Thoughts on People and HR

Your team MUST be able to disagree with you

I remember once having a really heated debate with one of my team members. We held strongly divergent views on how to proceed with some of the Intellectual Property we…

The importance of having a priority system

A bad, or no, prioritisation system can kill your company. Having an effective way to prioritise is one of the best defences against shiny object syndrome (any other business founders…

Supporting the next generation of female founders

Lovely to chat with Margaret-Ann Splawn today, sage and advisor on climate finance investment. One thing she raised that I hadn’t considered was how climate change will also exacerbate the…

Great People or Great Processes?

Turn it into a process. Most businesses I work with are either doing this, or live in shame because they’re not! But can be an unhealthy obsession. I enjoyed Sam…

The grass is greener where you water it

The grass may *look* greener on the other side, but the truth is it’s greener where you water it. And that’s the difference between the peddlers of vision, and those…

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