I have a chip in my brain that is wired to question. When it sparks I hear the word 'Really?...' in my head. The more contradictory and absurd the thing I face, the louder it gets. I want to ask questions, to get underneath the skin of things. Not to make people wrong, more because I want to understand and help others inquire more deeply. 

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My writing and speaking is fuelled by that, with a sensitivity that has sharpened in recent years. The conversations I scaffold (sign up to my newsletter to make sure you do not miss them), are characterised by an intention to 'get under the skin of things', without disappearing up our collective fundaments.

​My clients typically are people who want things to change, are frustrated, and are up for the work to find the next wise move, even if it not obvious. I do that by creating useful discomfort in service of learning, scaffolding conversations that matter in service of more than merely better sameness. ​I do that by focusing mainly on three areas:

 

• Leadership practice, because conventional leadership development is often a waste of time and money.

• Building change capability, because the people who we task with facilitating and 'making change happen' are often the nodes through which the crazy flows as anxiety increases. That means they need to develop their reflexivity, and my supervision practice focuses particularly on change practitioners and consultants, as there is a glaring lack of this in the consulting profession and accompanying fields.

• Culture, a catch all container for the other messy challenges clients come to me to explore, typically to do with behaviours, relationships and conversations in organisations that are not as healthy or effective as they would wish.

 

There is other stuff, which can be found at Edge+Stretch, but those are the highlights.  

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