Human Systems
What breaks when we optimise for growth, engagement, and efficiency, but ignore how people actually think, feel, and behave.
Essays in this collection
Human Systems
Fairness and financial literacy sitting oddly for me
A lot of the discussion around "fairness" seems to assume people began somewhere near the system in the first place. Near capital, safety and that the risk is survivable.
Learning Systems
Adaptive Literacy - What If Stories Could See How Your Child Learns?
What If Stories Could Teach Reading, Empathy, and Neurodiversity? Spark Space by Layla Foord
Human Systems
When Friendship Doesn't Feel Like Friendship
Some children come into your child’s life and take up all the space. They don’t shout or throw punches. Often, they’re liked, even admired. But slowly and almost imperceptibly, something changes. Your child begins to shrink. They start saying less, doubting more. Their world gets smaller. Their joy dulls at the edges. When you ask what’s wrong, the answers are fragmented, with a text, a shift in tone, a weird look after school. Nothing you can take to a teacher. Nothing that fits into the...
Human Systems
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, burns out, and loses. The other moves with focus, consistency and wins. Not because it was faster. Because it never lost the plot. In investment, we often play the hare. You buy into a company once it’s attractive enough to justify your capital. And then, almost immediately, you start again. Tear it apart. Bring in your own brigade. Shift the culture, the...
Product Leadership
What If Mental Fitness Was Our First Education?
What If Mental Fitness Was Our First Education? | Spark Space | Layla Foord
Product Leadership
Care matters and here's why
Leadership is about care, it
Product Leadership
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
Product Leadership
Why a Social Media Ban Isn't Enough
My take on the social media ban for kids in Australia. A wake up call.
Product Leadership
Digital Roots: A Spark for Conscious Tech Parenting - Digital Safety for Kids
Digital Safety for Kids: A Spark for Conscious Tech Parenting