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

Business is not a spreadsheet

I’ve worked in places where making the numbers right on a spreadsheet meant playing with people’s lives. I’ve also worked…

Don’t let your clients’ lack of ethics or inefficiency endanger your business

Cash flow, revenue, sales. These are the oxygen for our businesses. They’re not what creates the value, but we’d be…

Promotion into Management isn’t always the best thing for your stars

When you promote within your team, bear in mind that different jobs are suited to different personalities, and don’t expect…

Your company can only contribute sustainably if it is profitable

When discussions with my clients turns towards the contribution their company makes to their community or environment, I obsess that…

Your team MUST be able to disagree with you

I remember once having a really heated debate with one of my team members. We held strongly divergent views on…

The importance of having a priority system

A bad, or no, prioritisation system can kill your company. Having an effective way to prioritise is one of the…

Numbers aren’t always the answer

My background is in data analysis, so I do and love numbers. I’m all for KPIs / MBOs / OKRs…

Supporting the next generation of female founders

Lovely to chat with Margaret-Ann Splawn today, sage and advisor on climate finance investment. One thing she raised that I…

Great People or Great Processes?

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

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