I spent the latter half of 2025 writing my e-guide for diagnosing your team’s culture, which outlines my SURVIVE/THRIVE models for team evolution. (Download your copy now if you don’t have one yet!). As I look forward to writing my book in 2026, I was reflecting on that process and what I’ve learned so far.  It’s a book which explores something hiding in plain sight - about age, experience and interactions in the workplace.I decided to write a book in May 2024. I didn’t quite

If you don't know it, Encanto is a Disney movie about a Colombian family who are blessed with special powers. One of the family, Bruno, is never spoken about, because his power was having visions of the future, and it caused him to be banished from the family unit. There is an incredibly catchy song about how they don't talk about Bruno! This movie inspired my take on explaining Dr Dan Siegel's Hand Brain model, sometimes referred to as our fight, flight, freeze or fawn respo

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Turns out I care deeply about Recognition. Find out why that matters!

At the end of April this year, I went to Spain for a week, with seven strangers, on a book writing retreat. Did I write my book while I...

These days, we have more information available at our fingertips than ever before. How does this affect our workplaces? I've been reading...

This is the first post I've written in a LONG time. The last time I wrote a blog was pre covid, before my children were born, a LOT has...

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I've played in wind bands for most of my life. Recently I realised the things I love about that and my work are the same...!