People worth understanding
People often reveal more about the world than institutions or ideas can on their own. Their choices, ambitions, experiences and contradictions can illuminate the forces shaping the societies and communities around them.
This section explores individuals and communities whose work, character or experiences reveal something larger than the story of one person alone.
From People
Essays and observations on individuals and communities whose choices, work and experiences offer a wider perspective on enterprise, culture, society and the world around them.
The People Who Grow With Us
An enterprise is shaped not only by the talent it attracts, but also by the ambition and capabilities it develops in those who grow alongside it. Drawing on the experience of building businesses in smaller towns, this essay examines how opportunity, patience and shared experience can turn overlooked potential into lasting contribution, and why trust…
