I believe in the Power of Place
Not just as geography, but as story, identity and belonging.
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The Shift – New Demands on Leadership
We live in a time when leadership is being asked to shift. The old playbooks of policy and strategy don’t fit the challenges anymore.
Public sector leaders, agencies, and not-for-profits with responsibility for place are at the centre of this shift. You’re asked to deliver economic outcomes, advance sustainability, and build community trust - all in systems that are complex and fast-moving.
The work has move beyond managing programmes. It’s increasingly about stewarding places. It’s about aligning policy, people, and place for vitality that lasts.
That’s the work I call Strategic Stewardship.
What I Do
I speak at conferences.
I convene retreats in extraordinary places.
I work with senior leaders, boards, and teams in public and place-based sectors who want to lead with clarity, courage, and care for the places they serve.
I hold spaces where leaders can step back, think and speak differently, and act with renewed conviction.
If that speaks to you, let’s have a conversation.
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Return to the Burren
In 2026, I will host a retreat in the Burren, a landscape that has shaped me and continues to nourish, challenge, and surprise.
This retreat will be a rare space for senior leaders to step away from daily demands and into a setting that opens perspective. The Burren has a way of slowing time, stripping back noise, and creating the conditions for deeper reflection and conversation.
Return to the Burren is an invitation to experience that otherness - to pause in an extraordinary place, see differently, and return to your work renewed, with clarity and courage to lead through place.
Keep me updatedMeet Tina
For more than 15 years, I’ve worked with leaders and communities in tourism, environment, culture, and rural development, always through the lens of place. Today, I support public sector leaders and boards to bring place back into focus as the anchor for radical collaboration, meaningful connection, and lasting change.
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