Working better together
I help teams and groups to work better, especially on more difficult challenges: where we need to take new risks to make breakthroughs.
I’ve been doing this for quite a long time with all sorts of people.
I’ve worked across UK. Europe, Africa, Asia, Australasia and North America
Working organically
I like to work organically, often in quite small steps. I find a lot of organisations get stuck because they miss out on the small, human details that can make all the difference.
By rushing less, and building trust more carefully, I believe we get much better results.
Stories and Insights
Some reflections on working with groups – you can see the full series of these short videos here.
emotional debt & the law of ruts
How small misunderstandings accumulate to derail teams
finding the clutch
Finding the clutch as a metaphor for working relationships
surprise
A reflection on the power of being surprised together
About me….
I’m the author of the book Unhurried at Work and a co-founder of Creative Facilitation. I’m a visiting tutor on the Oxford Strategic Leadership Programme at the Saïd Business School. I’m an occasional contributor to Fast Company magazine.
My first job was as a speechwriter to Lord Sainsbury, after which I worked in advertising for 15 years. Since then, I’ve worked as a facilitator, based in the UK but often working internationally.
Some of my Projects
Unhurried at work
more human ways of working together
Event facilitation
creative events and meetings
Difficult conversations
more creative ways to approach them
The naked facilitator
bring more artistry to online meetings
Facilitation training
in-person training in Cambridge (and Melbourne)
More creative rehearsal
upping creativity in organisations
I also run a (free) monthly unhurried conversation online, details/registration here.
My Books
Creative Facilitation
Written with Viv McWaters, 70 pages of inspiration for creative and surprising meetings.
Unhurried at Work
Tells the story of my journey towards a more unhurried way of working, drawing on eight years of conversational experiments, and over 20 years facilitating meetings around the world.