Writing is a way for me to explore ideas and concepts related to my eternal curiosity about people, organizations, and the systems they are embedded within. I have a keen understanding of how things tick, what it means to be stuck, and how to get back on track - but there is always more to learn.

I take the role of guide very seriously.

It is the way that I feel in service to both the individuals I work with directly and to the broader collective. Part of this work is engaging with more complex and always evolving thoughts around inclusive, justice-informed change.

I feel a commitment to those who feel abandoned both systemically and in their work (the two often go hand-in-hand) and I endeavour to inspire trust and guide people out of the wilderness.

Writing for Change

Volunteerism: The New Currency? 

I’d like to tell you about the lifecycle of a piece of Timeraiser art. It begins as an idea – a whisper, a flicker. It is motivated by pain, joy, love, grief. Like all art. It takes shape in “the delicatist ear of the mind”. Over days, weeks, hours, it takes form on canvas, in clay or stone or metal.... Read more

No Curiosity in Shame

“Any other questions before we wrap up?” I had just spent an hour talking with an executive director about her organization’s information management systems. “Not a question, just a comment,” she replied. “Thank you for this hour today. Honestly, it felt like therapy. I feel really relieved and even a bit excited about what we can do with technology.” ... Read more

Violence Prevention

Pillar is right to hope that “this is the last of it”, but it’s clearly not. As long as being accused of being gay is an offense, as long as men are prepared to not only hurl it as an insult, but to feel the need to defend themselves from the accusation, it’s not over... Read more