Capitalism + Marxism – A Brilliant Business Model Bred in Yorkshire
At Leeds Business School Simon Biltcliffe outlined his revolutionary business model – formed from the bitter dust of the miners’ strike in his native Barnsley. His sense of injustice inspired the creation of his very successful print management business Webmart. And his “northern values” of honesty, directness and trust are the company’s DNA. He wanted to both challenge and encourage us to learn from history, to keep things simple, engage all staff, to innovate, share learning, to expect people to think you are mad – yet to make work as enjoyable and as much fun as possible. In common with Steve Edge he emphasised the principle “what goes around comes around”.
Simon was incredibly open and I was struck that he used many more “share”
