[ People / numbers ]

Running a business includes the requirement to look at the numbers.  Numbers such as revenue, expenses, profit margins; or the number of chairs, laptops, meeting rooms and coffee makers.    These numbers factor into the healthy running of a business: you need the income (revenue) to pay for the outgoes (expenses).  Simples.

But paying attention to numbers only risks leaving out attention to the other essential ingredient in business: the people.  Most businesses don’t exist without people, and businesses don’t thrive without good people. That’s an even more simple equation, yet it might be getting lost in these times of upheaval.