Economic Steps
Kaos Pilots to help transport Socks for Happy People!
Thursday, November 20th, 2008Last night I had the pleasure of meeting with two Kaos Pilots!
Rowan (from Denmark) and Zulma (from Columbia) have recently moved close by (with their adorable newborn Naira) having finished studying at the Arhus Kaos Pilot school in Denmark. They have clearly landed with a cargo packed full of really interesting and innovative ideas and [...]
Socks on Dragons Den!
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008For us, Dragons Den is a nice little bit of homework and it always gives us some fresh perspective on Socks for Happy People.
But last nights Dragons Den, episode 8 and the last in the current series, gave us the best perspective yet! It saw ‘Beyond Boil’, a business with an underlying social mission to [...]
Money can make a world of difference
Thursday, July 10th, 2008With Tom away in Mongolia looking at Camel Hair socks for one of our social initiatives, I get to busy myself with all things official. Recently my specialist subject has been banking…..with an onus on the ethical management of our money.
Because if ‘money makes the world go round’ then surely it makes sense to choose [...]
Retail sales rise by 3.5%, but who benefits?
Thursday, June 19th, 2008Despite the forecasts, retail sales rose by 3.5% in May, which is the strongest monthly growth since January 1986. Now, imagine if every single one of those retail sales also gave a gift for free to someone that really, really needed it?
Well, we have friends who’s mission is to actually make that happen, and they’ve [...]
So…are you going to apply to be the next The Apprentice?
Thursday, June 12th, 2008As the final credits rolled after a particularly good series of The Apprentice my household toyed with the idea of applying for the next series. In the end, the unanimous reason not to apply was that we “wouldn’t want to work for one of Alan Sugars companies!”
And it seems we’re not the only ones who [...]
Cheer up Garth Crooks!
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008It’s been ages since I sat down to watch Football Focus on a Saturday afternoon but at the weekend I did it! I got our TV out, made myself a nice warm brew and sat down ready for a rare dose of sporting speculation.
And I enjoyed my time with the guys on Football Focus, on [...]
Barefoot Business
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008Our development trip to India in December really helped us explore the array of opportunities to do ‘barefoot business’.
Yes. You did read that right: we’re a sock company…..interested in all things ‘barefoot’!
Thanks to EXDL’s contacts and organisational skills we were able to experience just how holistic and beneficial production and commerce can be.
We [...]
Marvellous memories made making magic missions
Friday, May 16th, 2008For being ‘creative’s’ we don’t half love the paper work….or should I say white board, flip chart, skype and beer mat work!
Creating the Visions and Missions that are at the heart of Socks for Happy People has been a very real process that is now starting to bear fruit.
We’ve been fortunate enough to have [...]
Building a Happy Business
Thursday, April 24th, 2008Julia designed this here blog for us over at Glorious Creative HQ, but was she happy?
Having just been flicking through ‘Building a Happiness-Centred Business’ (by Paddi Lund) when she sent through the initial visuals I thought I’d pop her the question right there and then: On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being really happy) [...]