My working principles

I love being plunged into new environments, meeting new people, and learning about new ways of being, seeing, and doing. I'm adaptable, agile, and open to broadening my perspective. While I remain flexible in my approach, these core principles are the foundation of my work and guide what I do and how I do.

  • Where are we in the picture?

    We bring our own biases, lived experiences, privileges and/or disadvantages, and forms of power. Continually reflecting on where I sit in the picture means I can be sensitive to when to step into my strengths and when to be led and learn from others.

    I am interested in working with people who are equally willing to put effort into investigating their mindsets, roles, and power in relation to the work and those they work with as well.

  • Decolonising design

    We make up the practice and hold the power to transform it. However, most of us operating within the Western mainstream (myself included) easily get stuck in exclusive ways.

    So, I’m stealing the good stuff, ditching the jargon, using plain language as much as I can, and holding a commitment to doing design through different forms of knowing, connecting, and creating, with an emphasis on being led by people who will be most impacted by the work.

  • Really good work

    I bring years of experience designing, consulting, and working with teams and communities across projects and initiatives in not-for-profit, startups, government, international development, higher education, and the arts.

    For my work, I rest and maintain a connection with experience in my body. In my work, I show up with generosity and presence, to deliver at an exceptional quality. And really good work, to me, is not just an output, but how we got there together.

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Working by Referral

I’m very good at what I do, especially when I can sense that I’m in the right room and with the right people. Trust is a potent enabler of this, and introductions help bridge the connection.

Please note that I am currently only accepting collaborations by referral. If you’re interested in working together and we haven’t crossed paths yet, please find me on LinkedIn to see if we have any mutual connections who can help facilitate an introduction.

Photo credits on this page

  1. Above ‘Where are we in the picture?’, photo by Pat Whelen

  2. Above ‘Decolonising design’, photo courtesy of, the Innovation Hub, The Australian Volunteers Program (read about the work here)

  3. Above ‘Really good work’, photo by C.J. Naughton