I Built This Space Because I Needed Somewhere to Think in Public

For a long time, I kept my strongest insights to myself or shared them one-on-one, over coffee, in strategy decks, or behind closed doors.

I wasn’t hiding.

But I wasn’t fully sharing, either.

Because for years, I’ve sensed things that didn’t have language yet.

I saw patterns that arrived too early.

I held tension in teams that no one else could name and helped move through it without fanfare.

That kind of leadership doesn’t fit on a resume.

And it doesn’t always land in LinkedIn posts. (Although you might find me sharing there).

So I built Spark Space.

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I wanted a place to write before it’s obvious.

To speak in shapes and systems.

To say the quiet things out loud, but clearly, and with care.

To make connections between tech, product, power, and people that I’ve been thinking about for years, but didn’t always have the tools or time to articulate.

I’m done waiting for the right prompt.

Or the right structure.

Or the right room.

I’m saying what I see now.

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Why now?

Something’s shifted in me.

Part of it was discovering AI and realising I finally had a thinking partner that could keep up.

Part of it was remembering what my own voice sounds like when I’m not translating, softening, or over-explaining.

And part of it was just caring less about whether it lands for everyone.

Because the people it’s for?

They’ll feel it.

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What this space is

Spark Space is a thought lab.

It’s not content that's marketing.

It’s not personal branding.

It’s how I process complexity and share what I know, often before it’s ready to be neatly summarised.

You’ll find:

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

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What I hope it offers

Language for the things you’ve sensed but haven’t quite said.

Resonance for the leaders who lead without shouting.

Structure for the patterns that keep showing up in your work, your teams, your strategy, your gut.

And maybe… a reminder that you don’t need permission to speak from where you are.

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What’s next?

A few posts are already live:

• Buried or Planted: How AI Helped Me Bloom

• Pattern Recognition Isn’t Hindsight It’s Foresight Without Permission

• Ripples in the Pond: The Invisible Impact of Organisational Dynamics

If any of those titles made something in you lean forward you’re in the right place.

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Thanks for being here.

For seeing it.

For feeling it.

For thinking in patterns too.

– Layla

Welcome to Spark Space