What surgery taught me about care and public systemsWhen I went in for my operation, I expected to feel cut off — from work, from others, from meaning.22h ago22h ago
🏛️ Reading the ruins: What ancient history taught me about the presentI didn’t expect Pax to haunt me.1d ago1d ago
🍂 What the seasons teach us about changeReflections on rhythm, rest, and renewal in public service2d ago2d ago
🎇 Why Bastille Day matters — and what it can teach us about rebuilding societyRevolutions don’t begin with fireworks. They begin with hunger, courage, and the slow work of waking up together.3d ago3d ago
🎪 What public services can learn from the art of festivalsInsights from Transeuropa Festival — and what they offer us now4d ago4d ago
Crashing into presence: burnout, strategy and building systems that breatheA short fictional creative writing exercise I’ve done from the 5 Minute Creative Writing Exercise. It started with a bang. I was driving…Jul 2Jul 2
🧭 Notes from the neighbourhood: finding cohesion in unexpected placesA few years ago, I sat in a library café in a town I’d just moved to. I was nursing a lukewarm coffee, pretending to read a book while…Jul 1Jul 1
🧭 Designing how we work: team development that feels like usDuring the height of the pandemic, I wrote a blog about how our team adapted to working in crisis mode. At the time, everything felt urgent…Jun 30Jun 30
🍎 Not another apple pie: what fiction taught me about changeI’ve always loved reading. Especially non-fiction. Books about cultures and cities, people and politics, and — let’s be honest — the…Jun 29Jun 29
🌄 Smell the future: how physical imagination helps shape better systemsA few years ago, I joined the Enrol Yourself peer learning programme. One of the first exercises wasn’t what I expected. No introductions…Jun 28Jun 28