As I am nearing the end of my 40's I am more reflective now on what my 'real' work is about. In some way I am reconnecting to my passions and deeper interests which I followed in my late 20's and I am adding new facets of interests and aspirations.

My primary work is to bring together diverse actors and design experiences and enabling conditions that help bring about more regenerative mindsets, ways of seeing, relating and working. The aim is to set in motion a transition to a more life-centred authentic model for living, working and for our economy.

More specifically I design and deliver design sprints, retreats and other learning/ innovation/ leadership experiences for primarily corporate audiences within the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's network, (e.g. design leaders, CSOs, marketing or supply chain professionals from companies like Danone, Philips, Ralph Lauren, Amazon, IKEA, Unilever etc)

My strengths lies in my attentiveness and perceptiveness around individual and group needs and energies, in thinking more holistically (connecting the dots and seeing patterns) and facilitating future visioning processes that help people form relationships with new potential realities.
Having grown up in different cultures and spend time in different social contexts, I can related to different people of different backgrounds thus I see my role as someone who can naturally build bridges between people and groups of different worldviews.
I also see my role in helping people to connect to the natural and more than human world to gain new inspirations and renew their energy.
My personal experiences in places rich of biodiversity and mostly unvisited by humans have given me invaluable lessons, in-depth insights about the interconnectedness of all live and living systems. I had truly transformative experiences and I see my role again as a bridge builder/ facilitator to support others on their journey to (re)connect to the web-of-life in a new way.
Someone I worked very closely with over a couple of years shared this about me which I felt very touched by and reflects some of the above "As the world turns to embrace a new paradigm in business that is led by purpose and a desire to have a regenerative impact, I'm always struck by how naturally Mo really gets what this means to people at a personal level." (This is taken from a longer quote)

- To develop more clarity on what the above means to me and how I can best translate that into what my next phase of work will look like. The questions I am asking myself is what can I do in my existing work role to influence organisations from within and where do I feel are the biggest gaps and where do I need to develop new work outside of my current context.
- I also want to develop a better understanding on how I can best apply and integrate all the learnings which I have had already and the new learnings from the Regenerative Practitioner course in an area I feel truly passionate about (and also become clearer on where I can develop further to play 'my role' and do 'my work' much more effectively.)

- To take time for myself on a regular basis to stay grounded and connected
- To develop a more attentive and reflective focus on what I most care about in life and where I can add most value. Since having children and being absorbed by family/ work and the little time left in-between I lost my sense of purpose and clarity of direction of travel a bit. I would like to better articulate a clear focus/ clear intentions on a regular basis that helps me stay on track with what I feel I can do best, meets genuine needs and creates positive outcomes.
- To let go, be more at easy and laugh more in any situation and don't always feel like a carrying so much responsibility for everything that happens. To be more forgiving and celebrate myself for all the things that I made happen.

When engaging with new content/ challenging questions and upcoming difficult expected decisions I usually tend to wait before I act and communicate back to the group. Being able to withdraw from the group dynamics of a discussion to reflect and let the dust settle and connect with my intuition helps me to see things more clearly and articulate my response before getting back. I often find that those colleagues who are able to respond immediately in these type of discussions and are well articulated are more respected and seen as leaders in the group. An area of growth for me would be to develop the ability to be more quick to articulate my views/ responses in the moment.

Another area would be to be more succinct and consistent in communicating and leading groups with more fluidity and ease. How I show up can vary depending on my inner state and on who is in the room. And stay with the group and their needs through my 'presentation' or 'moderation' and not get carried away at times when I am in my own flow with what I want to convey.

