Abi Adamson

Working Across Generations: Beyond the Stereotypes

Five generations in one workplace, and we're still pretending the tension is about work ethic or technology. This workshop exposes how ageism flows in all directions and why generational conflict is often about power, respect, and whose experience counts as expertise.

Leading with Empathy and Humility

Leadership isn't about having all the answers; it's about creating space for everyone's brilliance to emerge. This workshop challenges the myth that vulnerability is weakness and explores how the strongest leaders admit what they don't know.

Active Allyship: Actions Over Announcements

Allyship isn't a title you claim; it's work you do when no one's watching. This workshop moves beyond performative solidarity to explore what meaningful support actually looks like in practice.

Conflict Management and Resolution

Most workplace conflicts aren't about the surface disagreement; they're about unmet needs, unheard voices, and unequal power dynamics. This workshop explores how conflict shows up differently across diverse teams and why traditional resolution methods often fail marginalized employees.

Developing a Growth Mindset in the Workplace

Growth mindset isn't just corporate buzzwords - it's the difference between people who see challenges as dead ends and those who see them as opportunities to develop. This session teaches the core principles of growth mindset: believing your abilities can improve with effort, viewing setbacks as learning moments, and embracing challenges as chances to grow.

Delivering Feedback Without Destroying Trust

Feedback is meant to help people grow. So why does it so often damage relationships, destroy confidence, and create defensiveness? Because most feedback fails to account for psychological safety, power dynamics, and cultural context. This session gives you a practical framework for delivering feedback that people can actually hear, receive, and act on - without the dreaded "feedback sandwich" or corporate scripts that feel robotic.

Beyond Good Intentions: A Practical Guide to Race Conversations

Moving from awareness to application, this session equips participants with practical tools for navigating race and inclusion with confidence and care.

The Courage to Bloom: Black British Stories of Standing Firm

Every garden has plants that thrive despite the worst conditions - somehow still blooming brilliantly. In this high-energy session, we'll explore Black British icons who were told they were "too much" or "not the right fit" and chose to bloom anyway.

Through interactive storytelling - from Mary Seacole's determination to Claudia Jones creating Notting Hill Carnival - we'll discover how standing firm against resistance created innovations that now define British culture. Participants will recognize their own moments of courage and learn practical strategies for standing firm when systems weren't designed for them to flourish.

Can You Hear Me Now? A Guide to Hearing Disability and Workplace Inclusion

This session explores hearing disability as an often invisible workplace reality affecting 1 in 6 people globally. It dispels common misconceptions about deafness and hearing loss while providing practical strategies for genuine inclusion. Participants will learn about different hearing disabilities, assistive technologies, and how workplace systems create unnecessary barriers. Through lived experience and interactive scenarios, the session reveals how accessible practices like captions and visual cues improve communication and productivity for everyone. You'll leave equipped with concrete tools to transform your workplace from one where some struggle to hear into one where everyone can truly be heard.