About Me

Born in Britain, raised in South Africa, resident in the Netherlands.

Nowhere and Everywhere are home

Before I ran workshops, I ran gigs. Before I built frameworks, I broke them.

My first lessons in leadership didn’t come from textbooks—they came from dive bars and deadlines, creative messes and make-or-break moments on stage.

I’ve been a writer, a promoter, a journalist, a speaker, a frontman.

The thread through it all? Creativity under pressure.

And that’s what I teach now.

By sharing what I know about this human capacity, I aim to improve the world, one presentation at a time. I have been on stage in one capacity or another since 1980 and bring experience, research, humour, and passionate energy to every presentation.

When I write a poem, I solve a problem: how to express a specific feeling in a way that will be recognised and empathised with. And every time I train, speak, or coach, I aim to do the same thing: solve or help solve the problem that lies in front of my client.

I am forever curious, which leads me to always ask WHY… and HOW? As a result, my career has enabled me to join dots across many worlds.

In film, they say there are only 4 stories. In life, solutions from one sphere often work well in another. I believe we are all creative. Making creativity a skill in your armoury will empower you to observe, analyse, decide, and create solutions.

My services are aimed at helping individuals, teams, and companies get better at utilising, growing, and improving their creative capacities because creativity gives us the ability to forge new answers in a world of rapid change.