13: Roisin Currie: values-on-the-go

13: Roisin Currie: values-on-the-go

Greggs’ CEO Roisin Currie talks about her own values and those of the business. How did they come to be, how do they come to life – and how do they underpin the phenomenal growth of this British High Street hero?
Slogans, steelworks and scepticism

Slogans, steelworks and scepticism

An interesting side note to Jingye’s ownership of the British Steel site in Scunthorpe has led me to reflect on a deeper distinction – not just between values and ‘words on the wall’, but between cultures of obedience and cultures of trust. Jingye, which has direct...
Culture Club: what happens when values-Leaders really talk

Culture Club: what happens when values-Leaders really talk

Recently I invited a group of carefully chosen people to the first gathering of something new: Culture Club. It was an experiment without agenda, built on a shared curiosity about what happens when you bring together people who live and lead through values. Around the...
12: Matt King: the values of education

12: Matt King: the values of education

“Once you get over yourself,” says Matt King, headmaster of Great Ballard School, you can have “the joy of appointing people who are so much better than you.” And it's that view that permeates his approach to colleagues, students and...
The Being Playful Podcast with Chris Marshall

The Being Playful Podcast with Chris Marshall

I sat down with Chris Marshall to talk about values and playfulness, You can hear it here. Here’s how he introduced the episode: Ever wondered how our values and playfulness intertwine to shape authentic leadership and organisational culture? In this episode,...