Every journey begins somewhere...
I've been thinking a lot about where all of this began.
People often assume there was one defining moment.
There wasn't.
It was something much quieter than that.
When I was about ten years old, there was a little boy at my school who everyone knew was different.
Back then, I didn't have the language I have today.
I didn't know anything about neurodiversity or inclusion.
I only knew that he spent a lot of time on his own.
He didn't quite fit in with the other children.
Many kept their distance because they didn't understand him.
One day, I sat with him.
There wasn't a grand plan.
I wasn't trying to change the world.
I don't even remember exactly what we talked about.
I just remember deciding that nobody should have to spend every lunchtime alone.
Over time, something changed.
Not just for him.
For me.
That small decision quietly reshaped the way I began to see people.
I started noticing the child standing just outside the group.
The person everyone described before they really knew them.
The ones who seemed difficult, awkward or different.
That little boy didn't teach me about difference.
He taught me about curiosity.
He taught me that every person has a story we haven't heard yet.
And that the most interesting thing about someone is almost never the thing we notice first.
I've carried that lesson with me ever since.
Sometimes people ask where Savage Potential began.
Looking back, I don't think it began with a business.
I think it began with a lunch break.
It began with a lunch break.
That lunch break was only the beginning.
Over the years I found myself working in classrooms.
Retail stores.
Nursing homes.
Leadership.
Different people.
Different environments.
Different challenges.
Yet I kept noticing the same pattern.
People rarely struggle in isolation.
They respond to the conditions around them.
That simple observation changed everything.
It became the foundation of Savage Potential.
Not because people needed fixing.
Because the conditions around them could change.
And when conditions change...
possibility changes.
Thousands of moments later...
Conditions create possibility.
Performance provides information.
Curiosity expands understanding.
Small changes create extraordinary impact.
Repeated experience becomes culture.
Leadership shapes conditions.
Outside of work, my husband and our three daughters remind me every day that no two people experience the world in quite the same way. They challenge me to keep listening, to stay curious and to remember that the smallest moments often shape the biggest stories.
I've always been drawn to things that challenge me. Dance is one of those places. I love learning difficult choreography because it reminds me what it feels like to be a beginner.
To make mistakes.
To refine the smallest details.
To keep showing up anyway.
It keeps me connected to what it feels like to learn, because the people I work with are learning too.
Whether I'm with my family, in a dance studio, facilitating a workshop or sitting beside someone trying to solve a difficult problem, I'm driven by the same belief:
Every person has a story we haven't heard yet.
Every environment is quietly shaping what becomes possible.
I don't see Savage Potential as something I switch on when I go to work.
It's simply an extension of how I try to live.
To notice.
To stay curious.
To believe that every person and every workplace already contains more potential than they often realise.
That's what Savage Potential is.
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One conversation.
One child who quietly changed the way another child saw the world.
Everything else came later.
Savage Potential grew from more than a decade spent working with people, behaviour, learning and performance in complex environments.
I've led teams, managed workplaces of more than 50 staff, coached developing leaders, designed learning and built processes when the existing ones weren't working.
It taught me to notice what behaviour is telling us before deciding what it means.
I observe. I listen. I ask questions. I look for patterns. Then I use the stories alongside the data to understand what's actually happening.
Because sometimes performance needs accountability.
Sometimes it needs better conditions.
And sometimes what's getting in the way has been sitting right in front of us all along.
Fresh eyes simply help us see it.
10+ years developing people & capabilityLeadership across teams of 50+ staffBachelor of Education · Master of Special Education
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