A 3-hour interactive training workshop for up to 16 people.

Participants learn how to approach difficult conversations, feedback, and conflicts with the intent to build empathy & connection to get everyone's needs met. They gain active listening skills,  learn how to own and deal with emotions, and recognise disconnecting language. The learning is based on "non-violent communication" principles.

Clients include Ubisoft, Hangar13, UsTwo, Electric Square, 10:10 Games, Rare, Studio Gobo, Avalanche Studios, Jagex, Into Games, Fuse Network Norwich and more 

A 3-hour interactive training workshop for up to 16 managers and leaders. 

Participants learn how to ask skilful questions that foster autonomy and ownership in their teams. They build their coaching mindset, lay the foundations for trust and safety, and figure out why and when advice is counterproductive.

Participants particularly loved the practical 

Client: DENOG16 (German Network Operators Conference)

A 1-hour talk designed for neurodivergent talent and their workplace allies.

The "UK Games Industry Edition" for career seekers & established professionals covers how to find a career, maintain a job, be yourself, and avoid burnout. The first version has been co-hosted with UKIE's Dom Shaw (Watch the talk). Tailored version for "Tech Industry", "Games Studios" and other settings are available on demand.

Clients: Ubisoft, Red Gate Software, Game Day X (London Games Festival), 

A 30-minute talk designed to address the importance of DEI and how to integrate it strategically. 

It covers why we need DEI strategies, what common challenges to expect during implementation in a business, and how to anticipate and resolve them. It also gives an example of how a strategic approach to DEI can be applied in any aspect of the business, using recruitment as an example.

 Clients: DENOG14, Nor(DEV):Con

An interactive 45-minute talk designed for students & schools that explains jobs within the games industry. 

Covers the overall size of the UK games industry and the many different potential careers young people could prepare for. Broken down by different disciplines, highlighting skills and example tasks of the job. To keep it engaging for young people, we also "design" a game together and go through the different stages of game development as we go through the talk. 

 Client: Norwich Games Festival, Norfolk Library (Digifest), Hobart High School (Career Day) 

A 12-week leadership course designed from scratch based on adult learning principles. 

This included identifying possible content for leadership training, key learnings required for early-stage games leaders, core-principles of the delivery based on the client's brand, and the desired impact —  in collaboration with learning designer Jim Ralley. I mapped out the entire experience and key content of the course, guided external expert course leaders through the design of key modules, designed the onboarding & offboarding experience & prepared facilitation guidelines.  

 Client: Into Games

An interactive 3-hour workshop for students & adult gamers that explores mental health & their lives through video game metaphors.

The workshop has two aims:

• to equip budding game makers with narrative tools for game development (via the hero's journey, relatable character basics & mini design challenges)

• to address the topic of mental health & explore their present situation in a safe and relatable way (using self-reflection & group exercises based on coaching & positive psychology principles)

 Client: Game Anglia 

A 25-minute talk designed for teachers and educators who wanted to better understand why games are so attractive to young people – and how educators might tap into the psychological concepts behind the engagement.

 Client: Suffolk New College (Norfolk & Suffolk Digital Futures Conference)