The “Be Authentic” religion has always troubled me. Dogmatic. Non-negotiable. Supreme. I don’t buy it. It’s not the most important thing, because it positions your “authenticity” as more important than the collective good. “Be authentic” is a selfish mantra. The top of the hierarchy isn’t to be authentic. It is to “do the right thing”. […]
Values
A Special Place to work
A New Year’s wish for all of us. There’s a Special Place to work. One that is exceptionally rare, and often only temporary. It’s a place where the leaders understand that servant leadership is not a badge to show off for the world to know what a great leader they are, but a sacrifice to […]
Capitalism, Consumerism, Shamanism and Sado Masochism
Karmic Capitalist Season 2… “We’ve become addicted to convenience, and it’s killing us”. So how do you respond? Well if you’re Katie Hill and Jarvis Smith, you launch a lifestyle site selling things. Eh? EXCEPT – you make sure what you’re selling is ethically produced and sustainable, and that your suppliers work with and not […]
The importance of the internal compass
“Our ambition should not be to win, then, but to play with our full effort. Our intention is not to be thanked or recognized, but to help and to do what we think is right. Our focus is not on what happens to us but on how we respond. In this, we will always find […]
You don’t lead organisations. You lead people.
You don’t lead organisations. You lead people. Obvious, but so often forgotten. I know many CEOs who are at heart very human and humane, but feel a peer pressure especially when in groups to do “what a CEO is supposed to do”. And they lose sight of the fact that in the end, it’s people […]