Resources

I recently featured in Stylist Magazine on “speak-up culture”.  Silence at work is rarely accidental. It is often learned. Not because people don’t care, but because they’re paying attention. If speaking up leads nowhere, if challenge is tolerated but not really...

I wrote a piece for Startups Magazine exploring a theme I see often in fast growth businesses which is that scaling a company is one thing but scaling judgement is another.  Many founders are building at pace in environments that are more complex and polarised than...

Featured in The i Paper reflecting on a debate that keeps resurfacing:  Why is Gen Z out the door at 5 p.m.? Some bosses ask where’s the ‘loyalty’ and “why won’t they “go the extra mile like we used to”? As I see it from working deep inside organisations across...

Leadership has always involved judgement under pressure. What has changed is the nature of that pressure.  Over the past few years, the conversations I have been having with senior leaders have shifted. Less about strategy and structure. More about tension,...

It might seem strange for me to be talking about the UK’s National Security Strategy 2025 and Strategic Defence Review 2025. Many people don't know that when I was London based I was a member of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (PRVC), following in the footsteps of my...

🚨 The Department for Health and Social Care has published the NHS Ten Year Plan, available here: 10 Year Health Plan for England: fit for the future - GOV.UK. There is a significant emphasis on strategic commissioning by Integrated Care Boards at the Neighbourhood,...

I'm delighted to share that my new podcast Fearless Diversity, co-hosted with Simon Fanshawe, has soared to number 8 in the Apple Business Shows Chart within the first few weeks of launching. As leaders, we face human dilemmas at work every single day, and they’re...

We’re thrilled to share that our recent Masterclasses on 'Courage Meeting Culture: Fearless Leadership to Protect People and Purpose' was a resounding success! Leaders from across scientific discovery, research, manufacturing, regulation and market access joined us to...

The Supreme Court has spoken, it has now upheld the need to protect sex-based definitions where they are legally and materially relevant. This case came about because the Scottish Government attempted to bring in new legislation pertaining to the representation of...