Strategy Digest #2
Listen to B4’s interview with Executive Coach Mel Noton, plus other fantastic stories from the strategy sector including Oxford Innovation, Oxford Brookes University, OSEP CIC and many more.
Interview with Mel Noton of 4Thought: Pushing Boundaries & Delving Deeper
Mel Noton is an Executive Coach who has a passion for extracting the full potential of her clients which include CEO’s, senior leaders, executives or leadership teams. Mel is a specialist in managing challenging, emotionally straining and draining work conflicts and situations to successful outcomes.
Exit Right – a new series of expert-led events for entrepreneurs
Exit Right is a free expert led, must-attend event series for any entrepreneur looking to drive their business from start-up to exit.
Business Beyond Profit; the only path to a successful business
Look around the B4 National network and you will see more and more companies shifting the ways in which they operate to consider all stakeholders as well as shareholders. Why is this happening and how can any business evolve, not only to embrace the opportunities this opens, but making it far more robust and successful?
Love AND Business?
No, they’re not two words you would often hear or say in the same sentence, but for Alan Wick, ‘love’ underpins his approach to business and always has. B4’s Richard Rosser had the absolute pleasure of finding out more about this engaging business coach based in Sussex who has, thankfully, recently joined the B4 community.
From Struggle To Success
Oxford Professional Consulting is Oxford’s premier consultancy for Executive Business Coaching and Leadership Communication. Led by Alison Haill, Principal Consultant and Founder, who hand-picks associates to suit individual contracts. The company has clients in the UK and abroad.
Business Challenge Week 2022
Nominate your organisation to participate in the Oxford Brookes Business Challenge Week 2022. Do you have a business problem or innovation that would benefit from some external expertise? If so, Oxford Brookes can help.
The one trait evident in every successful CEO
I spent five years as the share tipster at the Daily Telegraph before I joined Charles Stanley, editing its long-running Questor column. I met numerous chief executives of UK listed companies on a daily basis – from FTSE 100 giants to Aim-listed tiddlers – as they attempted to convince me that their companies were the ones that Daily Telegraph readers needed to back.
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Fostering a Workplace Culture with Claire Croft
B4 Members gathered at B4 HQ for a thought-provoking session with culture specialist and B4 Platinum Member, Claire Croft, exploring what it really takes to build a workplace where people and business deliver meaningful impact. From the outset, Claire reframed “culture” away from perks and gimmicks—“bean bags and beer fridges” don’t make a culture—and toward the everyday decisions, behaviours, and systems that shape how work gets done.
B4 Business Development Ecosystem — Session Summary
(B4 HQ · Led by Caroline O’Connor, Fourth Born)
B4 Welcomes Thinking in Fields
Thinking in Fields is a strategic advisory practice founded by David Finch, who brings over 30 years of experience helping businesses think clearly, act decisively, and grow with purpose.
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The Customer Test: When Service Fails the Customer
CASE 1: Ovo Energy by B4’s CEO, Richard Rosser
FROM LOVER TO BUYER™
Please join us on Tuesday, October 14th, 2-6:30PM at the Royal Suite of St. Pancras Hotel London, concurrent with Frieze London Art Week, for an afternoon tea and social featuring conversations with visionaries at the intersection of art, culture, and business.
Official Opening of Oxford North
Lord Hague of Richmond officially opens £1.2 billion Oxford North flagship global innovation district in major boost to UK science, technology & AI sectors





