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

Succeeding at school may be harming your entrepreneurial career

There’s a reason that many successful business starters didn’t have sparkling academic careers, and why a lot of people who…
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Your business can’t be about you

Entrepreneurship and business become noble when you’re doing it to improve the lot of those around you, not just yourself.…
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Authenticity can hurt your business

Authenticity is today’s buzzword. And like most buzzwords, although it can make sense in many contexts, it is now overused,…
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Purpose AND Profit

There is still a face-off between Purpose and Profit in much of the business press these days. This is counterproductive.…
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Focus on culture when your cash flow sucks is like focusing on dancing when you can’t breath

I’m all about the team and the culture. That, to me, is what differentiates businesses, what makes some great, others…
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Knowledge can destroy your business

Knowledge is power. I still hear this all the time. Sure there’s truth in it, but it’s also simplistic and…
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Don’t park your humour outside the office

I’m always astonished by how many people decide to park their sense of humour outside the office. Work is a…
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You can’t scale your business on a 4 hour week

I read Tim Ferriss’s 4 hour work week probably a decade ago, and met him when he came to do…
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Your numbers need to add up, but only by putting people first

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