What I have learned from particular experiences throughout my career.

What I Learned From… Studying PRINCE2: Structure, Stakeholders, and What Happens When Theory Meets Reality

What I Learned From... What I Learned from Studying PRINCE2 Structure, stakeholders, and what happens when theory meets reality At a certain point in your career, things stop being simple.You’re no longer just doing the work. You’re coordinating it. Managing agencies. Aligning departments. Trying to get five different people to agree on what “done” actually

What I Learned From… Studying PRINCE2: Structure, Stakeholders, and What Happens When Theory Meets Reality2026-03-30T12:14:56+00:00

What I Learned From… Surviving Toxic Workplaces: The Archetypes I’ve Met Along the Way

What I Learned From... Surviving Toxic Workplaces And The Archetypes I’ve Met Along the Way For most of my career, I’ve been lucky. I’ve worked in supportive teams where camaraderie outweighs conflict, where challenges feel shared rather than imposed, and where leaders genuinely cared about development as much as results.Of course, even the healthiest workplaces

What I Learned From… Surviving Toxic Workplaces: The Archetypes I’ve Met Along the Way2025-09-18T12:47:48+00:00

What I Learned From… Watching a Company Collapse Around Me

What I Learned From... Watching a Company Collapse Around Me Reflections from eight years at Arjowiggins Graphic and the reality of working inside a shrinking industry There is a particular kind of professional experience that doesn’t get talked about much. Not redundancy in isolation, not corporate restructuring, not even industry disruption in the abstract. I

What I Learned From… Watching a Company Collapse Around Me2026-03-02T16:45:22+00:00

What I Learned From… Growing Up With Dyslexia

What I Learned From... Growing Up With Dyslexia How understanding my own learning style turned early academic struggles into creative, professional and educational strengths “Growing up with dyslexia” sounds a bit dramatic when you say it out loud. It has the ring of a medical condition you battle heroically, rather than something that simply exists

What I Learned From… Growing Up With Dyslexia2026-02-24T10:09:02+00:00

What I Learned From… Learning Musical Instruments… And What it Taught Me About Becoming a Better Marketer

What I Learned From... Learning Musical Instruments... And What it Taught Me About Becoming a Better Marketer How practice, theory and a tuba shaped a career in modern marketing Learning a musical instrument as a child is one of the purest forms of structured education. It demands patience, discipline, coordination, listening skills, and a

What I Learned From… Learning Musical Instruments… And What it Taught Me About Becoming a Better Marketer2026-02-03T12:47:24+00:00

What I Learned From… Commuting – and How to Turn ‘Dead Time’ into Useful Work

What I Learned From... Commuting And How to Turn ‘Dead Time’ into Useful Work Notes from a Southampton marketer on audiobooks, dictation, dyslexia and making the most of the miles... Commuting is one of those things nobody really wants to do, but many of us have to in order to seize the right opportunities. I

What I Learned From… Commuting – and How to Turn ‘Dead Time’ into Useful Work2025-09-16T14:29:08+00:00

What I Learned From… Working In Paris: What A British Marketer Learned Inside A French Paper Giant

What I Learned From... Working In Paris What A British Marketer Learned Inside A French Paper Giant I firmly believe that you can learn transferable skills that can help you in your career, whether it be marketing or anything else, from other experiences in life. This belief is at the core of the "What I

What I Learned From… Working In Paris: What A British Marketer Learned Inside A French Paper Giant2025-09-16T11:43:03+00:00

What I Learned From… Growing Up as a Dual National: What It Taught Me About Identity and Marketing

What I Learned From... Growing Up as a Dual National What It Taught Me About Identity and Marketing I was born in Perth, Australia, to an English Mum and an Australian Dad. My Mum’s parents were both English; my Dad’s both Australian. In other words, half of me was tea and drizzle, the other half

What I Learned From… Growing Up as a Dual National: What It Taught Me About Identity and Marketing2025-09-18T14:26:59+00:00

What I Learned From… Growing Up Loud: My Years in Rock and Metal Bands

What I Learned From… Growing Up Loud: My Years in Rock and Metal Bands How playing in rock and metal bands shaped my musicianship, mindset and understanding of audience-building Before marketing entered my life, music came first. Long before I was talking about segmentation, positioning or audience demand, I was sitting behind drum kits, playing

What I Learned From… Growing Up Loud: My Years in Rock and Metal Bands2025-12-17T17:30:44+00:00

What I Learned From… Playing in Orchestras and Brass Bands

What I Learned From... Playing in Orchestras and Brass Bands How Music Shaped My Confidence, Discipline and Resilience It’s fair to say I grew up in a fairly musical family. My mum is a cellist, her mum was a cellist, and several of my mum’s cousins are professional musicians in the classical and folk worlds.

What I Learned From… Playing in Orchestras and Brass Bands2025-09-18T11:04:33+00:00

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