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

What if growth isn’t the strategy?

Could your strategy be not to double your business / kill the opposition / become the biggest / ….. ?…
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Mission turns our diversity from divisiveness to strength

Back in the 1950s, after US presidential elections when pollsters asked citizens who didn’t vote for the winning candidate what…
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Honour

Honour. Seems like an old-fashioned word. “Doing the honourable thing” is mostly taken to mean that young men should accept…
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Great processes aren’t a substitute for great people

“Turn it into a process”. Most SMEs I come across with are either doing this, or claiming that they are…
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Relationships are in the “and”

I’ve always had a mantra about what good consulting is. It’s what I strive for, and what I say ad…
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If your team needs challenge…

If your team needs challenge…

We’ve just had a wonderful time snowboarding and skiing in Sierra Nevada in the South of Spain. The range is…
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Flourish

Flourish. That’s my word for work in 2023. It’s always been there for me. It was the biggest satisfaction I…
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Me first

Me first

For all the talk of servant leadership, in society at large, our focus is increasingly on “me first”. But if…
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The recession doesn’t own your response

Official confirmation of recession, tax raises and spending cuts. Doom and gloom 24×7 on the news. Here’s my take on…
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