Leadership

Another brilliant conversation last week, this time with Liberty Venn, the founder of the Children’s Book Project’s. Within minutes it becomes clear why this charity has grown into one of the most effective literacy movements in the country. Liberty combines purpose with practicality. She is building something simple, scalable and profoundly needed. The challenge she

For most of my career, I thought resilience was about pushing through.Absorbing more. Coping quietly. Getting on with things because that’s what the role demanded. And if I’m honest, that belief shaped how I led my teams too. I valued people who could “power on”.I praised those who took on more.I treated resilience as stamina,

Over recent week’s I have spent time speaking with Hermione Thomas, the founder of TeachBack, and it is clear she has built something valuable in the education space. A solution that is practical, fair, and genuinely needed. Teacher recruitment in the UK remains one of the hardest operational challenges for school leaders. Agency fees can

Another great conversation yesterday, this time with Clare Dobson from The Policy Key. I’ve been catching up with Clare over the past year and have been genuinely impressed by the pace and focus she’s built around net zero and cyber security. Recently she joined a panel at the The Labour Party Conference fringe, bringing real-world

St. Patrick’s Day is about tradition, but for me, it’s also about transformation.22 years ago, I stepped off a plane in London with no master plan—just an instinct that this city would shape my career. And it did. Since then, I’ve built my career helping businesses transform too—scaling brands, optimising growth, and making marketing work

Working with Passionate People Who Make a Difference When I joined TalkTalk, I quickly realised I had stepped into a company with an identity crisis. On my first day, I met people who introduced themselves as coming from Carphone Warehouse (Now Currys plc), Tiscali, Onetel, and AOL. Yet, I thought I’d joined TalkTalk. What followed