Thoughts, News and Views

Great companies don’t prioritise size over mojo – Bo Burlingham

Bo Burlingham's excellent book, "Small Giants", charts the stories of companies for whom being great is more important than being big. In each case, ...
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We’re trying to standardise what “good” is, but we shouldn’t – Charles Radclyffe

Much of the ESG drive, especially in reporting, is to standardise what is good, what is ethical. Get to an index as definitive as sales ...
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How Repc is closing the digital divide while fighting waste – Bevil Williams

To succeed in addressing today's large challenges, we'll need collaboration between business, government, the third sector and society. But we also need it translated ...
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The Good that comes when your business model aligns perfectly with your purpose – Tumelo’s Georgia Stewart

Stepping up to meet the global challenges we face today is going to need concerted action from us in all the various roles we ...
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Is your sustainability certificate greenwash, limited, or expansive?

Is your sustainability certificate really making a difference? How deep does it go? Has it helped shape your commercial strategy? I see a lot ...
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It’s not about empowerment

Leaders should not empower their teams. We should not empower women. We should not empower under-represented minorities. As far back as I can recall, ...
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How business fits into History, Anthropology, Climate, Society and what to do about it!

"We have everything we need to fix things and make it better for everyone in the world... Perhaps not the billionaires." Can business leaders ...
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We donated 16% of our time to charities in 2020

Purpose can be a real facilitator for growth and profitability. And in turn, growth increases your ability to make impact, while profitability allows the business ...
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Don’t build a mansion on cardboard foundations

I'm stunned sometimes by how often the basics get overlooked and then bite your business in the most painful way. Founders are often visionaries ...
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“How do you drive the endless supply of money that is business into doing good?” – Neal Gandhi of The Panoply

This episode of #TheKarmicCapitalist podcast is so back-to-back full of real life, practical lessons that it was nigh-on impossible to fit it into our ...
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The power of values for simplifying

Clear Values Simplify. Company values should do 3 things. Align: clear expectations make decisions easier and more delegatable; Attract: aligned customers, team members and ...
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Tony’s on a mission to bring power to Africa – Renewables in Africa

"We'd like to fully electrify Africa by 2040, with renewable energy at its core".That's the vision that Tony Tiyou had when he set up ...
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