- Took on new challenges, explored new cultures and wide range of topics since my early 20s
- Created rich learning experiences for myself, e.g. going on a 1-year sabbatical & self-designed learning journey to explore new ways of living, learning and relating to the world (visited Shikshantar in Udaipur, India [The Peoples' Institute for Re-thinking Education and Development]; spending time and attending courses at the Strozzi Institute for Embodied Leadership, spending 3 months at the Whidbey Institute in the Pacific Northwest in a small cabin surrounded by 80 acres of ancient forests to retreat whilst also being in service to the deeply rooted community there. I filmed several in-depth interviews in the community about their individual and collective journey on the land and for the bigger mission of the Whidbey Institute over the past 50 years which I edited into a small video for their anniversary event.
- Trained as a Waldorf Teacher with my final project on the following topic: "Weaving children's education into the 'web of life' - Place-based education as a means of fostering connection"
- During my one-year 'Trackways' course, I sunk into deep nature connection on a regular basis, connected with native American philosophies and worldviews, learnt bush craft skills and ancient crafts and reconnected to more intuitive ways of knowing. The course is based on teachings by Tom Brown Jr, Jon Young and Sal Glencarelle.
- Spent much of my spare time, reading books and going on personal and professional development courses: Joanna Macy's 'The work that reconnects', Deep Democracy, Theory U, Permaculture Design course (and half way through a Permaculture Diploma), Training in Organisational & Relationship Systems Coaching (ORSC), Systemic Coaching with Constellations (The Whole Partnership), Zen Shiatsu Training, and too many other things to list

- Since 2006 when I attended an experiential Theory U training ran by Adam Kahane and Zaid Hassan (Reos & Partners) I have deeply immersed myself into this process by designing and delivering almost all of my journeys/ programmes based on this process. Later on I also enjoyed reading more about Theory U by Otto Scharmer.
- Joseph Jaworski's book Synchronicity set in motion a change in path to take time off for a sabbatical.
- Richard Strozzi Heckler's Embodied Leadership work has been important to me both his books and spending time at his Dojo practising Aikido and attending a view of his Embodied Leadership courses.
- I loved reading Fritjof Capra's The Tao of Physics in my 20s
- An old copy of a Krishnamurti book was an important companion and point of reflection to me
- Further inspirations came from Peter Senge, the book Dialogue by David Bohm, Ken Wilber, Gregory Bateson and Donella Meadows
- Jon Young's work on culture repair, deep nature connection, art of mentoring was both very moving and felt soo important.
- And many conversations which I have had with Manish Jain on the biology of learning, unschooling and other topics
- As a cultural anthropologist I was deeply touched by Helena Norberg-Hodge's work on Ancient Futures
and inspired by her more recent work on Local Futures
- Eliot Cowan, Plant Spirit Medicine and Manda Scott's book series on 'The Boudica' and her shamanic dreaming work have also been very important to my life ever since I came across their work.
- Janine Benyus, Biomimicry
- Rob Hopkins
- Kate Raworth, Doughnut economics
- Carol Sanfords podcasts and books
- Rudolf Steiner's philosophies and way of seeing the world (died in 1925), and the amazing influences it had on Agriculture (biodynamic agriculture), Architecture, Education, Art, Psychotherapy, Medicine and others
More recent thinkers who inspired me
- Douglas Rushkoff
- Daniel Schmachtenberger
- Nora Bateson
- Indy Johar
- Alnor Ladha

I have never tried to frame this before, so this might be rather clumsy.
I believe in life after death and re-incarnation of some sort. I believe in the existence of multiple realities - everybody has their own world view and way of seeing things based on their culture, value sets and paradigms they live in. Beyond the various human perceptions of the world, I also believe there are multiple 'spirit' worlds, and guidance that is available to us from beyond the human world, if we open up to it and engage with clear intent and purpose.

I believe in energy that exists in all things, and that some humans are more perceptible to these energies and to work with these

Humans and the natural world used to be in oneness and have over the millennia separated as they developed new worldviews. We are now entering a new awakening - where humans start to reconnect with the wider world, creative forces and intelligences beyond the human realms and with each other and I think this is noticeable in our language, our behaviours what we seem to care about.

Apologies if this all sounds fluffy, but I am running out of time to articulate this all better, so I am sending this off now as it is.