You can absolutely do things guaranteed to make your business fail. But unfortunately, there aren’t things you can do which are guaranteed to make your business succeed. It is the same asymmetry at play in Seneca’s sage quote that _”an age builds up cities: an hour destroys them. In a moment the ashes are made, […]
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Where’s joy in the remote office?
Joy. You can feel the places that have it, and the ones that don’t. It’s not about en enforced fun – the organised pub quiz or bowling night. Not that there’s no place for them, but it’s at least as likely that they’ll be cringemaking as it will that they’ll be fun. In reality, it […]
Is your sustainability certificate greenwash, limited, or expansive?
Is your sustainability certificate really making a difference? How deep does it go? Has it helped shape your commercial strategy? I see a lot of companies now brandishing their sustainability credentials. And that’s a good thing. In my view sometimes even when it’s greenwash (see earlier post). But your sustainability can come from so many […]
Don’t build a mansion on cardboard foundations
I’m stunned sometimes by how often the basics get overlooked and then bite your business in the most painful way. Founders are often visionaries. We have a dream of what we want to build. We have strategies. Purpose. Missions. Challenge is that the business needs to be continually fuelled while we build. And often, that […]
Don’t Kid Yourself with an Out-of-Office Reply
“Out of office” is an interesting game that too many of us play. We set up the autoresponse religiously when we go on holiday, then still surreptitiously check our inbox while we’re away. Before we know it, we get sucked into the inbox and suddenly we’ve lost hours. For some, a reply gets sent out […]