How to turn down revenue that isn’t aligned with your company’s purpose and/or values? As I’m currently on holiday with my family, and there’s no #KarmicCapitalist podcast episode this or next week, I thought I’d pick a couple of learnings I had in themes talking to my guests. One consistent theme from the companies that […]
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“Who knew that coffee grinds sticking to Teflon would be a thing?” George May, MD of bio-bean
How challenging has it been to get your company going? I think getting a new product to market has to be one of the more challenging businesses to get going. But what if… Your product is a new formulation and needs independent scientific validation for your customers to buy it? Or you need to experiment […]
Self help and save the planet snakeoil
Watching the promises made at COP26 fritter away brings to mind the similarities between it and most company strategy awaydays and self-help retreats. One of the things that most of the multi-$Bn self-help industry knows is that it’s easier to sell a dream than the hard work to do it. And that people can come […]
We don’t find purpose. We create it.
We don’t find purpose or meaning. We create them. The beauty and power of that is that it means we get to choose. Admittedly, in some circumstances, purpose is thrust on us. And our context also shapes our thinking. But in the end, we choose. (if we choose to!) One of the conversations I love […]
Would you sack your biggest client to keep your team happy? – Richard Clarke of Secret Source
Would you sack your biggest client if they were making your team unhappy? Create a BIG hole in your revenue and profit? Actually put some of your team at risk due to the financial hit? “We want our team to be happy”. Pretty much every company says this at some level. And in the inimitable […]