I write about …
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Beyond Titles: Leadership as Belonging, Stewardship and Self-Regulation
Why sustainable systems require regulated leaders and participatory cultures. We need to rethink leadership.Not as position.Not as management.Not as corporate authority.But as the capacity to shape human systems in ways that are life-giving.In communities, movements, councils, neighbourhoods, and organisations, leadership…
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The Art of Acolhimento – A Story of Radical Inclusion
I often think about how much discrimination, rejection, and exclusion hurt.Most of us don’t need convincing. We’ve felt it – not being chosen, not belonging, being judged before being known. Those experiences don’t just sit in the mind. They live…
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From Heroes to Hosts – Why Facilitation Is the Work of Our Time
I woke up at 3am the other night with a strong feeling that wouldn’t let me go.Facilitation matters. Not as a technique. Not as a role or job title. But as something essential for the moment we’re living in.It matters…
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The Art of “Pestering”: A Love Letter to Community Builders
There’s an aspect of community building that rarely gets named – let alone celebrated. It’s the quiet, persistent work of inviting people, again and again, even when responses are slow, energy is low, or enthusiasm feels uncertain. I sometimes jokingly…
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🌿 The Real Value of Asset-Based Community Development Training
Why Councils and Community Organisations Keep Calling for ABCD Across councils, youth services, libraries, placemaking teams, neighbourhood centres, and community organisations, one theme has become clear over the last decade: we need approaches that move beyond deficit-based thinking and activate…
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How to Naturally Turn Any Project into Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) – Without Forcing It
So many of us work inside systems – councils, NGOs, services, schools, health, and community programs – where projects already come with agendas, KPIs, timelines, templates, and reporting frameworks. And yet… beneath the forms and frameworks, there is something deeply…
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When a Strengths-Based Approach Is Truly Tested
A strengths-based approach isn’t truly tested when you’re surrounded by people who already agree with you.It’s tested when you step outside your echo chamber and immerse yourself in community – especially in the moments that stretch you. Critical incidents.Grief.Burnout.Conflict.Politics, competing…
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