This is the gap I keep running into, in every sector I work in. Not a values gap.

Most organisations I meet are full of people who mean well, including at the top. It's an alignment gap, between what leadership believes is true, what the systems are designed to produce, and what people are actually living day to day.

Anyone who knows me knows the pub life isn’t for me. Sticky floors, noisy crowds, and let’s face it, not a lot of faces that look like mine. It’s never been my vibe.

But back in the day, I went anyway. Not because I wanted to, but because that’s where my colleagues went after work. I didn’t want to be the odd one out, so there I was, sipping my drink, counting the minutes until I could make a graceful exit.