Pivot with Power - Unlocking Your Value Beyond Your Job Title

Dear ones,

Last week I stood on the stage at the British Film Institute, invited by dear friend Ria Hebden, founder of Wonder Women TV, to speak into a moment of deep change.

The talk was called Pivot with Power and aligned beautifully with topics we discuss within the Isumataq Collective community.

It was born out of what’s happening in the television industry right now, and the landscape we all find ourselves moving through in some way or another.

Streaming disruption. The rise of AI. Shrinking budgets and commissioning freezes.

The weight of freelance precarity, with so many women working contract to contract, without benefits, hustling for the next role, and often doing that work in isolation - which aids and abets burnout.

Industry consolidation, mergers and acquisitions that move commissioning decisions further away from local voices, while workforce cuts disproportionately impact mid-career women at the very point they should be stepping into leadership.

For many, these forces land as financial strain, uncertainty, and even loss of identity.

The question I hear most often is: Who am I, if I am not my job title?

And yet, beneath that question is something steadier.