In her own words 
BE GENTLE: COVID-19 IS ALSO OUR SHARED GLOBAL MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGE
#COVID-19: 2020’s great, global lock-down. As this invisible, inconceivable threat spreads swiftly and mercilessly across the globe, it has put us all into a completely different state of mind. An unnerved, uncertain, one. Our shared world is finding itself in a...
CALMING THE CONTAGION OF FEAR
Red. Every day we are seeing more red: Red patches across global maps, Red letters on airport boards as flights are cancelled, Red ink across global market charts, Red numbers rising on temperature readings, Red faces as fevers rise, All...
DIPLOMACY – THE ART OF THE HOW
It was just over 10 days ago that breaking news unleashed a royal frenzy of global discussion and debate around a subject, a couple, that continue to inspire media madness like no other across the globe today: HRHs the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. This time it was...
REFLECTIONS ON FAITH TO REBOOT NEW YEAR FOCUS
The last days, the last hours, and soon the year is done. Another year is gone. A new canvas is being unfolded as one, covered in colours, is ready to be rolled up. In the midst of year-end busyness it is so, so easy for these last days, last hours, to fly past - a...
ACHIEVING EQUALITY – ENSURING ALL ADDS UP
The quest is not new. Gender Equality has been a part of business agendas, and government mandates, for years - a desire to step-change the numbers of women in leadership positions, women in the workplace, women as active members of...
THE LOOK, THE BOW, THE BOND – THE POWER OF (RWC2019) SPORT
It is incredible how smile-inducing it can be. And connecting. Suddenly, unexpectedly, excitedly, conversations spark: a stranger in an elevator wearing a national team jacket, a fellow passenger with the accent of the opposition, those all around with a desperate...
HUSSSSSHHHH. PROTECTING AND RESPECTING THE POWER OF TRAVEL PILGRIMAGE
There's something very different about an attraction versus a place of pilgrimage. Yes, both can be icons immediately identifying a place, a people. Yes, both attract visitors, often numbering in their millions. Yes, both require preplanning, often involving tour...
CLIMATE ACTION/SDG 13 – INSPIRING ACTION THROUGH UNDERSTANDING, NOT SHAMING
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) takes place each year in September in New York City. Uniting 193 Member States, the UNGA is, as stated by the UN, a “unique forum to discuss and work together on a wide array of international issues covered by the UN Charter,...
CHANGING OF THE GUARD
11:00am, London time. 24 07 2019. To look at any global news television screen at this precise moment one will see aerial coverage of Prime Minister Theresa May performing her final responsibilities in office: final PMQ in Parliament...
A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. x
One year ago, on what was a milestone day, I received the most incredible gift from someone who is a central part of my heart and who understands my heart - Al Merschen. The shock was immense. I understood what it was, but I couldn't quite absorb its enormity: its...