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Why Playing Games Now Means Learning
Over the past 15 years of working in higher education, one thing has become abundantly clear to me: the quality of content has a profound impact on the learning journey. I’ve seen learners switch off when material is boring and I’ve also seen their eyes light up when an experience captures their curiosity and brings…
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How to Start a UK Business The Right Way
Starting a business is exciting, but also daunting. There’s so much advice out there, and it’s easy to feel overwhelmed about what actually matters in those early stages. I’ve pulled together the essentials that I’ve learned along the way, having moved my personal business from Australia to the UK. Please be aware this is NOT…
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How to Run Great Executive Education Games
Over the years I’ve designed my fair share of executive education games, both for digital and in-person sessions, and one thing I’ve learned is this: The design of the game is only half the story. The other half is in the way it’s run. A brilliant game can fall flat with poor facilitation, while a…
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How Social Judgement has Shaped Me to be Hyper-empathetic
A colleague of mine recently posted about an experience he had with making snap judgements – his own, and one made about him. It reminded me how common these moments are, and how profoundly they can shape us. It got me thinking though, that this is something that happens all the time – to everyone.…
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AI Wars Exclusive: Learn How The Adventure Began
Following on from my previous blog about where AI Wars is up to and what still remains to be done, a wonderful author friend suggested I go back even further and unpack how it all began and got to where it is now. So that is what today’s post is going to focus on. In…
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AI Wars: Behind the Scenes of My Latest Game
What if you could test your response to a disruptive innovation, like AI —before it hits your industry? The latest game I’m working on with Cranfield University is one that allows executive clients to test their methodologies for reacting to disruptive innovation in their sector. The Health Sector is the first sector that I am…
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AI – love it or hate it, it’s here to stay
It may come as a surprise that as a game designer, I actually enjoy using AI in my work. It hasn’t replaced my creativity – it has amplified my potential. AI has increased the speed with which I can iterate the design of certain things and enables me to be a better creative writer by…
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I Love Talking About Games
Cabaret of Ideas I recently presented at the Milton Keynes’ International Festival, Cabaret of Ideas with my fellow game designer and founder of Little Spark Games, Nicci – to share how games can benefit people of any age, in any group. The style of the day was described as ‘speed dating, but with ideas’. We…
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Top 5 Things Learned From My First Board Game
Race to Your Rocket is a game I’m co-creating with Little Spark Games for children aged 7–11, with one big goal: to encourage communication, build friendships, and spark meaningful connection. Designing for this age group is incredibly rewarding — and also full of surprises. Kids are honest, playful, and wildly creative. But to really make…
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What I Look For in My Work Computer
Choosing the Right Computer for Creative Grunt Work Computers evolve so quickly — and if you’re not careful, you suddenly find yourself clinging to a 15-year-old gaming laptop, politely waiting for every click to register and watching your rendering times creep up minute by painful minute. That was me. For far too long. Eventually, I…
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