Thoughts on Strategy

Are you a mini-Boris? Am I? Are we all?

On climate, on social issues, on using business for good – are we all mini-Borises? Boris’s climate policies and plans (inasmuch as they exist) fall a long way short of…
Not quite “Don’t Look Up” – but not unlike it either

Not quite “Don’t Look Up” – but not unlike it either

I’ve often seen companies (and their teams) suffer unduly from something that was foreseen, planned for, but then not averted. So many “decisions” made but then not implemented. Captured eloquently…
Guaranteed business failure

Guaranteed business failure

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…
“There may have been guns involved” – Greg Lavery’s journey to founding a circular economy business

“There may have been guns involved” – Greg Lavery’s journey to founding a circular economy business

“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…
Great companies don’t prioritise size over mojo – Bo Burlingham

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…

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