If you’re after a long-term relationship with someone, you shouldn’t be trying to get jiggy every time you meet. It’s tiring, it’s tedious, it’s offensive, and even if it works, it won’t last beyond the initial dopamine hit. Same for business. Founders are full of initiatives. That’s one of the things that makes them better […]
Strategy
BoP #007 Grow your team so everyone wants to poach them
The quality of your team, however you measure it, is a direct reflection of the attention you’ve paid to finding, recruiting and developing them. Meaning it’s on you! It’s easy to be disappointed in members of your team – whether in how they’re doing their job, or how they’re impacting others in the organisation. And […]
“Could we use technology to help the sector really accelerate its impact?” Vinay Nair, CEO Lightful
“How can we collectively increase the quantity and quality of giving to nonprofits, to charities, so that they can raise more awareness, raise more funds, deliver more impact in their communities?” That’s the question that defines Lightful’s work – the company co-founded by my guest on this week’s Karmic Capitalist podcast. Lightful uses technology to […]
Leadership couples uncertainty and impact
OK, so we are neither Presidents of the USA or Prime Ministers of the UK. However, I couldn’t help but think of these snippets in tandem – one from Obama’s autobiography, and the other from the BBC reporting on the checklist that new PMs go through when appointed. Do read them both. They highlight the […]
The final judgement is “Does it Feel good?” – Alex Holliman, CEO of Climbing Trees
So you’re running an ethical agency. A criminal organisation posing as a listed company – let’s call them Belgian Australian Tobacco – approaches you. “We fund an ‘anti-smoking education programme’ along with some of our other friends. But the challenge is that it’s not as easy to find us on the web as it is […]