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.

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

Leaders, your role is to catalyse, amplify and own

Leaders, your role is to catalyse, amplify and own. In fact, whether you realise it or not, you’ll be doing…
The “me” economy

The “me” economy

This graph says it all. We have become far more focussed on ourselves than on others, and the world is…

The right order of attributes to look for in a potential team member

There is usually a strong focus during the recruitment process on a candidate’s skill and experience. This is absolutely right…

UK Government Gets on the Responsible Capitalism Bandwagon

It is good to see the government making noises about the role of values in the companies which it buys…

Great processes don’t remove the need to have great people

“Turn it into a process”. Most businesses I work with are either doing this, or live in shame because they’re…

Leaders – pause before launching your team at your latest idea

More crucial than knowing which things to focus on is absolute clarity about what to not do altogether. Because those…

Culture radiates to all your business relationships

There was little greater testament of the culture we built than the annual London to Paris or Amsterdam bike rides…

Good people sometimes do bad things

Sadly, I all too often see criticism at work focus on the individual rather than their actions. While we contextualise…

Founders – your team aren’t all entrepreneurs. And that’s a good thing.

A common story I find when working with founders is frustration with the managers that they appoint into their business.…

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