I am a dynamic thinking partner, creative researcher, and versatile producer. I am able to understand, synthesise and communicate complex ideas simply. I am a generous collaborator and contributor.

My story is one of growth and evolution over more than three decades, with each chapter of experience enriched by the call and the stretch of the chapter that follows. Each chapter has been a deeper dive into my curiosity, resulting in a more authentic expression and contribution to the world over time.

In chapter one, I became an accomplished strategic and interdisciplinary marketer, brand, and communications specialist at Old Mutual, one of South Africa’s largest financial services companies.

In chapter two, I applied this skill as a creative entrepreneur and advertising agency director, later focusing on stakeholder research, engagement, and mobilisation. Trading as Sugarbird Studios, I practiced as a sole proprietor with a vast creative network delivering on-camera research studies and documentaries, innovation concept prototypes and thinking tools, stakeholder engagement platforms, knowledge resource products, concept experiences, and thought-provoking content. My website, www.sugarbirdstudios.co.za showcases some of this work.

In chapter three, informed by the global on-camera futures research and my strategic stakeholder engagement work for clients, I add a new layer of experience as an academic researcher where I am exploring how we might innovate collaboratively and at scale to bring about a new regenerative era urgently. In my Mphil Inclusive Innovation dissertation, I developed a disruptive innovation response strategy framework (ART: Adapt, Regenerate, Transcend). In my doctoral research, I am investigating how innovation ecosystems emerge around disruptive value propositions.