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12/04/2026

Three things I’ve been building (and using with clients) lately.

𝟵 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵
Leadership development, on a golf course.
Real decisions, real pressure, real conversations.
https://www.bluemercury.co.nz/9-holes-of-growth

𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝗻𝗮𝗽𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘁
A short, anonymous pulse to understand what it actually feels like to be part of your team right now.
Simple. Honest. Actionable.
https://www.bluemercury.co.nz/team-experience-snapshot

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲
A clearer way to see how all of this fits together.
If you’ve ever wondered “where do I start?” this should help.
https://www.bluemercury.co.nz

None of this is theory.
It’s all been built in the room, with real teams, solving real challenges.

09/04/2026

Happy Friday.

If your weekend doesn’t include at least one full-blown car dance party… what are you even doing?

Windows down, volume up, absolutely no shame.

I hope your weekend includes vibes, and a strong commitment to the chorus.

As The Verve put it...
Tryna make ends meet, tryna find somebody, then you die...

This is your official reminder to loosen up a bit...

07/04/2026

I said to my husband the other day…

“If I go missing, get abducted, or mysteriously disappear… please use THIS photo.”

Because... I’m fairly certain if the worst did happen, he’d scroll back through his camera roll and find one of the (perhaps) five photos he’s taken of me in the last (almost) 15 years.

And let’s just say… none of them are “missing person poster” worthy.
More like... 'oh, i get why she is missing'....

You know the ones.
Mid-blink.
Weird angle.
Caught mid-sentence.
Looking like I’ve just emerged from a bush.

So now I’ve taken matters into my own hands.

So in case he forgets, and I go missing, this is the one.
Back of the milk bottle. News. Posters. All of it.

Sorted.

All jokes aside, it did make me laugh at how differently we all see each other.

The photos we take.
The ones we keep.
The ones we’d choose.

Because the 'best' photo isn’t always the most accurate… it’s the one that feels like you.

Now I’m curious…

Has anyone else had to pre-select their “in case of emergency” photo… or is that just me?

05/04/2026

You must have seen Punch, the seven-month-old Japanese macaque, clutching his little stuffed toy like it was everything. (This is the street art in Melbourne of him).

Punch made millions of us stopped scrolling, look at his cute little face snuggling up to his stuffed orangutan.

Which feels a bit ironic, given everything else going on right now.

We’re talking nonstop about AI.
Automation.
The future of work.
How fast things are changing.
How much smarter the systems are getting.

On paper, it looks like a technology revolution.

But moments like this suggest something else is happening underneath it all.

We’re in a human connection revolution.

Because why does a tiny monkey holding a toy cut through all the noise?
Why does it land so instantly, so universally?

It’s not complex.

It’s care.
Attachment.
Something real.

The kind of thing we recognise without needing it explained.

And that’s the bit no system is replacing.

If anything, connection becoming more valuable....

So maybe, just maybe.... while we’re all learning how to work alongside our AI overlords…
..maybe the real work is doubling down on what makes us human.
(sorry master, please don't harvest me first for my iron, I have anemia...)

Because honestly, that’s the part that makes people stop, and pay attention.

02/04/2026

There’s a taxi driver I jumped in with the other day… Mr Singh.

And honestly, it was one of the best “sales” experiences I’ve had in ages.

No pitch. No awkward upsell.
A bit of in-seat entertainment, water on offer, and a genuinely warm, easy conversation.

That was it.

And yet… I would 100% choose him again. Recommend him. Talk about him (clearly... hahaha!).

So many people tell me that self-promotion feels hard, gross, blurgh! That sales feels awkward. That they don’t want to be “that person”.

But this is the bit most people forget.

You don’t have to sell like that.

You can just… connect.

Be thoughtful.
Be human.
Make the experience a little bit better for the person in front of you.

Because at the end of the day, people don’t buy because of the pitch.
They buy because of how you made them feel.

Humans buy from humans.

So shout out to Mr Singh, and all the people quietly doing this well… just by giving a damn.

31/03/2026

It’s official. We’re all go.

⛳️ 9 Holes of Growth is live.

This is where golf meets leadership, teamwork, and real conversations that actually shift how people show up.

Nine holes.
Nine prompts.
One experience that blends performance, connection, and a bit of fresh perspective… all out on the course.

Designed for leaders and teams who want to get out of the boardroom and into something more real, more human, and way more memorable.

Link to all the details is below if you want to take a look 👇

https://www.bluemercury.co.nz/personal-development/9holesofgrowth

Who would you bring along for your 9 holes?

29/03/2026

Nothing quite like that end-of-week feeling.
The last flight on a Friday, heading home after being away, and having a little boogie to yourself like, yep, I made it.

