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

Great and Mediocre Teams and Ideas

Great and Mediocre Teams and Ideas

“if you give a good idea to a mediocre team, they will screw it up. If you give a mediocre…
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Give them a chance even though they might fail

I’ve often given young(ish!) people in my team positions of relatively large responsibility. Almost every time I’ve done it, they’ve…
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Reasons your team won’t do what you told them to do

One of the most common frustrations I’ve heard from CEOs and managers more generally is “But I told them ….”…
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Freedom has Consequences

Freedom has Consequences

Freedom. So easily abused and misunderstood when we have it. So fundamental for our humanity that we have to fight…
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Where strategy goes to die No. 9 – The framework is rarely the problem or the solution

A common response when strategy doesn’t seem to be happening is to throw out the framework for implementing it and…
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Where strategy goes to die #8 – A masterpiece of spreadsheets, not humans

A strategy articulated by the most beautiful and elegant diagram of neatly-fitting geometric shapes is often laid waste by the…
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Mess in your strategy is normal

Mess in your strategy is normal

“No one should develop a strategy without taking into account the effects of organizational friction. Yet we continue to be…
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5301 trees and 7 women entrepreneurs

5301 trees and 7 women entrepreneurs

Beyond the Quarter’s mission is to create a world where business serves humanity. We help leaders build companies that are…
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On Boris, on values, on apologies and on leadership

Liz Truss this morning said in interview that there are more important things to focus on than whether Boris Johnson…
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