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The company that helps charities make donations count

Giving to charity is one of the easiest ways to do good. But have you ever wondered what impact your donation actually has?Enter my ...
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The recession doesn’t own your response

Official confirmation of recession, tax raises and spending cuts. Doom and gloom 24x7 on the news. Here's my take on what it means for ...
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“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 work. I'm no George ...
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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 my dancing), it would ...
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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. But there are some ...
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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 responsibilities. But every CEO ...
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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 just get it". Or ...
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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. What do you do?It’s ...
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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 meet environmental and social ...
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“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 is a great way ...
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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 in place or are ...
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The organisation trying to fix a fundamental employment paradox in the UK

We have a bit of an employment paradox in the UK. As Matt Powell, the founder and CEO of Breaking Barriers, puts it "We ...
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