15 Oct 2020
Showing vulnerability is key, despite how hard it is
Simon Rogerson discusses the importance of showing vulnerability, in life as well as business, along with why it’s so hard to do so.
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7 Sep 2020
Businesses need to learn to apologise
As people we apologise when we make a mistake, so why should it be different for businesses? Octopus Group CEO Simon Rogerson thinks businesses need to apologise more often.
29 Jul 2020
100,000 startups in a day
Optimism has all but evaporated. For the last few months, we’ve woken up to endless stories of businesses going bust or lurching from...
6 Jul 2020
The COVID Sales Conundrum: your pipeline will determine how quickly you bounce back
Reviving your sales pipeline to bounce back from coronavirus will take more than just hard work. Simon Rogerson shares 20 years of sales lessons as a guide.
26 Jun 2020
Employee Share Ownership: Power To The People
We tend not to have many rules at Octopus. There’s no 50-page staff handbook, no requirement to log holiday and no prescriptive list of what...
12 Jun 2020
The diary of a COVID-19 CEO – Part II
As we move into month three of the lockdown, I want to share with you some thoughts about what’s been working, what hasn’t, and what I’ve been worrying about since my last update
10 Jun 2020
The importance of compassion in business
Profit should not be the driving force behind business decisions, but that's what we’re teaching future generations. Thankfully, things are starting to change.