Thoughts on Execution

What effective collaboration to tackle climate change looks like – Harriet Lamb of Ashden

What effective collaboration to tackle climate change looks like – Harriet Lamb of Ashden

I have two firsts in this Karmic Capitalist podcast episode. First, Harriet is the first CBE to deign to accept my humble invitation to be a guest on our podcast!…

The importance of your not making (all / most) decisions

Almost every company I see where the CEO is too busy suffers from at least one of 3 key criteria not being in place. Missing any of them means that…
“Who knew that coffee grinds sticking to Teflon would be a thing?” George May, MD of bio-bean

“Who knew that coffee grinds sticking to Teflon would be a thing?” George May, MD of bio-bean

How challenging has it been to get your company going? I think getting a new product to market has to be one of the more challenging businesses to get going.…

Self help and save the planet snakeoil

Watching the promises made at COP26 fritter away brings to mind the similarities between it and most company strategy awaydays and self-help retreats. One of the things that most of…

The list is not the thing

Lists are the most underused and undervalued weapon in building companies and bringing control to them. I use them (with a particular structure) for executing strategy, for managing improvements to…

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