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My thought leadership exploring ethical and impactful communication, cultural criticism, and humanity-centred practice.

Mental Health at Work Isn’t Just About You. It’s About Your Culture.

We talk a lot about mental health in the workplace.  And while these conversations are important, they often focus on the individual: how someone could...

Why Wellbeing at Work Is an Organizational Problem — Not an Individual One

In most workplaces “wellbeing” means something like: the individual employee is coping adequately with the conditions of their work. Wellbeing at work isn’t just a...

Why do Collaborations Fail?

Collaboration in the workplace is not only necessary, it is paramount. Especially as we are collectively finding our way back to hybrid or in-office working...

Want Better Collaboration? Start With Workplace Culture

Want to improve collaboration on your team?  Or collaboration between teams?  Before diving into those team building exercises, or buying everyone donuts (and I do...

How do I make creativity my job? (And Should I?)

Quite a few people have shared with me that they long for creativity to be their central, sustaining effort.  My sense is that folks are...

Finding the right writing tone

Finding the right tone for your writing can sometimes feel tricky, especially in professional contexts, and especially if you regularly switch your writing for different...

Thought Leadership for Researchers: How to Share Your Work and Build Trust

We are inundated with misinformation and disinformation, and this is why human-written, research-based thought leadership is crucial. Thought leadership from trusted experts helps us all...

Lift Up, Don’t Water Down

How to make complex ideas accessible without losing their depth Nobody likes watery soup.  Or coffee.  Or hot chocolate.  And it’s probably safe to say...

How and where to start writing

A client once shared with me that when she thinks about writing something new she feels dread. (yes, DREAD!) As a seasoned professional, internationally renowned...

Should you think about your reader in your writing process?

What’s the best way to think about your reader when you’re in the middle of your writing process?   Should you think about your reader?...

Sometimes ‘less is more’ when designing a good presentation

I was chatting with a former student recently about giving a guest lecture.  As a new grad student, he was in the throes of preparing...

Some Thoughts on Leaving Academia

Possibilities on The Other Side I get a lot of questions from folks considering leaving academia about what work will be like on The Other...

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