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There was a time in life when creativity was effortless. As children, our imaginations were unconstrained. We built worlds from nothing. We lost ourselves in play. The impossible felt possible. Somewhere in the transition to adulthood, many of us stopped playing. The games became real. The rules became fixed. Experience taught us to manage risk, control outcomes, and reserve our inhibitions. Over time, imagination was replaced by execution. Like any skill, creativity strengt

Creativity doesn’t always follow schedules. A reflection on understanding when and how your thinking works best, and why working with your cognitive state matters at senior levels. I hadn’t given this much thought until recently, after reading Sleepless: Discovering the Power of the Night Self . The stories are predominantly told from a female perspective, but I suspect the underlying insight applies across genders. What struck me most was how much it encouraged acceptance of

How experienced leaders can restore energy and purpose, even when responsibility and golden handcuffs make change feel unrealistic. There often comes a stage during a long career when something about our work no longer energises us in the way it once did. It might be due to a shift in organisational structure, where the environment once aligned, but the pieces have moved and we no longer feel we fit. Or it can be a change within ourselves, we’ve outgrown the role, or the orga