Purpose-driven Productivity: Achieving Balance in Modern Business

  • 05.06.2024
  • 5 min

In today’s world of work, leaders are constantly challenged to drive productivity whilst embodying purpose. The modern business environment often pits short-term gains against long-term impact, creating tension for leaders who strive to deliver both. At Xynteo, we have been asking the question: can a relentless drive for productivity coexist with a deep, meaningful sense of purpose? Purpose-driven organisations inspire …

Experiencing Purpose-Led Regeneration: A Tale Of Three Cities

  • 14.03.2023
  • 5 min

In recent years there’s been a shift in the way some people think and talk about sustainability and the role of business in society. The ambition has moved beyond merely reducing harm, or achieving a healthier balance, to the notion of business regenerating the health of the wider communities and ecosystems their activities affect during their commercial activities. But what …

Xynteo’s Leadership Vanguard: Investigating Johannesburg’s Plastic Recycling

  • 18.05.2018
  • 3 min
Plastic Waste Dump with Machine

Participants (catalysts) of Xynteo’s flagship programme, The Leadership Vanguard, recently travelled to South Africa to explore the plastic waste problem in Johannesburg on the ground. “Although our research had given us a good understanding of the plastic waste issues, being in Johannesburg provided us with insights about the impacts and complexities at stake – history of apartheid, illegal immigrants, corruption, …