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The Stripped Back Journal

This is where I lay it bare. Silence, betrayal, survival, and rebuilding — told as it happened. Not theory. Not Polish. Just real stories stripped back to the truth over the last 37 years as a small business owner.

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The Crisp Packet Test: How to Have Honest Conversations at Work.

It started with a crisp packet outside my office.
No one picked it up — and that moment changed everything.
I realised culture isn’t built by posters or policies; it’s built by what we tolerate, ignore, or act on when nobody’s watching.
The Crisp Packet Test was born from that moment — a quick, honest way to see how people really think and behave at work. It’s now become my signature tool for leadership, accountability, and rebuilding culture — stripped back and real.

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