We’ve just had a wonderful time snowboarding and skiing in Sierra Nevada in the South of Spain. The range is nowhere near as big as the Alps, and warm weather meant that only about 30% of the slopes were open. My younger self would have written this off as a dull holiday, and would have […]
Values
Flourish
Flourish. That’s my word for work in 2023. It’s always been there for me. It was the biggest satisfaction I got when I had a large team – seeing team members flourish. The stories that live with me most and which get me most emotional are those where I’ve seen people grow often beyond what […]
The company that helps charities make donations count
Giving to charity is one of the easiest ways to do good. But have you ever wondered what impact your donation actually has? Enter my guest on the Karmic Capitalist podcast, Rachael Murray, founder of a company appropriately called Making Impact Matter (MiM). Making Impact Matter helps charities figure out how to measure impact. But […]
“We need to make it easier to do the right thing”. Diversity in companies with Martin Mason, CEO of Unleashed
I remember in the early 90s being told to staple my photograph to any CVs I sent out applying for work. I’m no George Clooney, so I wondered why. I later found out it was so that people who only had my name to go on would see that I wasn’t Pakistani! So offensive at […]
What if the easy thing were always the right thing?
Make doing right easy. If there were a single mantra for consistently improving business (and life, and the planet, and my dancing), it would be tough to find a more effective one than “make it easy to do the right thing”. Whether it’s addressing commercial issues, strategic execution, or values (e.g. Diversity as I discuss […]