The Library
A curated collection of the things worth returning to. Books, films, courses, research, and past projects — gathered, annotated, and kept in order. Not a feed. An archive.
Contents — 01 Books / 02 Films / 03 Courses / 04 Research / 05 Projects
Books
01 — Reading List
Retirement
Refirement: Not Retirement
In today’s world, many are being administratively retired but feel too young to retire. Looking forward to a life without the 8 to 5 pm job need not create great anxiety.
Solo Living
Solo Living Playbook
The Solo Living Playbook is a landmark work that reframes solitude as a legitimate, dignified, and powerful way of life.
Mobility
Happy Mobility
Why building more roads often worsens congestion, why technology alone cannot solve mobility crises, and why behaviour, proximity, and urban design matter more than speed.
Lifestyle
The Unapologetic Woman
Written for women who are done outsourcing their worth and negotiating their joy.
Films
02 — Screening Room
Documentary · 2026
The hidden crisis of Educated Adult Children
Feature · 2026
The silent crisis of Educated Adult Children
Courses
03 — Study
Raising Happy and Ethical Children
Parenting in the digital era demands new tools. This course gives you the framework to raise grounded, ethical, and resilient children.
Self-paced ·
Featured Resource
Battery Clarity Desk
Helping individuals and organizations understand battery health, performance, investment options, and replacement decisions with confidence.
Selected Past Projects
05 — Archive
Community · 2021
The Neighbourhood Archive
A participatory documentation project capturing oral histories and spatial memory from three urban communities facing rapid redevelopment.
Education · 2019
Fields of Practice
A curriculum design project building applied learning pathways for post-secondary students in rural East Africa, anchored in local knowledge systems.
Strategy · 2023
The Slow Map
An advisory and facilitation project helping a regional NGO rethink its ten-year strategy through the lens of asset-based community development.
Research Design · 2017
Listening Instruments
Developed a mixed-methods evaluation toolkit for a health communications programme, foregrounding community-defined indicators over externally imposed metrics.
Research & Publications
04 — Published Work
Journal Article · 2022
Knowledge in Motion
An examination of how tacit knowledge travels through organisations — and what is lost when systems replace the people who carried it.
Conference Paper · 2020
Structured Uncertainty
Presented at the African Management Institute symposium. Argues that not knowing clearly is itself a form of knowledge — one that institutions routinely discard.
Working Paper · 2018
The Patient Strategist
A practitioner’s framework for organisations working in low-resource contexts — where long timescales and limited data demand a different model of decision-making.