Caroline Criado Perez is sadly spot on to highlight that we are collectively undervaluing both paid and unpaid work by women. Although there’s some talk of the enormous value of women’s unpaid work, in homes, families and societies, there’s far from global recognition and subsequent action. And on women’s paid work, I still see an […]
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The importance of the internal compass
“Our ambition should not be to win, then, but to play with our full effort. Our intention is not to be thanked or recognized, but to help and to do what we think is right. Our focus is not on what happens to us but on how we respond. In this, we will always find […]
You don’t lead organisations. You lead people.
You don’t lead organisations. You lead people. Obvious, but so often forgotten. I know many CEOs who are at heart very human and humane, but feel a peer pressure especially when in groups to do “what a CEO is supposed to do”. And they lose sight of the fact that in the end, it’s people […]
Are you a mini-Boris? Am I? Are we all?
On climate, on social issues, on using business for good – are we all mini-Borises? Boris’s climate policies and plans (inasmuch as they exist) fall a long way short of Boris’s climate promises. If you’re generous, you may flatter him with a “road to hell paved with good intentions”. If you’re a cynic, you’ll see […]
Not quite “Don’t Look Up” – but not unlike it either
I’ve often seen companies (and their teams) suffer unduly from something that was foreseen, planned for, but then not averted. So many “decisions” made but then not implemented. Captured eloquently in the readable and practical “Moments of Impact” by Chris Ertel and Lisa Kay Solomon. “Most of the time, not only do leaders of floundering organizations see the bullet […]