And really, it doesn’t even have to be a flight.
It could be the drive home on a Friday afternoon, shutting the laptop at the end of your work week, kicking your shoes off, or pouring that first beverage.... (of something wholesome and non-alcoholic of course...)

That little moment where your body knows before your brain does.
We made it.
It’s the weekend.

This was me, having a solo-dance getting off the plane on the last flight on a Friday.

Tell me, what’s your version of that feeling?
... Jeez.... I know it's Monday, but lets amp ourselves up for the upcoming one!

26/03/2026

There’s something special about catching up with old friends.
Not old as in age… just the ones you haven’t seen for a while.

The ones where time has passed, life has happened, things have shifted… but within about 30 seconds, you’re straight back into it. Morris and I used to work in Flight Centre Paddington together.

Same rhythm. Same laughs. Same ease.

No big catch-up required, no pressure to explain everything… just picking up where you left off, like nothing’s changed.

And yet, everything has.

Different chapters. Different stories. New versions of each other.

But still… the same people underneath it all.

I always forget how much I need those kinds of catch-ups until I’m in them.

A good reminder to not let too much time pass before the next one.

24/03/2026

I’d already lost the match.

16th hole. Done.

Instead of mentally checking out, I played on.
Birdie on 17.
Then on 18… I hit a shot that finished a literal fingernail’s distance from an eagle.

Urrrrggghhhh... that tiny gap between “almost” and “in”.

In golf (and in life), once the match is gone, it’s tempting to coast. Protect the ego. Mentally pack up.
But the game doesn’t end when the result is decided. There’s still learning. Still momentum. Still pride in how you finish.

It’s the same in leadership and teams.

The project that’s gone sideways.
The quarter that didn’t land.
The conversation that didn’t go to plan.

We can check out… or we can choose to play the next shot well.

Because sometimes the most important shifts don’t happen when everything’s on the line.
They happen when it isn’t.

And if you've read this far....
... It’s also exactly why I’ve been building something new behind the scenes!!! EEEK!!!!

Something that uses golf as the backdrop for real conversations about leadership, teamwork, and performance… not just when you’re winning, but how you show up when you’re not.

Keep an eye out for “9 Holes of Growth” dropping soon.

22/03/2026

Once you see this part of the photo, you’ll never unsee it.

Look at the shadow.

We were in Byron a couple of weeks ago. Technically there for professional development… but also, you know, beach, sunshine, and hanging out with two of my favourite humans garcia and roberts. Bit of both.

We’d walked up to the lighthouse, feeling mildly athletic and very pleased with ourselves, and did the classic thing… “hey, would you mind taking a photo?”

Great bunch of irish dudes, he could’ve just snapped it and moved on.
Quick, easy, done.

But he didn’t.

You can see it in that shadow. He’s clearly shuffling around, trying not to get in the shot, adjusting, having another go… actually giving a flying f* about getting it right for three complete strangers.

I love that.

Because it’s such a small thing.
No one would’ve cared if he'd half-arsed it.
We still would’ve had a photo.

But he chose to do it properly.

So much of life sits in that space.
You can do the job… or you can actually try.

No one’s keeping score.
But you know.

And every now and then, it shows up… even just as a shadow in a photo.

12/03/2026

The other day I took an Uber Pool ride.

Not something I do all the time, but it made sense for the trip. Short distance, cheaper fare, potentially couple of other passengers heading in roughly the same direction. Easy enough.

What made me laugh was that about 4 hours later on that exact same day, completely out of the blue, a friend messaged me saying:

Uber just offered me uber pool. What the f***.
I’m not getting in a car with other people!!! What sort of violation is this.

Perfect timing.

Because that’s kind of the whole point of it.

UberPool isn’t really trying to be a private taxi experience. It’s more like a shared ride system. Somewhere between public transport and a taxi. You trade a bit of privacy and control for efficiency. Fewer cars on the road. Lower cost. A slightly more communal way of getting around.

For some people, that’s a great idea.

For others, it’s a hard no.

Different strokes for different folks.

The same thing can land completely differently depending on who you are. One person sees convenience. Another sees inconvenience. One sees efficiency. Another sees “absolutely not”.

We talk a lot in leadership about understanding different perspectives. Sometimes the simplest reminder is something as small as how someone feels about sharing a car ride with strangers.

Not everything has to be something you love.

Sometimes it’s just a reminder that people experience the world differently… and that’s actually pretty useful to remember.

(* 'Friend' said he was happy for me to quote him... and 'Friend' you can out yourself in the comments, if you like buddy!!!😁🤣)

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