I belive the challenges we’ll face in the coming decades will force us to question everything we know about how we live, work and define success. The only way to tackle them is to put the principles of human and planetary flourishing at the heart of how we design and shape our systems and how we develop our leaders.

I developed an enduring fascination with what makes us thrive and be resilient in the face of challenge and how we design our systems to better support human flourishing through my own recovery from serious illness in my early twenties. One of the most important things I learned in that process was how to understand myself as a complex ecosystem and create the conditions for that system to come back into balance.

My inquiry into how we create the conditions for flourishing in ourselves and organisations has grown through my work over the past fifteen years with organisations trying to bring about transformative change. I’ve had the privilege to work with purpose-driven leaders tackling wicked problems – from UNICEF’s global peacebuilding curriculum, to USAID’s efforts to support refugee children in Lebanon, and transforming reporting on health issues at Being Patient.

Along the way I came to believe our most powerful lever for change is developing leaders who have the capacity to transform themselves and their systems and who have the ability to create cultures built on safety, courage and creativity. In 2018, I founded the leadership development practice at T-minus as Chief Learning Officer. We supported hundreds of leaders to develop the skillset and mindset needed to thrive and unlock the ‘collective genius’ of their organisations, and create cultures that support resilience, innovation and learning.

At Solas, we are committed to developing leaders who will build a regenerative future for all and are determined to live that change in how we work. We partner with an amazing community of experts with experience in coaching, leadership and organisational development, sustainability and systems thinking to make this happen.