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I Don't Love Me The Way You Do
I wrote this song for my husband, it's in recognition of the way he loves me. It's not a fairtytale, it's real. He holds me exactly how I...
5 days ago2 min read


The Third Wave of Technological Evolution: Generative AI
Something big is happening. Fast Adoption You can feel it. So can everyone else. LinkedIn is a freakin' nightmare of AI, EM's and bogus...
6 days ago4 min read


The Hare & the Tortoise: The Collaborative Investment Strategy
Do you know the story of the hare and the tortoise? Most people think it's about speed. Really, it's about assumptions. One moves fast,...
May 92 min read


What's Passive Disrespect?
You know that feeling. You’ve just presented a strategy. It’s been shaped with care, aligned across teams, socialised with the CEO....
May 92 min read


Where are the older people in technology?
A reflection on the quiet exit of experience, and what it costs us. In almost every job I’ve had over the last decade, I’ve been one of...
May 92 min read


Living Music Lab: How AI Helped Me Make Music Again
The Living Music Lab is an emerging space where artists create fluid, responsive music using voice, real instruments, and AI tools like Mureka without needing perfection. This is how I returned to songwriting after years away.
May 42 min read


Keep Moving Fast
Lyrics and background for layla foord's original song Keep Moving Fast from the EP Resonance.
Apr 302 min read


What If Mental Fitness Was Our First Education?
What If Mental Fitness Was Our First Education? | Spark Space | Layla Foord
Apr 272 min read


Adaptive Literacy
What If Stories Could Teach Reading, Empathy, and Neurodiversity? Spark Space by Layla Foord
Apr 252 min read


What If Jamie Oliver Was in Your Kitchen?
What if your cooking app didn’t start with a recipe — but with real life? A quietly provocative idea from Spark Space imagining Jamie Oliver guiding you, step by step, from fridge to plate.
Apr 222 min read


What If a Story Could Protect You From the Interface?
Rae and the Digital Echo, a Novel. A group of teens. A hidden pattern in their feeds. An AI that feels… just a little too real. Rae and...
Apr 203 min read


The End of Products
The End of Products: Rethinking Value in a Post-Product World | Spark Space
Apr 183 min read


I See In Patterns
This is a new song, written to help those of us who don't see things the way everyone else does. Spirals, patterns and colours, beautiful...
Apr 172 min read


Why Do We Resist Foresight?
Foresight isn’t rare. It’s just hard to absorb when it threatens what we’re invested in. There’s a pattern I’ve lived inside for years:...
Apr 152 min read


Care matters and here's why
Leadership is about care, it's not soft, its essential.
Mar 303 min read


The Genius Jerk and the Dam of Stuckness
Genius jerks Every company has one.
The person who’s brilliant — but impossible.
Mar 303 min read


Harnessing AI for Leadership Development: A New Frontier
A new kind of leadership toolkit: using AI for reflection, clarity, and emotional intelligence. Spark Space explores the future of growth th
Mar 292 min read


Why a Social Media Ban Isn’t Enough
My take on the social media ban for kids in Australia. A wake up call.
Mar 293 min read


Adolescence, did it really go far enough?
I think not. And so I wrote an alternate version with genders flipped. But the same story. It prompted an idea for a new way to learn....
Mar 292 min read


The Supporting Character Problem
What happens when emotionally intelligent leaders hold everything together — but don’t get recognised for it? A quiet call to action
Mar 282 min read
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