Brought five decades of education, program design, human behavior and storytelling together in Greta, exploring how play, novelty, agency and small wins can prepare people to choose openness before learning and change.
Built a second career as a novelist, becoming a bestselling and award-winning independent author and publishing more than 75 novels.
Worked across the UK voluntary, education and corporate sectors as Learning & Skills Manager, Skills Champion, business coach, leadership trainer, course designer and project manager.
Became Head Teacher of General Education & Communication for the Clarence Cluster of the North Coast Institute NSW, leading and creating programs, teachers and adult learning across the region.
Designed and delivered individual programs for long-term unemployed people, retrenched workers and young people at risk, before moving into communication and general educational training.
Worked across Aboriginal education, corrective services, personal development and drug & alcohol programs, designing and delivering learning and counselling for people whose needs were rarely met by conventional education.
Coordinated and designed Aboriginal programs for Hunter Valley TAFE while continuing frontline teaching and support work.
Taught English and History in NSW secondary schools, moving into leadership as Acting Head Teacher in Outback Australia in 1980.