Author · Keynote speaker
Nobody breaks in the crisis. They break in the long middle.
I write and speak about what it actually takes to keep going — and to keep looking after other people — once the emergency stops being news.
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New · March 2026
The Steady Middle
Leading after the emergency stops being news
The applause arrives for the rescue. The damage arrives eighteen months later — in turnover, in silence, in the good people who quietly stop offering ideas.
Built on 240 interviews across hospitals, shipyards, schools and one very tired newsroom.
Speaking
A talk that feels like being understood, not lectured
Forty-five minutes, one slide, and a closing exercise your leadership team does together in the room. Sixty-two stages since 2019.
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“We brought Imogen in expecting a morale talk. She gave our directors a vocabulary for the year they had just survived — and a way to talk about it that didn’t blame anyone.”
Renata Ossei · Chief People Officer, Harbourline Health (fictional)
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