I went to see a ballet — The Red Shoes, directed by the British choreographer Matthew Bourne.

Spies build intimacy to access secrets.In organisations too, information rarely moves the way the chart suggests.

“Why is Japanese fruit so good?” How could a question this simple end up leading me to the results of Japan’s general election?

This episode follows a consulting case at a global media startup, where a seasoned leader’s strong presence quietly stifled the team's ideas.Through a simple, playful metaphor, a silent dilemma was unlocked—not by solving it logically, but by holding both contradictory truths with love and humour.Consulting from Heart invites you to rethink how transformation happens—less through control, and more through the quiet art of unlearning, unfocusing, and holding contradictions as they are.

This episode explores a consulting project with a small driving school in rural Japan, where bold visions and strategies couldn’t move the managers—but an unexpected conversation about weight loss did.Through this unlikely entry point, the team’s hidden energy and connection were unlocked, leading to real transformation.Consulting from Heart invites you to rethink how change begins—not with complex frameworks, but by awakening the vibrant, often overlooked parts of people and organisations.

This episode follows a consulting journey with a Japanese electronics company seeking to reinvent itself.While the project aimed for innovation, the real shift began not with strategies, but through the quiet clues hidden in a seasoned leader’s everyday life—a laptop with red stripes, a custom-made mask, a tennis racket choice.By blurring the lines between his structured work persona and his playful, personal side, the team discovered a deeper way to spark transformation.Consulting from Heart invites you to explore how real change unfolds—not by controlling people, but by inviting their wholeness into the work.

This episode explores an early consulting project in a Japanese factory, where managers remained silent and unresponsive in meetings but came alive after a few drinks.It raises a quiet but powerful question:What if real transformation doesn’t come from strategy, but from the hidden, human side often left untouched?Consulting from Heart invites you to rethink how we approach people and organisations—not through logic or strategies, but through the art of seeing what's quietly waiting underneath.

A CEO yelled. I reached to apologise—until my boss said, “Go to sleep.” That pause? It wasn’t retreat. It was leadership. Sometimes, modelling the future starts with doing nothing.