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Creating a personal curriculum

If you’re on my side of TikTok, you may have seen a trend around creating what’s called a “personal curriculum”. When we were all at school (many many years ago) we had our learning curriculum set for...

2025

It’s been a while since I’ve written an annual review. I wrote my first one in 2016 but stopped after 2021. But as I wrote then, “writing these reviews each year really helps me put the year in perspe...

My favourite books of 2025

In 2025, I finished 9 books. Didn’t quite meet my yearly target of 12, but really happy with the books I read this year. Here is a bit about my top three for the year - what they're about, why I love...

Thoughts on failure

I was recently on the podcast, Growth Through Failure, in which I had to speak about a personal or professional failure I went through and how I overcame it. In the episode, I spoke about my over a ye...

The hardest part of my career journey

Last month, I had the opportunity to speak at Techcabal’s Moonshot conference. On Day 2 of the event, I opened the “Entering Tech” stage with a masterclass on the lessons I’ve learned along my career...

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