I’ve spoken a great deal about dismantling patriarchy and hierarchy through play. One of the best examples is Christmas In The Trenches, and how a World War was stopped for a day by play.

I learned this play technique from the play expert, Gwen Gordon, on how to sear Fun, Joy, Play Moments in your brain forever, but also be able to relive it. The play-savoring exercise is called STRETCHING the YUMMMM Here’s the technique: Take turns being the savorer and…

My name is Francis Tolliver. I come from Liverpool. Two years ago the war was waiting For me after school. Those are the first lines of the song, Christmas In The Trenches, by John McCutcheon. He tells the true story of how a…

I hear this question a great deal of the time, and I never have an adequate answer. What I want to say is that anyone embracing their healthy masculine doesn’t have to brag or boast. They don’t have to market themselves as someone strong because they just are. This is…

Last week, I attended the last conference of the World Domination Summit, an event that asks “How can you lead a remarkable life in a conventional world?” In many ways, it altered the course of my life, and the people I met there I’ll be friends with for the rest…

Can we reshape the future of work by dismantling toxic masculinity? 47.4 million people voluntarily quit their jobs in 2021. Why? In part, because of Toxic Masculine Leadership. Which also Drove The Great Resignation. But how? According to McKinsey’s Great Attrition Report, part of this exodus can be attributed to…

Rarely do you ever think of healing your workplace by listening and healing your inner child, but that’s what I’m proposing. It’s fascinating that we talk a great deal about how the future of work will need leaders that have emotional intelligence, but what is that fancy term really? Emotional…

Every year around this time, there is discussion around resolutions. How can we even think about coming up with any resolutions for 2021, after the years we’ve had in 2020 & 2021? Is it even worth thinking about what to look forward to especially in this new normal where there…

This is for every employer who doesn’t understand why their staff is quitting their company during The Great Resignation. There has been a significant disconnect between why employers believe their employees are leaving their companies and why staff chose to resign. What companies need to be asking themselves right now…