Insights from the Arena

Our antidote to generic, AI-generated content. Observations, patterns, discussions and provocations of what we've seen in the arena of leading people to create successful positive businesses.

Karmic Capitalist Podcast Stories from founders and advisors to businesses with values at the heart of their commercial model. From startups to post IPOs.

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Human Insight - based on our experiences, not AI's

Marketing has fuelled ill in the world. It can do better.

Marketing has fuelled ill in the world. It can do better.

Marketing has been responsible for sooo many of the ills we’re suffering in today’s world. Overconsumption is the biggie. Encapsulated…
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Each policy you add is a small nail in the trust coffin

Are you loading up your company with policies? So often I see SMEs feeling like they need to add a…
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As CEO, would you trust your team to set your pay? Henry Stewart, CEO of Happy Ltd

As CEO, would you trust your team to set your pay? Henry Stewart, CEO of Happy Ltd

Trust – much aspired to within companies – starts at the top. The more you trust your team, the more…
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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…
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Would you sack your biggest client to keep your team happy? – Richard Clarke of Secret Source

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…
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What price your values?

What price for your values? Seriously, if you run a company, and were asked, what price would you put on…
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Overwhelm for leaders is real

One of the hardest challenges for CEOs who take their role seriously is the need to continually shine a light,…
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Everyone in your company at some level is jockeying for position

Everyone has blind spots, and CEOs are no different. One of the biggies is forgetting that you’re the only one…
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The list is not the thing

Lists are the most underused and undervalued weapon in building companies and bringing control to them. I use them (with…
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