The Volvo Baby Seat Conundrum

With the arrival of our new family member, I have been researching travel systems and baby seats for months. It has not been simple. There are so many manufacturers and systems it is a minefield.

 

I like the Orb (previously Spin) push-chair because it travels forwards or backwards with a twist of a handle. It is unique and exclusive to Mothercare but a separate baby seat can dock in it.

 

I drive a Volvo S80 so I explored the Volvo (birth to 13kg) baby seat. It is actually a Britax BABY-SAFEplus SHR II seat and fixes in the car using a Britax BABY-SAFE ISOFIX Base.

 

More research revealed the Britax baby seat is compatible with the Mothercare Orb pushchair. All it needs is the Mothercare Spin Britax seat adaptors. How much more simple could it be?

Forget Me Not

In my last blog I wrote about working on a business rather than in a business. If you look back to five months ago, we implemented a full-time Manager’s role so we could start responding to customers more quickly.

It was part of our new strategy to give time toward the administrative functions of DrivenByQ. In hindsight we did this at just the right time. It gave us time to carry out calculations, write reports, analyse figures, check bank accounts and chase late payments.

It was easy to think we were on to something because the manager’s time quickly filled up with lots of little jobs that needed doing. Each of us who own the business now spend a whole week as full-time Manager.

I thought we were working on the business but in reality, we have fallen in to a false sense of security. What we should really be doing is finding the time to generate new and innovative ideas which either improve efficiency or lead to measurable growth.