Alma Mater. source
As a child, I discovered my love of animals and nature. I helped at a local farm in exchange for pony rides and eventually fulfilled a dream to have a pony of my own. Animals and school were my life. It was through this that I learned time management, multi-tasking and perseverance: Attributes which paid off at Lancaster University. I graduated in 1985 with a First class honours degree in Mathematics, a Master’s degree in Operational Research and a host of prizes, including the prize for the best final year exam results.
PwC Offices, 1 Embankment Place, London. source
After university I joined a fledgling business modelling group lead by Dennis Sherwood in Deloitte, Haskins + Sells Management Consulting Division. I was to remain there for 20 years. The group applied leading edge analytical techniques to improve the quality of our client’s business decisions. I always say that I left university and joined the best university in the world! It was there that I was fortunate to learn about Systems Thinking and System Dynamics modelling with Barry Richmond and Peter Senge. I developed a new service which embedded Systems Thinking in Business Performance Management and trained new recruits and an impressive list of UK and global clients.
Business Dynamics Group
In my late twenties I realised that the only truly limited thing is time. I negotiated working part time so that I could indulge my passion for horses again. I trained and competed my horses and helped run my local riding club in Bedfordshire.
The Limousin, France. source
In 2004 I became disillusioned with consulting life and the changing values of the firm. Deloitte had metamorphosed into IBM and consulting life was very different. I took a career break, and on a visit to France realised that if I sold my property in the UK I could afford to semi-retire and regain my freedom of thought. It was the hardest decision I have ever made….and also the best. I have lived in rural France since 2004, I speak fluent French and I am an active member of the equestrian community.
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Freedom gave me the opportunity to apply Systems Thinking to systems whose purpose was not merely to profit shareholders. I researched and wrote a book on the systems view on horse riding. “Riding Dynamics” fulfilled a lifetime ambition to write a book. I also applied systems thinking to a host of other things: health, sport, relationships, the economy, the world and myself and my own energy levels. I believe this has re-programmed my brain and I think systemically even when I am asleep!
I see systems thinking as a key tool for understanding the world and making better long term choices. I wish I had been taught it at school and believe that all children should be. Our world is full of wicked problems many of which we humans created. Teaching children to read, remember and regurgitate in exams will not solve these problems. Empowering them through systems thinking just might…….. This is my vision, that we bring systems thinking and OR techniques to all children.
University of Hull source
In September 2018 I enrolled to do PhD research with the Centre for Systems Studies at Hull University to evaluate the potential benefits of systems thinking in the UK education system. We plan to recruit a sample of schools and test out different approaches with various age groups. The project will span at least 5 years to allow us to measure longer term impact. We will also be working with children outside school through organisations such as the Hull & East Yorkshire Children’s University and the OR Society’s “OR in Education” programme.
See ST2050. See Power of Exponential