John Featherby

“Partnership” is an alternative mental model that acts as both a high-level ideology for an organisation (i.e. how it sees its relationship with the world it inhabits) and a very particular relatio...

Because of its urgency The influence of innovation is nothing new. What is new is that organisations will fail, and fail fast, if they don’t pursue it. Innovation is no longer just about competitiv...

If You Are Not A UK Based Business If you are not a UK business you may still find the below interesting to read through as it will give you a flavour of the intent behind the legal component of B ...

Measurement is key to the belief in status quo organisations (see: "What is the status quo organisation?") that we can not only predict outcomes but that we can reliably control and analyse them. S...

Sales and Marketing used to be a tool to motivate customers, shift product and increase profit. Now, 21st Century Organisations have moved beyond these basic objectives, so have no need for this ki...

  Below are a series of reasons with questions you can ask your self to determine if B Corp could help. Contribute To The Greater Good Before we jump into the reasons why becoming a B Corp is good...

Surfacing Assumptions As leaders, we must first surface and address the hidden assumptions we hold about the nature of management and the capacity of “lower ranking” employees to deliver. Leaders o...

If we want freedom we must purchase it with accountability, responsibility, insecurity, vulnerability and, ultimately, a promise. It doesn’t come for free. Which is one reason why not everybody wan...

The idea of freedom sounds wonderful but, in reality, people are often hesitant to adopt it. Here’s why: The dominance of individualism Giving people more freedom only works if it is accompanied by...

Given Human Organisations require a much more bottom-up approach, where does that leave the Senior Leadership? There remains a place for Senior Leadership to articulate direction and boundaries. Bu...