I’ve supervised senior professionals when I was half their age, and I’ve supervised interns still in uni. All of them have one thing in common: they need to know that their work has value.

Leaders come in many forms and flavours. Finding a role suited to your default mode is key. Even better if you can flex when the situation calls for it.

As an innovation researcher and consultant, I'm currently examining two barriers: change fatigue (observed in my years managing NPOs) and resourcing challenges (cited by arts professionals in my current dissertation research). Today, the idea of "calculated inactivity" expanded my thinking about what innovation can look like.