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

Have your kids influenced your business?

Have your kids influenced your business?

Next week, my eldest child starts at uni. And it makes me wonder what kind of parent I’ve been. Not…
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Don’t be a Should Shoveller

I find that the people who should the most, often do the least. When I meet a manager who shoulds…
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Most strategic decisions are harmful or irrelevant

Most strategic decisions made by leadership teams are at best irrelevant, and at worst harmful. And this is for one…
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New processes won’t replace old (bad)habits

Those of us with an entrepreneurial mind tend to be bling-hogs (guilty as charged). Our bling is new books, new…
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The redundant founder / CEO

The redundant founder / CEO

The majority of my work these days tends to be with companies that need support in scaling up. That may…
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4 Books to create better businesses

4 Books to create better businesses

Does your financial duty trump your moral one as a business leader? For sure, we want to align the two…
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Your team’s question to you is often not a question at all

Something I’ve observed in many leaders is the feeling that they have to have an answer when asked a question.…
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The dangers of advice

The dangers of advice

“I cannot judge what he did, because I did not have his information”. A particularly sage comment from the then…
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Leadership may need you to use soft skills to do hard things

Leadership may need you to use soft skills to do hard things

It’s a funny thing I notice about LinkedIn. Posts about vulnerability, authenticity and psychological safety get a lot of interaction.…
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