✨ INSIGHTS & ARTICLES

Thoughts on Leadership, Change & Growth

Exploring the psychology, strategy, and mindset behind transformational change. Insights from 20+ years of coaching leaders and teams through organisational transformation.

💭 Self-Efficacy

Whether you believe it or not, it's probably true

Exploring self-efficacy and Bandura's theory: how your beliefs shape success in business and organisational change. A deep dive into the 4 sources of self-efficacy and how to build belief in yourself and your team.

3 min read
🎭 Culture Change

Most culture change programmes fail for a simple reason

Why organisations struggle with culture transformation and the critical role leadership behaviour plays in making real change stick. Discover why coaching cultures are transformational, not transactional.

5 min read
🤝 Relationships & Wellbeing

How friends can help us tap into our soothe system

Why safe, authentic friendships are essential for nervous system regulation and how psychological safety with others restores our mental health and resilience.

4 min read
💬 Leadership & Feedback

The real risk isn't giving feedback. It's not giving it.

Why high performers avoid honest conversations with their leaders and how learning to give clear, productive feedback creates stronger relationships and psychological safety.

4 min read
🔍 Systems Thinking

You're solving at the wrong scale

Why human-centered design alone isn't enough, and how systems thinking reveals the uncomfortable truth about what's really going on.

6 min read
🌍 Change & Society

Doubt is our product: what tobacco teaches us about kids and social media

It took thirty years for the science on smoking to enter public consciousness. What the history of tobacco legislation teaches us about the debate on children and social media, and why imperfect legislation is the beginning of change, not the answer.

4 min read
🧠 Psychology of Change

Why do we struggle with change when we're clearly so capable of it?

Cognitive dissonance, the brain's constant question of "am I safe?", and why people rarely resist change for the sake of it. Four practical ways to create the conditions that make change feel possible, from a coach who once quit smoking using long multiplication.

7 min read

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