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Spark Space
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Read about, systems thinking, leadership patterns, reflections on AI, product, emotional architecture, and decision-making
Stories from the field that usually get left out of case studies
Sparks of ideas and products you can feel free to grow
Experiments in what's already possible
What If Mental Fitness Was Our First Education?
What If Mental Fitness Was Our First Education? | Spark Space | Layla Foord
Apr 272 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 302 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 292 min read
Digital Safety for Kids: Why It’s Time to Rethink the Tools
Digital Safety for Kids: A Spark for Conscious Tech Parenting
Mar 282 min read
Two Kids, Heads Down
This song was written by my Dad, Peter Forster. Back in the 80's when he wrote songs, played drums and recorded on the 8-track with his...
Mar 272 min read
I Built This Space Because I Needed Somewhere to Think in Public
Welcome to my new space for thinking and ideas.
Mar 242 min read
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