On embracing her mother s approach to balance. I did not think of my mum as a working mother as a label, or differentiate between her and full-time stay home mums. She was my one-and-only mother. One is a full-time mother whether you have a job or not and I admire my mother’s path in how she balanced the pursuit of her own passions as well as raised her children. My mum always said to me: you can have everything, just not all at once. I keep that close on my own journey now.
What she s learned from working together. So many things … I started shadowing my mum on her sourcing travels to artisan groups when I was much younger; from those travels I learnt about her incredible ability to connect with a range of people and problem solve on the spot, drawing collaboratively on multiple opinions for shared creativity. In other areas, when we have been in common panels or meetings together, I see her ability to facilitate and drive consensus, and yet show thought leadership to i