Simon Laffin

Simon Laffin

@simonlaffin.bsky.social

Experienced company and Non-Executive Director, and writer on corporate governance. Author ‘Behind Closed Doors. The boardroom: How to get in get on and make a difference’. Views all my own.

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Simon Laffin
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Risk and strategy go hand-in-hand - but often companies don’t think enough about risk. In this episode of Boardroom Confidential I discuss risk, cash and making decisions in the boardroom. We talk cash flow as much as profit, human behaviour in the boardroom, and the unexpected. pod.fo/e/42101c

pod.foBoardroom Confidential: Cash, risk and 4am boardroom decisions, with Simon Laffin, Former Chairman, Flybe"Companies don't go bust because they don't make profit. They go bust because they run out of cash."This week's guest on the Boardroom Confidential podcast, powered by Sherpany, is Simon Laffin, an...

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Matt Woosnam
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The Palace Supporters' Children's Charity are looking to raise £12,000-£15,000 to continue taking disabled & disadvantaged children to every home match & continue annual Christmas party for 200 children & carers at Selhurst They say funds are extremely low #CPFC www.justgiving.com/page/cpsccfu...

justgiving.comCrystal Palace Supporters Childrens Charity 2025/2026 Season FundraiserHelp Crystal Palace Supporters Children's Charity raise money to support Crystal Palace Supporters Childrens Charity
Simon Laffin
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‘Food and sex are psychologically similar’ and other bonkers nonsense in the Times.

The Times and Sunday Times@thetimes.com

Oskis, 42, has been a psychotherapist for 12 years, works in private practice and is a senior lecturer in psychology at Middlesex University. As for her food-related expertise, she trained in classic cookery at Leiths School of Food and Wine, and belongs to the Guild of Food Writers ⬇️

thetimes.comWhat this therapist says you can learn about a man from how he eats
Simon Laffin
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Very true…

Adam Grant@adamgrant.bsky.social

In job interviews and college admissions, we focus too much on what candidates have accomplished, and too little on what obstacles they've overcome. The true measure of people's potential is not the height of the peak they've reached. It’s how far they've climbed to get there.

Simon Laffin
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Refreshing. Evidence-based policy!

Alice Roberts@profaliceroberts.bsky.social

Great to see this piece of research looking at what actually works for homelessness. We need more evidence-based policy-making. Gut instincts are not good enough. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

theguardian.comHomeless people to be given cash in first major UK trial to reduce povertyLed by King’s College London, study will recruit 360 people in England and Wales to explore benefits of scheme
Simon Laffin
@simonlaffin.bsky.social

Has anybody else found that X / Twitter won’t allow you to deactivate your account. It repeatedly says ‘Oops, something went wrong. Try again later’. As the song doesn’t quite say; ‘You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave Elon Musk’.

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