Thoughts on Values

Fun is culture, not activities

Fun. So often lacking in business. Or forced. Or contrived. Or plain cringemaking. I laugh when I work. Lots. Sometimes others laugh with me. I suspect often at me. And…
Building the pipeline for girls to flourish in business

Building the pipeline for girls to flourish in business

There’s a moral case for your company to give equal opportunities for your team regardless of their backgrounds, their gender or their sexual orientation. There’s also an business-performance one in…
The ripples you create

The ripples you create

The ripples you create… I was on a train going into central London yesterday. A lady came on, Korean I think, and sat down opposite me and on the other…

What if growth isn’t the strategy?

Could your strategy be not to double your business / kill the opposition / become the biggest / ….. ? I was given an interesting dilemma by a CEO who…

Mission turns our diversity from divisiveness to strength

Back in the 1950s, after US presidential elections when pollsters asked citizens who didn’t vote for the winning candidate what their reaction was, the responses tended to be along the…

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