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I have a slight problem with bamboo pens. Not the pens themselves. They're perfectly innocent. My problem is what they sometimes represent. Over the years, I've attended countless business events, conferences and meetings where sustainability has been reduced to a...

There are five words that make me slightly nervous whenever I hear them in business. “We've always done it this way.” Sometimes there's a perfectly good reason. A process works. Customers like it. The numbers stack up. Everyone knows what they're doing. Fantastic. But...

We're obsessed with growth in business. More customers. More revenue. More employees. More locations. More followers. More everything. Ask somebody how their business is doing and they'll often answer with a number. Turnover is up. The team has grown. They've opened...

There’s a phrase I hear a lot in business. “We need to define our purpose.” So everyone gets together. There are Post-it notes. There’s a flip chart. Somebody has inevitably brought coloured pens. We talk about values. We discuss mission statements. We debate whether...

Why I Didn't Go To Costa Rica For A Holiday Lessons from Costa Rica were not what I expected. Like many business owners, I boarded the plane believing I was simply taking some time away. After years spent building businesses, championing B Corp values, speaking about...

Perspective is a powerful leadership tool. I’ve learned that more through lived experience than through any formal idea of leadership. It doesn’t arrive in a structured or predictable way. Instead, it tends to surface quietly, often when you are slightly removed from...

After nearly 24 hours of travel, I finally arrived in Costa Rica. The journey from Manchester to San José via Atlanta felt long, tiring and slightly surreal. Somewhere over the Atlantic, I started thinking about Costa Rica sustainability lessons and what they could...

Purpose-led leadership rarely begins with a carefully designed career plan. Instead, it often emerges from moments of pressure, discomfort and deep questioning. Purpose-led leadership sits at the heart of Celia Gaze’s work today, yet its origins trace back to a time...

Sustainable business speaker work often begins with a moment that shifts everything, and for me, that moment happened a year ago in Eldoret, Kenya. I walked into a primary school that instantly opened my understanding of fairness, courage, and the responsibility...

If you think succession planning is tricky, try doing it for a llama. Yes, really. Our iconic bow-tie-wearing boys have been part of The Wellbeing Farm’s story from the very beginning. They’ve charmed wedding guests, posed for countless selfies, and even managed to...

Facing your fears is one of life’s greatest lessons. Aristotle once said, “He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.” That simple line has stayed with me for years. It’s powerful because it’s true — freedom doesn’t come from comfort. It comes from courage. For...

Conscious leadership starts with small choices Conscious leadership is not abstract. It shows up in daily choices. It appears in the moments when pressure to conform collides with the courage to stay aligned. One such moment came for me during Go Sober for October. My...