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
📚 Learning that sticks: Building a culture where development is part of the day jobSomewhere along the way, workplace learning became something people were sent to do.Jun 25Jun 25
Tiny touchpoints, big difference: Why internal comms isn’t a broadcastIn a fast-moving organisation, it’s easy for internal communication to become a background blur.Jun 23Jun 23
🧳 From wardrobes to welcome: what a wandering fakir taught me about belonging and systemsWhen I first watched The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir, I wasn’t expecting a masterclass in systems thinking. But by the end of it…Jun 22Jun 22
🍲 From kitchen tables to community resilience: What happens when we stop adding frictionIt started with a meal.Jun 21Jun 21
🚶🏽♂️ Missions on the ground: what local government can teach us about changeWhen I worked at Camden, we teamed up with the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose to explore how mission-based approaches…Jun 20Jun 20