I support teams and organisations to learn, adapt and share power as they navigate change.
Most of my work sits at the intersection of facilitation, learning partnership and governance, often in situations where people are experimenting beyond familiar ways of working and there is no neat answer yet.
I am at my best when I’m helping people think and learn together. Especially when things feel uncertain and people need space to slow down and make sense of what’s going on.
How I work
- I work relationally and alongside others, rather than as an external expert brought in with answers.
- I’m comfortable working without a neat plan, as long as we are learning our way forward together.
- I pay close attention to power, participation and whose voices are centred, especially when things feel routine or rushed.
- I can sit with slow, serious and sometimes uncomfortable conversations, including conflict. I also bring joy, creativity and laughter into the room when it helps people stay present and connected.
- I’m naturally enthusiastic and curious. My brain is wired to spot connections across ideas, disciplines and perspectives, and to bring in world expanding ways of seeing.
- I combine careful design with responsiveness to what is emerging. I’m interested in the space between structure and play.
What’s shaped my practice
Over time, a few consistent threads have shaped how I work:
- Learning partnership with community-led initiatives, funds and organisations navigating complexity
- Facilitating and convening groups across organisations, networks and movements
- Stewarding and experimenting with collaborative and transformational governance
- Working in and alongside policy, research and philanthropic contexts
- Long-term involvement in peer learning, facilitation and community-building
You can find more detail on specific projects and roles on my LinkedIn profile.
Commitments and orientation
I’m committed to practising anti-oppressive and feminist approaches in my work, and to continuing to learn about how power and responsibility show up in the systems I’m part of.
A key inquiry for me is what it means to pursue systemic change as a white man who benefits from systems of power, while working with care, accountability and humility.
A little more personally
I live near Exeter with my Dutch wife and our very fluffy cat, Lewis. I grew up on a dairy farm in North Cornwall, and still feel most at home walking across green fields or rugged cliff tops.
Outside of work I play drums, do improv comedy, and read sci-fi and fantasy voraciously. Over the past few years I’ve also been living with an energy-limiting condition, which has deepened my attention to pacing, care and sustainability in how I work.
If you’re curious about working together, you can read more about my facilitation and learning partnership work, or get in touch for a conversation.