How I prefer to work

Remote or hybrid

I really enjoy and benefit from working from home (with my relative privilege of no kids and a nice house) and find it gives me the space and context to do my very best work. Always happy to come in if it’s necessary or for workshops, drinks, etc, but primarily I love working from my home office.

I am a somewhat sensory-sensitive person and find that office environments, while tolerable, are tiring and distracting for me, and I typically get less done there. If it's running an event or workshop, that's different, but for my normal days I don't find it works optimally.

APAC or compatible timezones

I live in Melbourne so anywhere in Australia, New Zealand or even Singapore could work, and even some parts of the US can work if that’s feasible for the organisation.

Standard hours

After a lot of different experiments I have found working “standard hours” is best for me, or at least a regular schedule. It allows me to continue with a regular routine of exercise which is critical for my mental health, and carves out time for my life outside of work (including sleep!).

Four days, ideally

I have worked full time and very hard for most of my career and I would love a week with one day to myself not to start really focusing on work/life balance. A day for bike rides or yoga classes or making music and art would be wonderful.

I give a lot of feedback

As a colleague, manager and direct report, I believe in the power of feedback and give it regularly, even when it’s a little tricky. I have found feedback to be the most powerful tool available at work and find it is the fastest way to innovate, learn and grow.

I’m extremely pragmatic

Strong views, loosely held. I am always open to a more practical route, and always open to putting aside my personal opinion in service of the larger goal. I absolutely do not take this personally and pride myself in my ability to help others adopt a similarly practical mindset.

I’m happy to disagree and commit

"Agree and commit, disagree and commit, or get out of the way” - I have taken this very seriously and as an addendum to pragmatism, I am 100% happy to disagree and commit as long as it’s clear who is accountable.

I know how to lead through crisis

Having worked with various norming, forming and storming startups, as well as in an executive leadership position for the first two years of the pandemic, I have battle scars and experience in leading through some very challenging periods. As a result I’m resilient, cool under pressure and sensitive to the broader emotional landscape, with an arsenal of tactics at my disposal.