Posts in Personal Reinvention

I am back at my desk in Cape Town. The heater is on, and a fat lump of a cat is purring across my lap[…]

Personal resilience is the maths of load versus capacity. Use Valorie Burton’s model to understand stressors, resources and why depletion is data.

A resilience early warning system helps you spot depletion before failure. Learn how D.O.S.E. reveals what is happening inside human capacity.

A reflection on resilience and trauma, and why effort isn’t enough. Exploring misalignment, hidden strain, and how meaning restores capacity.

What is resilience? Not grit - capacity. Learn how work and life chew it up, why burnout follows, and how to create space before change

Rugged individualism can look like strength - until trust breaks and burnout hits. Rethink performance culture and workplace resilience.

Psychological safety drives performance, resilience, and innovation. Without it, teams default to panic and protection instead of growth.

Implementing change is harder than planning. Final piece in a three-part series on resilience and change - and what helps it stick.

Designing for change isn’t prediction - it’s creating space to adapt. Why good plans fall apart, and how resilient organisations prepare.

Anticipating change isn’t foresight - it’s maintenance. A story about ignored warnings, cascading failures, and why waiting makes everything worse.