Why I Chose Consulting

The end of 2024 pulled the handbrake on my life, personally and professionally. Within three months:

• My partner left me, I was heartbroken.
• My mum, the love of my life, was diagnosed with motor neuron disease.
• I was made redundant from my cushy corporate leadership role.

To say I had whiplash is an understatement. The three core pillars of my world came crashing down around me. I took a month out and went home (Cape Town). 

I needed space.
I needed to decompress, recalibrate.
Throw shit.
And cry - a lot.

After two glorious weeks in this spiral, exhaustion took hold, and I decided to pause and take stock. My heart and compensation would recover, but Mum was a different story. Besides the obvious grief I was dealing with, there is a fifty percent chance I am carrying the motor neurons gene. My aunt, mother and cousin all carry the gene, I’m not feeling optimistic.

It was time to ask the big questions:

• What do I want to do?
• Who do I want to be?
• What am I willing to do to get it?

I had spent fifteen years in big companies, including two tech startups that went public. Fast paced. High stakes. Gritty. I thrived in it. But over time, I got tired of watching great ideas get stuck in loops of red tape. Organisational mayhem, slow decisions, lack of leadership and vision. Bored to tears with inertia.

When I looked back, it wasn’t the job titles or the logos that mattered. I wanted to be closer to the work that moves the needle. It was the problem-solving. The hard-earned wins. The teams that got things done. Being curious about what people do and how they do it.

That realisation brought me here.

As a consultant, I get autonomy. I get to work with a wide range of people. My goal is to contribute to those who know less and learn from those who know more.

I do not believe in silver bullets. I do not believe in manifestation nonsense. Growth comes from small, intentional actions that stack up over time. I believe in discipline over motivation, execution and iteration over endless planning. That is how momentum builds; that is how businesses win.

I am not interested in pretending things are easy. I am interested in progress. Messy, real, step-by-step progress.

That is the work I do with my clients. And the work I am doing on myself.