Hothouse #87 - Accountability Issue

Sep 13, 2026

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Hello 🚚

I am moving house this weekend, and this is the thin issue I warned you about.

So: the dates, the numbers from my week, and nothing else. Normal service resumes for Q4.

I committed to publishing every Sunday, not to publishing at full strength every Sunday. It's days like today that matter the most.

1. Coming Up in Hothouse

📆 The Interior Design Practice System. Launches on 28th September. 14 modules to lead you through delivery of the design process. All the workflows, spreadsheets, protocols, questionnaires, documents you need to run your studio from Discovery to Handover. Plus all the client-facing packs too. Find out more here.

📆 Monday 21 September, Business in a Box opens. A week tomorrow. Twelve weeks of live group work, led by me, preparing and launching a new or pivoting business, building foundations you can grow from. It comes with The Interior Design Practice System built in. First live session 10am, Tuesday 22 September. Join the group.

📆 Wednesday 23 September, 11am. Branding and Marketing Webinar with Peter Burch of March Branding, on taking the most exacting approach to your brand and your website. Free and live, and the joining link will be in the Hothouse group.

📆 And the one I teased last week: Decorex - Design Circles, 11am Monday 12th October. I'm delighted to have been asked to host one of four tables for a roundtable event. My subject will be brand positioning, and I am so looking forward to meeting designers IRL, a rare treat. Hosted by Business & Interiors.

2. My Week In Hothouse

No column this week. Just the numbers.

I'll be working to turn the reds back to green, one the move is behind me.

3. Final Word

A tick in the box that says I published this week.

See you next Sunday,

Julia

Founder, Hothouse

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Hothouse #87 - Accountability Issue

1. Coming Up in Hothouse

2. My Week In Hothouse

3. Final Word

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