“The colours used on PowerPoint presentations are really, really important, particularly to the board. If you’re not OK with that you just won’t enjoy it here.”

Lisa D’Amico is chatting about the ethos at Aesop, where she’s the general manager of marketing. We’re strolling from the Melbourne skincare company’s head office on Smith Street, Collingwood, towards another building just around the corner, where more of the company’s staff are housed. The second building is as calm, ordered and quiet as the first one.