Does your financial duty trump your moral one as a business leader? For sure, we want to align the two if we can, but what if there is a conflict? Here are 4 books I’ve really enjoyed, which complement each other really well, and should be read by everyone building a purposeful business (i.e. a […]
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Being good isn’t enough
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” What is true of “men” in Edmund Burke’s famous quote is true of any social unit – communities, companies, governments. I believe most humans are good, and the vast majority are not intentionally bad. With a few exceptions (step […]
How SME leaders kill off their strongest advantage
It never ceases to amaze me when SMEs voluntarily kill off their own advantages. One of the beauties of being relatively small is that we can be nimble. We can respond or pre-empt quickly. We don’t need to get 8 levels of approval, manage 9 competing quarterly-bonus obsessed execs and align 12 business units. Yet […]
Shall we rebuild the same unequal, vulnerable and high-carbon economy we had before?
“It would be a tragedy if after spending $10-20tn of public money we simply rebuild the same unequal, vulnerable and high-carbon economy we had before.” Dr Andrew Steer, president and CEO of World Resources Institute. I couldn’t have said it better. But beyond saying it, we actually need to act. Here are a couple of […]
Less than 10% of us want to go back to normal
A recent YouGov poll found that less than 10% of those questioned wanted life to return to “normal” after the crisis is over. Almost all the things that people want from “new normal” relate to community, environment and lifestyle / balance. What’s not in the survey is the fact (I assume) that most people still […]