Discover the inspiring journey of Matt Clutterham and Jenny Jarvis, from a pandemic match to founding Q Branch, the world's first hybrid brand and human transformation consultancy for SMEs.
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A decision that could change the course of your life if you get it right, or wrong.
But you have to take chances, or you just don’t get anywhere in life. And I had been taking a few chances and meeting some nice people, but I was getting bored. Only 4 weeks in and I could swipe through a whole day’s worth of matches in 30 seconds. My daughter said I was being too picky, but I knew that I hadn’t been picky enough in the past and now was the time to find the right person, not just any person.
On the 18th of November 2020, I matched with someone who seemed to fit what I was looking for and it turned out they had also matched with me.
This was the start of Q Branch, but we had no idea.
Matt had been going on dates for around the same amount of time as I had and was also feeling disillusioned, his dates were less successful than the ones I had had. Lots of women pretending to be different to who they really were, just in the hopes no one would notice. But now I have experience in the dating space I see that can be the case for all genders. People wanting to put a front up just in case that’s what people want to see, without really knowing.
On our first socially distanced walking date (thanks Covid), I produced 30 intentional dating questions that had been part of a relationship course I was doing. Matt was already onboard with me asking them, or we may not have reached the first date, but so many people exclaim, “and you didn’t run away!”. Not only did he not run away, but we had a great time asking all the deep, value-based questions most people are afraid to ask within the first few months, let alone the first date.
I often hear “but what about spontaneity and fun?”. My response is usually that it was fun, but I ask them how their version of spontaneity and fun is working for them. Usually the answer is, it isn’t.
When we are afraid to ask the big questions up front, we are living on a dream. We are hoping that in the future our deepest desires line up with the other person, or that they will change their mind because they are so in love that of course they will want to marry you and have your babies.
And this is the ethos we have taken into business.
We ask the big questions straight away so we can have the biggest impact for our clients.
Asking those questions on the first date, gave us a solid foundation when things started to get tricky. In relationships, there are always bumps in the road, it’s how you navigate those bumps that count. If we hadn’t asked those questions I’m not sure how we would have dealt with the neurodiverse world we were soon to find ourselves in (of course, it had always been that way, we just didn’t know).
Soon after that first date Matt asked to look at my coaching work. He looked at my website and branding and said, “shall we start again?”. That was the beginning of my journey to learning in detail that branding is not a logo and some fancy colours. It is so much more than that. It’s the way we make people feel.
So, I was rebranded, and we were merrily setting up our businesses and doing what we love most, when we noticed Matt was asking me to come and work with his clients more and more. They loved the new brand strategy he was providing, but they were feeling scared as it was BOLD. I came in to help with the mindset shifts and confidence building to have the business they wanted but were feeling a bit overwhelmed by. The more we worked together, the more our clients said, “why don’t you do this all the time?”. It was time to take our first date turned relationship to the next level and become business partners.
Together we have navigated many challenges over the last 3 years. We have helped each other through some difficult times and now we are here to help you are clients.
Because together we know we can achieve anything.
Because BOLD Brands need BOLD People.
Because BOLDER Transformation happens together.
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Jenny Jarvis
Founding Partner of Q Branch, Jenny is a highly trained and experienced Human Transformation Specialist, Coach and NLP Practitioner who is passionate about positive relationships and giving founders and leaders the BOLD Confidence and tools it takes to build BOLD Brands and Cultures. She is also an inspiring keynote speaker and lover of french wine and cheese.
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