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Wisdom

I was having a business discussion recently and was expressing my disappointment that for some people in the organisation what was being said was not reflected in what actually happened. I quoted from the Bible, Mathew 7:16 ‘You will know them by their fruit.’ I am not at all religious; when I was a teenagerContinue reading “Wisdom”

Business values matter

On Friday I attended an online business networking event where each month they hold a draw and the winner gets 2 minutes the following month to talk about their business to the whole group, normally about 40 to 50 people before we have a series of breakout rooms of about five to six people. TheContinue reading “Business values matter”

Get rid of low aspirations

Several events that happened over the last couple of weeks resulted in me having clarity about why productivity in the UK is low compared to other developed countries and has been for many years. There are lots of different ways of measuring productivity, we do badly under all those measures. A great source of informationContinue reading “Get rid of low aspirations”

How to survive in hard economic times

I am writing this while having a cup of coffee and a toasted sandwich in Costa Coffee, in Pool. It is just after 11 am and the cafe is busy with only a few tables free. The customers are diverse; a group of young mothers with toddlers meeting up for a catch up, a retiredContinue reading “How to survive in hard economic times”

Doing the right thing will not cost the earth – it will probably save you money.

With interest rates rises, high fuel costs, the cost-of-living crisis and the poor state of the UK economy there are calls for the Government to roll back on their plans for Net Zero by 2050. The argument is that it will cost consumers and businesses money when they can least afford it. A recent surveyContinue reading “Doing the right thing will not cost the earth – it will probably save you money.”

Change – the only constant!

At the beginning of the week Google celebrated it’s 25th year. In that time it has gone from a search engine challenger to being the dominant one and has replaced ‘perform an internet search’ with ‘Google it’. Google is more than just a search engine, if you look on Wikipedia you will see a longContinue reading “Change – the only constant!”

Work life balance

A grave concern Personally, I do not believe in work/life balance; I think the scales should fall heavily on one side. To help people decide which side when I give talks about health and work I suggest they walk around the local graveyard and read the inscriptions on headstones. I can guarantee not one ofContinue reading “Work life balance”

Ask and ye shall receive

I am reproducing this post from about a year ago as it came to mind because I was due to be at a Your Partnerships event tomorrow asking on behalf of Go Beyond, unfortunately I cannot go because I have Covid. Fortunately, someone is going to ask for me. “My debut as a stand-up comedianContinue reading “Ask and ye shall receive”

Business Plans – proper ones

This post will be short in keeping with its theme. Business plans are a great idea, I would say an essential item; however, they are misunderstood and underused; often ignored. When I was working in the Friendly Society sector in the early 2,000s some of those organisations were archaic and I used to give talksContinue reading “Business Plans – proper ones”

Is your business truly inclusive?

Make space for others to flourish. I wrote this and posted it on the blog just over a year ago. It is worth repeating. A little while ago I attended an excellent training event on Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism run by Greenpeace. During the introduction some ground rules were set, these included the usual thingsContinue reading “Is your business truly inclusive?”