Thoughts on Culture

Too little clarity disempowers your team. Too much suffocates them

A key foundation stone for scaling effectively is clarity. Clarity of purpose first, then of values, of means and of responsibilities. But every CEO who wants to scale will have…

Is your impatience impacting your team?

We’re a restless bunch, us founders. We’re don’t tend to be particularly patient, and we get frustrated when people “don’t just get it”. Or in reality, when they don’t “get”…
“We create wealth on Capitalist principles and distribute it on Marxist ones”

“We create wealth on Capitalist principles and distribute it on Marxist ones”

“Create wealth like a Capitalist, distribute it like a Marxist.” Here’s what that looks like… Simon Biltcliffe believes that Capitalism is a great way to create wealth, but is terrible…
The organisation trying to fix a fundamental employment paradox in the UK

The organisation trying to fix a fundamental employment paradox in the UK

We have a bit of an employment paradox in the UK. As Matt Powell, the founder and CEO of Breaking Barriers, puts it “We have a government that is anti-immigration,…
When things go wrong, do you fix the transaction or the relationship?

When things go wrong, do you fix the transaction or the relationship?

S**t happens. And when it happens with a client, you can choose whether you use the opportunity to genuinely make a difference, or to abuse it. We’ve recently returned from…

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