Thoughts on Values

Philosophy interlude! JS Mill on why your team must be able to disagree with you

Philosophy interlude! JS Mill on why your team must be able to disagree with you

Just back from my extended holiday (hence the lack of posts this week!) to pick up my eldest son’s GCSE results. The new new GCSE system (I was O levels!).…

Interview for Values fit, not Cultural alignment

Do you interview for cultural fit? I did. And I was wrong. I’ve interviewed well over 1000 people. As the person responsible for my team (whether in my own company,…

UK Government Gets on the Responsible Capitalism Bandwagon

It is good to see the government making noises about the role of values in the companies which it buys goods and services from (http://bsb.tips/ukgovtvalues). Minister for the Cabinet Office,…

Don’t let your clients’ lack of ethics or inefficiency endanger your business

Cash flow, revenue, sales. These are the oxygen for our businesses. They’re not what creates the value, but we’d be unable to create value without them. Which is why it’s…

Your company can only contribute sustainably if it is profitable

When discussions with my clients turns towards the contribution their company makes to their community or environment, I obsess that they need to be reliably profitable. Especially if their contribution…

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