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

“We need to make it easier to do the right thing”. Diversity in companies with Martin Mason, CEO of Unleashed

“We need to make it easier to do the right thing”. Diversity in companies with Martin Mason, CEO of Unleashed

I remember in the early 90s being told to staple my photograph to any CVs I sent out applying for…
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What if the easy thing were always the right thing?

Make doing right easy. If there were a single mantra for consistently improving business (and life, and the planet, and…
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Fashion can be done ethically – Antonia Johnstone, CEO Sign of the Times

Fashion can be done ethically – Antonia Johnstone, CEO Sign of the Times

When it comes to sustainability and human rights, Fashion has earned a terrible reputation. And mostly for very good reason.…
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Too little clarity disempowers your team. Too much suffocates them

A key foundation stone for scaling effectively is clarity. Clarity of purpose first, then of values, of means and of…
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Is your impatience impacting your team?

We’re a restless bunch, us founders. We’re don’t tend to be particularly patient, and we get frustrated when people “don’t…
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Doing good and having meaning is a far bigger focus than growing – Stephanie Fisher, Founder Hello Earth

Doing good and having meaning is a far bigger focus than growing – Stephanie Fisher, Founder Hello Earth

You’ve just moved from one end of the planet to the other. You’re pregnant. And you want to be working.…
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Getting ready for Next Year

New year round the corner, recession in the works, and a burgeoning need for our businesses to step up and…
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“We create wealth on Capitalist principles and distribute it on Marxist ones”

“We create wealth on Capitalist principles and distribute it on Marxist ones”

“Create wealth like a Capitalist, distribute it like a Marxist.” Here’s what that looks like… Simon Biltcliffe believes that Capitalism…
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Does your business need great people or great processes?

Most businesses I come across, especially in the SME world, are either trying hard to get a bunch of processes…
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