I work one-to-one with leaders and educators as a strategic thinking and learning partner supporting them with complex social and environmental challenges, introducing fresh perspectives, and identifying what to pay attention to next.Alongside this work, I’m currently developing two long-term publishing projects:Civic Sketchbook
Field guides for researching place identity through observation and creative ethnography.Pre-Collaborative City
Learning resources exploring what needs to be in place before place-based collaboration can work.If you are exploring a complex challenge, designing learning, or seeking a fresh perspective on a situation, I'd be delighted to hear from you.

My approach builds on work with the World Health Organization, Design Council and the Centre for Sustainable Design, alongside over a decade of cross-sector experience spanning design, systems thinking, communication and sustainable development.For a full overview of my background, publications and experience, please visit my LinkedIn profile.

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Pre-Collaborative City

The work we need to do before we bring everyone into the room.

Place-based collaborations often begin by bringing people together, only to find that people arrive with different understandings of the situation they are trying to change.When those differences remain unexplored, conversations can become debates about positions rather than opportunities to build shared understanding.The most important work may happen before collaboration begins.

Knowledge-Sharing Request

I'm currently speaking with people designing, leading and supporting collaborative responses to complex place-based social and environmental challenges to understand their experiences of where collaboration becomes difficult and what support would be most useful beforehand.If you'd like to share your experiences in a 30 minute knowledge-sharing conversation, I'd be delighted to hear from you. Where useful, I'll share emerging tools, reflections and resources from this work.Email me or use the form below, and I'll get back to you shortly.