Corporate Circus

For anyone trying to care deeply about their work without being crushed by it.

This book emerged from years inside organisations — watching intelligent, decent people slowly disappear into performance, politics, approval-seeking and exhaustion.

It’s about the strange theatre of working life. The contradictions, absurdities and emotional tensions nobody really prepares you for.

Beneath the humour is a serious question:
How do we stay human in systems that often reward the opposite?

I wrote this book with my dear friend, colleague and fellow Circus performer, Emma El Karout.

It's based on our feeling that too many leadership books feel emotionally dishonest.

Most people aren’t struggling because they lack ambition or capability.

They’re struggling because modern work quietly pulls people into survival mode.

We wanted to write something honest enough to recognise that reality — while reminding people they don’t have to lose themselves inside it.

The Circus opens soon
The book is finished. A few rehearsals left.