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From Income to Inheritance
A report in the Financial Times on 25 May revealed that bank lending to British businesses has dropped to its lowest level in almost 30 years, as traditional institutions pull back from SMEs. On the surface, this is a story about banking. Underneath, it is a story about who gets to build an asset, pass something on and break the cycle of working hard for income that never compounds into wealth.
Sonia Brown MBE
Jun 186 min read
Menopause, Identity & Our Unspoken Stories
For many of us, no one warned us it was coming.
Our mothers did not talk about it. Our aunties changed the subject. The leaflet at the GP surgery did not look like us and when our bodies started to shift, the sleepless nights, the anxiety, the rage, the grief we could not name, we did what we were raised to do.
We got on with it.
But getting on with it is costing us.
The evidence now confirms what many of us have always felt.
Sonia Brown MBE
Jun 163 min read
99 Problems, One Pattern
Not long ago, I was in a room where a group of Black men were, ostensibly, discussing leadership. One ran a business. One held a senior corporate role. One was recently divorced. Another was navigating elderly parents and university fees simultaneously. One was frustrated about being passed over for promotion. Another was considering leaving his profession entirely.
Sonia Brown MBE
Jun 166 min read
9 Toxic Managers
Drawing from the classic framework of toxic managers, let us dissect each type, illustrate through HS2’s alleged shortcomings, examine their career-long impact on leaders and offer actionable strategies grounded in management studies, behavioural science, neuroscience and insights from Black academic research on navigating bias, intergenerational trauma and cultural dynamics.
Sonia Brown MBE
Jun 156 min read
Why Smart Founders Borrow More Than Money
If you asked one hundred aspiring entrepreneurs what they need most to succeed, the overwhelming majority would probably give the same answer. Money!
Access to finance has become the dominant conversation in entrepreneurship. We hear about venture capital, angel investors, grants, crowdfunding and investment readiness. Business television celebrates funding rounds, newspapers report million-pound valuations and social media often creates the impression that the next cheque i
Sonia Brown MBE
Jun 128 min read
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