Articles
I write about the messy, real parts of transformation and leadership, the stuff that gets glossed over or doesn't fit neatly in frameworks.
This is where I share what I see, call out issues as they are, and offer practical tools and insights that actually help. Topics include making strategy real, building leadership capability, and designing work around how people actually think. Grounded in psychology, neuroscience, and hard-won experience.
Real problems. Practical solutions. Ideas to make work better for everyone.
The Capability Myth (and why your best people still can't do their best work)
Most organisations blame people for not thinking strategically—then wonder why training doesn't fix it. Here's the uncomfortable truth: it's not a capability gap, it's a systems gap. Discover how Design for Thinking helps you structure work around how brains actually function.
Part 2 - The Thinking Modes: keep your brain strong in the age of AI
AI is brilliant at speed; it’s not a substitute for your brain. This post introduces the Thinking Modes —analytical, critical, creative, strategic, systems and metacognition—with cognitive flexibility at the centre. In plain language, you’ll see what each mode does, when to use it, and tiny daily drills to keep those circuits strong so you make sharper, more human decisions while AI does the grunt work.
Part 1: Brains on: how to work with AI without switching your thinking off
AI can boost speed and creativity — if we keep our thinking on. This post shows five simple guardrails to avoid automation bias: frame the decision first, compare drafts and sources, check the source+date trail, run a counter-prompt, then make (and log) a human call. Use AI as a power assist, not a replacement for judgment.
Before we go faster: protecting our thinking in the age of AI
AI is moving fast. The real risk isn’t just bias—it’s our thinking. Here’s how to keep brains ‘on’ and pair speed with judgment