an odyssey of intergenerational partnerships with elders and evolutionaries, innovators, creatives and catalysts on voyages of courageous collaboration, inspired innovation and adventures in boundlessness; creating opportunities, solutions and miracles; and most importantly, a future of our own making.

 

....the future really is in our hands

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"The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new." Dan Millman

An evolving journey since drawing the line and working only for wellbeing and positive journey since 2008; involving evolutionaries working in existing business and community organisations and systems and those innovating for the new, evolutionary businesses and communities.

It is now evidently clear, that innovating beyond existing systems is now the way forward; this time based on design priniples 'led by love, guided by nature'.

In my work in change management and facilitation, people knew me as having 'a creative leftfield approach' that was tehcnically excellent whilst clealrly diffrent from the usual norms; it's what happens when an artist and creator ends up in business!

With a strong value for people being invovled and consenusal in the change that happens, and to do it with love and care, it meant a natural progression towards participative processes for change and away from the top-down culture of change management.

The gradual integration of my creativity with change now brings great tools and approaches that we can use together to make our way to a brigther future, thorugh these times of great change and co-creating a new time on earth.

Assisted the core Leadership team of the transformation of the Humanitarian Sector; with creative facilitation, visual and creative communication, engagement strategy and curation; putting me, and a team of illustrators in the centre of 10 years of conversations, conferences, symposiums, events, research and round tables; catalysing movement forward to a sector focussing on localisation, innovation, removal of abuse from the sector, and ultimately, there being no need for 'agencies' in the future.

A design fellowship art Manav Sadhna, a children's project in Ahmdebhad, in partnership the National Institute of Design (India) and British Council Fellows, brought a new approach to design thinking; with an invitation to 'see purely through the eyes of love'; with no desire or movement to 'change' anything; to be fully present 'with what is' and follow that which arises in awareness, that beckons for change; an unusual experience in 'design for change' circles!

Livelihoods for children was an interesting inquiry as to how to assist children who need to work, to do so in the best way possible for them.

Being part of UnBox was profoundly inspiring and rich by way of cross-pollination of practice and ideas for social change in communities through design.

A one year maternity cover contract gave me a deep dive into community research, needs and developing projects with charities, social enterprises, community groups and schools to meet the needs of their children and young people through partnerships with businesses operating in their local area; including Sussex, London, Manchester and Mumbai.

An evolving inquiry into access to healthy food in communities since 2010; assisting you with creative ways to engage your community in conversations and inquiries regarding food.

Creative sessions and co-operative games with children; 'making our way through these times' and games for connection, communication, emotional wellbeing and collaboration.

Whilst my movement is out of education and into evolutionary community learning; my work with schools to weave stronger bonds between children, parents and elders; and building strength and awareness of resilience; can bring value in these times

Award winning work over 5 years, guiding a CEO and leadership team through an odyssey of engagement with teams to cataylse energy, creativity, collaboration and innovation through health and wellbeing.

Creating social change in communities through local projects, enterprises and experiences with young people with principles of aikido, energy, the gift economy and social entrepreneurship

Assisting teams with growing strength, connectedness, communication and collaboration to create positive change

Assisting with local community events to tend the local eco-systems and biodiversity;