The Fun Side Of Business
Let’s keep it real, business life isn’t all boring meetings and stiff suits. Behind the polished pitches and fancy titles is a whole other story!
We’re talking about the real stories, the unfiltered, uncut moments you won’t find in any polished promo video.
Behind every brand is a story—unexpected, totally entertaining, and 100% human. So here’s to the real ones: the dreamers, the grinders, the risk-takers.
Business life? It’s not what you think. It’s way more fun.
The Fun Side Of Business
No Degree, No Limits: How Stephen Makes Growth Happen
What if the best business playbook was born in a garage—with a cheap guitar and borrowed power socket? Meet Stephen Norris, who went from a council estate with no exams to landing Bank of England contracts, selling a fast-growth startup, and turning losses into profit for a private-equity firm. His edge isn’t pedigree—it’s people, pace, and punk-level courage.
Stephen’s first rule: listen more than you talk. Selling solutions, not slogans, propelled him through ISS and Kimberly-Clark, where his lack of a degree clashed with corporate norms. Then came entrepreneurship—an early vehicle immobiliser sold as risk insurance, not tech hype. Success across Europe taught him that cash beats profit and discipline fuels scale.
Now a turnaround specialist and Vistage chair, he helps CEOs cut noise, follow the money, and rebuild culture—because numbers rise when people thrive. Behind it all is a raw backstory of violence, near-death, and recovery that anchors his mission: help others grow.
