business instinct is what’s necessary to understand your business opportunity and stay relevant through disruption. The Present Retreat™ is your weekly workout.

This is not another productivity hack. It's a professional practice for sharpening your most valuable leadership tool. This simple, powerful framework is designed to filter out the operational noise, allowing you to consistently tap into that deep knowing that discerns the right work from the merely urgent.

It’s the dedicated space to move from reacting to the market to leading it.

Your First Step to Strategic Clarity: The Present Retreat

The Present Business Instinct

The Present Retreat™ is a simple, powerful weekly practice for protecting your most valuable asset: your time to think strategically. This isn't about adding another meeting to your calendar; This is the guide you will use to sharpen your most critical leadership tool: your Business Instinct.

What You'll Get:

A step-by-step guide to implementing your own weekly "Present Retreat."
The exact questions to cut through the noise and define your critical priorities.
A repeatable process to build your business instinct and stay ahead of any disruption.
The framework to move from reactive decision-making to confident, strategic leadership.

From a Weekly Practice to a Full Transformation

The Present Retreat is the foundational practice we use with the 1,000s of experienced leaders Jess has worked with. For those ready to build a comprehensive and resilient growth framework, it is the cornerstone of Red Direction’s Driving Solutions services.

Meet Jess

I’m Jess Dewell, and I have a truth for you that others won’t say: data only tells you what has already happened. True growth comes from your ability to interpret that data and make the next right move.

For over two decades, I’ve partnered with mid-market leaders not to offer quick fixes, but to build their most powerful asset: a formidable business instinct. I help you evolve beyond the daily grind to find the clarity needed to command your company’s relevance and drive lasting growth.