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

Dissent in the board / leadership room

Leaders should debate vigorously, then STFU and unify behind their decision. I’ve written elsewhere about what a company loses when…
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Decisions – Delay some, speed others through

Being decisive is a values business asset, especially for leaders and founders of businesses. For good reason – indecisiveness can…
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“Grow Grow Grow Sell” Isn’t the Only Path for your Company

It’s interesting talking to founders of companies about where they’d like their companies to get to. There seems to be…
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Does your team over-commit?

How often have you seen members of your team commit to something that they then don’t do? How often have…
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The Pure Tosh of “You’re better off starting your own company”

“There’s no such thing as job security in companies today, so better be secure in your own business than insecure…
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Are your communications tools actually destroying value?

I love Slack. From a collaboration perspective, I wish it’d been around a long time ago. But it’s contributing to…
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The grass is greener where you water it

The grass may *look* greener on the other side, but the truth is it’s greener where you water it. And…
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The best leaders on your team may be ignoring your KPIs

When you’re evaluating leadership potential in your team, remember that all the metrics you have are proxy metrics. You can’t…
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“Employees First” isn’t the path to a successful business

Business Half-Truth #2: Look after your employees first. I’ve seen too many turn this into making customers a distant second…
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