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

Is your leadership team’s lack of discipline entirely their fault?

Is your leadership team’s lack of discipline entirely their fault?

One of the most common reasons companies stall or plateau is a leadership team that doesn’t follow through on its…
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Is all growth good?

Is all growth good?

Is a lack of growth failure? I find it fascinating that when I’ve asked a CEO why their business exists,…
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Switch your problem perspective to what you can learn

Switch your problem perspective to what you can learn

Mother nature ripped a hole in your strategy. Government flip flops hacked it bigger. Then the wonderful variety of individual…
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Good leadership is a paradox solved by context

“10 things all good leaders do”. Nice clickbait, but almost always trite, misleading and written by someone who’s not led…
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Celebrate business founders – but for the right reason

Celebrate business founders – but for the right reason

“Most of you will fail, disrespected, impoverished, but we are grateful for the risks you are taking and the sacrifices…
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Is your company suffering the great resignation or the great reshuffle?

The great reshuffle is a far more accurate description of what’s happening than the great resignation (sadly, I didn’t coin…
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Male bosses need to read this to better understand their female team members

Male bosses need to read this to better understand their female team members

Gender-specific post for blokes who run companies. READ THIS BOOK! Many men, myself included, have often said that the system’s…
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You can’t have it all. But you can have what’s important

You can’t have it all. But you can have what’s important

I get somewhat fed up seeing and hearing advice about how you can “have it all”. Sure, at some level,…
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Even as we live longer, we are thinking shorter

Even as we live longer, we are thinking shorter

My father was a lawyer by profession, but a gardner in soul. He understood that it takes time and patient…
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