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

Time and what to do with it

We don’t have much control over the amount of time we have available to do things. However we have a…
“Purpose-driven people are problem solvers and doers” – Ruth Hartnoll, CEO of Matchstick Creative

“Purpose-driven people are problem solvers and doers” – Ruth Hartnoll, CEO of Matchstick Creative

A fundamental principle if you want to do purpose well in your company is to look after your profit. Note…

Giving your senior team more to do

As your team gets more senior, they need to think more about the organisation than about themselves. It’s one of…

The danger of our current obsession with authenticity

We have a real obsession with “authenticity” today, which I fear in many ways is a toxic one. I’m not…
What effective collaboration to tackle climate change looks like – Harriet Lamb of Ashden

What effective collaboration to tackle climate change looks like – Harriet Lamb of Ashden

I have two firsts in this Karmic Capitalist podcast episode. First, Harriet is the first CBE to deign to accept…

The importance of your not making (all / most) decisions

Almost every company I see where the CEO is too busy suffers from at least one of 3 key criteria…

You think you’ve survived …

A number of businesses I meet are dying slowly. Often without knowing it. And it’s just like the sunny spell…
“Who knew that coffee grinds sticking to Teflon would be a thing?” George May, MD of bio-bean

“Who knew that coffee grinds sticking to Teflon would be a thing?” George May, MD of bio-bean

How challenging has it been to get your company going? I think getting a new product to market has to…

Self help and save the planet snakeoil

Watching the promises made at COP26 fritter away brings to mind the similarities between it and most company strategy awaydays…

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