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Welcome

In times of transition and uncertainty, people are often pushed toward answers too quickly. What is missing is not expertise, but space - space to pause, listen, share experiences, and sit with real questions.

I design and host spaces of reflection, dialogue, creative thinking and storytelling. Emergent spaces where people can come together without pressure to perform or resolve. These are spaces that allow understanding to deepen, relationships to strengthen, and new possibilities to surface in their own time.

Change is not forced.

It arises through presence, relationship and shared sensemaking.

The work lies not in predetermined outcomes, but in the quality of the space itself and in what becomes possible when people come together with care, attention and openness.

I tend to the conditions in which new possibilities can emerge.

If you are are a a leader, a group or individual sensing the need for a different kind of space - one that brings people together to reflect honestly and explore what matters, let's begin with a conversation.

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Spaces i hold

Attentive Spaces

Spaces for slowing down, listening deeply and making sense of what is unfolding.

Often quiet, spacious and reflective - allowing people to sit with uncertainty rather than rush towards solutions.

Relational Spaces

Spaces that support connection across difference - roles, cultures, institutions and lived experience.

Built on trust, care and mutual respect, these spaces allow shared experience and understanding to emerge.

Creative Spaces

Spaces where movement, play, storytelling and imagination are welcomed.

Energetic, exploratory environments that invite experimentation and new ways of seeing.

about me, joanne

Creating spaces for people to come together is my drive and passion. For over two decades, I have worked alongside individuals and groups across international charities, higher education, and global networks - often in complex, cross-cultural contexts.

This work has taken me across Africa and South Asia, designing and hosting processes that bring together people and organisations from different countries to connect, reflect and collaborate.

I have learned that without fixed agendas and outcomes, through sharing and exploring together, people can make sense of situations, stay with complexity, work through difference, and open up new possibilities for action. Creating space, sitting together, sharing lived experiences and storytelling is a powerful tool in individual, organisational and social transformation.

My academic background includes a PhD exploring community-based and human rights education, participatory methods and social change processes - work that continues to inform and shape my practice.

I am deeply committed to work that contributes to positive change and social justice.

This work draws on a long-standing practice I think of as Spaces of Change - designing and hosting shared spaces where people can come together, reflect, listen deeply and make sense of what is unfolding.

how I work

I work responsively, paying close attention to people, context and energy.

I design lightly and hold carefully
I adapt in response to what is emerging
I balance structure with openness
I work with uncertainty rather than against it
I value presence over performance
I trust collective wisdom and shared inquiry

Each space is shaped with intention, but never scripted.