“If there was a moment that said something was wrong in this world to me…” With that opening, my ears perked up. Villagers forced off an island (“there may have been guns involved” !?!!?) to make way for a power station designed to last only for 7 years. I guess if you hear that violence […]
Strategy
Great companies don’t prioritise size over mojo – Bo Burlingham
Bo Burlingham‘s excellent book, “Small Giants“, charts the stories of companies for whom being great is more important than being big. In each case, the founders or CEOs faced very real choices between following tried and tested growth paths or doing something different and keeping their mojo. Sometimes, that meant rejecting mouth-watering exits. But they […]
We’re trying to standardise what “good” is, but we shouldn’t – Charles Radclyffe
Much of the ESG drive, especially in reporting, is to standardise what is good, what is ethical. Get to an index as definitive as sales or EBITDA for your environmental, social and governance impact. But does that make sense? Whose standards are the standard? Are anyone’s standards entirely objective? This is a nuanced truth which Charles […]
How Repc is closing the digital divide while fighting waste – Bevil Williams
To succeed in addressing today’s large challenges, we’ll need collaboration between business, government, the third sector and society. But we also need it translated from big words into a real difference on the ground. In this latest episode of the Karmic Capitalist, Repc’s managing director, Bevil Williams, shows how to do both. Bevil was struck […]
The Good that comes when your business model aligns perfectly with your purpose – Tumelo’s Georgia Stewart
Stepping up to meet the global challenges we face today is going to need concerted action from us in all the various roles we play – as consumers, employees & bosses, voters & citizens, or parents & role models. But critically, we will also need to make our voices heard as investors and business owners. […]