Thoughts on Protect & Build Better

Have your kids influenced your business?

Have your kids influenced your business?

Next week, my eldest child starts at uni. And it makes me wonder what kind of parent I’ve been. Not just whether I’ve had a positive influence on his character,…
4 Books to create better businesses

4 Books to create better businesses

Does your financial duty trump your moral one as a business leader? For sure, we want to align the two if we can, but what if there is a conflict?…
Leadership may need you to use soft skills to do hard things

Leadership may need you to use soft skills to do hard things

It’s a funny thing I notice about LinkedIn. Posts about vulnerability, authenticity and psychological safety get a lot of interaction. Which is great, as these are important, if nuanced, topics…

How SME leaders kill off their strongest advantage

It never ceases to amaze me when SMEs voluntarily kill off their own advantages. One of the beauties of being relatively small is that we can be nimble. We can…

Shall we rebuild the same unequal, vulnerable and high-carbon economy we had before?

“It would be a tragedy if after spending $10-20tn of public money we simply rebuild the same unequal, vulnerable and high-carbon economy we had before.” Dr Andrew Steer, president and…

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