“The best working sessions are not about what I tell the room. They are about what the room discovers — with the right structure, the right questions and someone who knows when to push and when to listen.”
I design and deliver workshops for leadership teams, senior management groups and conference audiences on the topics where I have direct, hard-won experience — operational transformation, supply chain strategy, additive manufacturing and the leadership of complex change. These are not slide decks with discussion prompts. They are structured, practically grounded working sessions designed to shift thinking, surface the real questions and produce outputs that leadership teams can act on.
What makes these workshops different is the combination of experience I bring into the room. Thirty years of operational leadership across the Royal Navy, global consultancy and PE-backed executive mandates means that every framework, every case study and every challenge I present is grounded in situations I have lived through — not theory observed from the outside. I have sat in the boardroom making the decisions, stood on the factory floor understanding the reality, and reported outcomes to PE sponsors and capital markets. That breadth means I can connect the strategic and the operational in ways that resonate with mixed audiences of executives, managers and specialists simultaneously.
Equally important is how the sessions are run. I bring the same facilitation skills I apply to executive roundtables and conference panels — creating an environment where every voice in the room is heard, where the most senior person does not automatically dominate the conversation, and where the quieter but often most insightful contributions are actively drawn out. Workshops should be genuinely inclusive — not as a box-ticking exercise but because the best thinking in any organisation is rarely concentrated in the loudest voices. I design and facilitate sessions that surface the collective intelligence of the group, not just the views of those most comfortable speaking first.
The result is a working session that participants remember not because of what I said, but because of what the room discovered together — with the right structure, the right questions and a facilitator who knows when to push and when to listen.
Workshops are available as standalone sessions for your organisation, as offsite or away-day programmes, or as conference and event sessions. All are tailored to your specific context, audience and objectives. To discuss a workshop, please get in touch.
Workshop Programme
How to Think About Additive Manufacturing — From Technology to Business Case
AFor supply chain leaders and boards looking to move from awareness to a structured adoption strategy with a credible business case. Built around the framework developed in Supercharg3d and refined through engagements with defence primes, industrial manufacturers and healthcare organisations.
Duration: Half day | Audience: C-suite, board, senior management | Group size: Up to 20
Supply Chain Remixed — People, Process and Technology
A practical working session on building resilience, operational excellence and adaptability in complex supply chain environments. Developed and delivered at the CSCMP Edge Europe Conference in Madrid to an international audience of supply chain leaders.
Duration: Half day or full day | Audience: Supply chain and operations leaders | Group size: 10–50