The most powerful but underused word is “enough”. We focus on “more”, and see “enough” as a cop-out. As us not being ambitious. The trouble with “more” is that it is infinite. It never stops. With a “more” attitude, having more just makes you want more. And wanting more leads to working more. To consuming […]
Coffee and TV – growing a creative, human-focussed B Corp business
Like probably most people who start a business, Derek Moore founded Coffee and TV because he believed that there might be a better way to do things than how it was being done in the industry. Key for him was that there had to be a better model than pushing people to work harder for […]
How ready are you for whatever direction the economy takes?
Have the actions of Truss & Kwarteng in the UK increased the chances of a low-tax-fuelled growth, or of a debt and low-confidence fuelled recession? More importantly, whatever your opinion, have you figured out what that means for your company? Because if you’re running an SME in the UK today, although conjecture on the Big […]
Your team may not need a big purpose
Purpose in business is real. Everyone needs it. But not everyone needs it in the way that the purpose-brigade preaches. A cringemaking story that does the rounds is the one about bricklayers working on a cathedral. I’m ashamed to say I probably used it in the past. Here’s a straight cut-n-paste from one (typical) version […]
When was the last time you gave your $Bn company to a charity?
Yvon Chouinard’s donation of Patagonia to an environmental charity was as stunning as it was not unexpected from him. But it created a moment of doubt for me. And having spoken to a handful of purpose-minded owner-CEOs since, I know I’m not alone. Because there’s “all in”. And there’s “ALL IN“. His action was almost […]