Georgina Smith

....ON CONNECTION, CREATIVITY & WHAT WE LOST IN THE SPACES BETWEEN I've been having the same conversation lately. In cafes, on calls, with founders and creatives who all say some version of the same thing: something shifted, and we never really dealt with it. "Remote work promised us freedom. What it quietly took was something harder to name and even harder to get back." We adapted to the pandemic. We got good at Zoom. We optimised our home offices, bought better lighting, learned to mute...

Last week I joined a review on 2026 trends, and one thing stood out: in a world leaning hard into AI, humans are craving anything but another bot solution. We absolutely want life to be easier in banking, travel, finances, the repetitive stuff. Boring work processes and admin (that we know is done first-time right). But the real drivers of happiness, growth and a sense of thriving still come down to two things: 1. Our relationships. 2. Feeling seen and recognised within them. Your local...

If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that ambition spreads. Put yourself in a room full of people who dream bigger than you do, and something shifts inside you. Suddenly the goals that once felt far-fetched start to feel… well possible - doable, reachable. Why is that? Because ambitious people expand your sense of what can be done. They don’t just cheer from the sidelines, they show you what belief in yourself really looks like. What else will they bring to your table? They’re also the...