Can creativity move beyond mere aesthetics to serve as a functional mechanism for community restoration and do we use what we know to imagine better futures for ourselves? We gather information about ourselves every day: our loves, losses, griefs, relationships, fears, desires, histories, migrations and the conditions in which we live. We document these experiences,…
I am pleased to look back on a defining milestone for me: a collaborative contemporary poetry masterclass and public workshop co-led alongside the highly distinguished British poet, historian, and academic lecturer, Anna Robinson. Staged at the creative innovation hub The Trampery in Tottenham London on 30th May 2026, this workshop was designed to provide a…
I’m excited to announce the beginning of a new chapter in my professional journey: a career mentorship programme focused on helping early-career professionals build confidence, develop their skills, and navigate the challenges of starting and growing their careers. Starting a career can be both exciting and overwhelming. Many early-career professionals have questions about finding the…
A workshop is often mistaken for a structured meeting with activities, presentations, and discussions. Many people believe that if they have a clear agenda, engaging exercises, and good time management, they have created an effective workshop. After five years of facilitating online and in-person workshops, I have learned that successful facilitation requires much more than…
A single message can change a woman’s life, but whether it empowers or misleads her depends on her ability to question it. We live in times where information is abundant, but wisdom is scarce. Every day, millions of women navigate a constant stream of news, social media content, advertisements, artificial intelligence, and digital conversations that…
I recently had the opportunity to engage with the AMR Fellows at Zihi Institute Kenya, in a session focused on Design Thinking in Project Planning and Implementation. It was an enriching conversation that highlighted an important reality in development work and community engagement: solutions are most effective when they are designed with people, not just…
What determines whether communication succeeds or fails in an organization? Is it the clarity of the message, the sophistication of the media platform, or the credibility of the communicator? While all of these matter, the decisive factor is often in understanding the people who have the power to influence, interpret, support, resist, or reshape the…
Register to join me for The Creative Employee Workshop, which I’ll be facilitating for Jobpally on the 25th of May 2026 For most of the industrial era, workplaces rewarded efficiency above all else. The best employee was often the one who could follow systems, execute repeatable tasks, and produce predictable results at scale. Today, that…
Every few years, someone declares poetry dead. Usually, the argument sounds convincing. People read less. Attention spans are collapsing. Social media has reduced language to captions, emojis, and half-finished thoughts. For such a “we are in a hurry” world, poetry which is known for its sometimes slow, reflective and layered style should have disappeared long…
The creative industries have a language problem. Not in the sense of vocabulary or expression, but in the way they describe themselves. “Diversity,” “inclusion,” and “representation” have become standard corporate grammar. Yet these terms mask a deeper structural issue: the creative workforce is culturally plural in its outputs, but still culturally narrow in its decision-making…