About Creative Oxygen
Our Vision
Creative Oxygen™ fixes a big hidden problem:
Burnout, attrition and disengagement in high stakes environments.
When leaders are overwhelmed, teams stop talking.
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Concerns get noticed late, or after the fact
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The best people leave without warning
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More staff go off with stress related illness
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A junior spots something and decides not to say
These problems mean the system is squeezing out the cognitive flexibility that good decisions depend on.
The result: you lose your best problem solvers.
Why?
Your team is under pressure. And it's starting to show.
When people are continuously problem solving, they're using valuable creative energy. If that energy isn't replenished communication breaks down. Brilliant ideas stop surfacing and great people start leaving. In high-stakes environments this can become a life-or-death problem.
You can see it happening, but the usual wellbing fixes aren't reaching the root of it.
Creativity is often thought of as a "nice to have" but it's the engine that your organisation can't run without. Chronic pressure squeezes out the creative thinking that teams need to make critical decisions and function under pressure. When that goes, so does clarity, cohesion, and the confidence to act decisively.
Healthcare, business and education are often missing the vital creative interventions that could change the game completely. Problem solving is creativity, and it needs the right conditions to thrive.
That's what Creative Oxygen™ is built to address.
We work directly with clinical and operational teams to restore the conditions for clear thinking, better communication, and genuine collaboration. Even in extreme high-pressure environments.
10% of UK workers feel engaged at work. (Gallup, 2023)
30% of NHS staff report feeling burnt out often or all the time. NHS Staff Survey 2024, cited by the King's Fund.
These issues are often framed as personal problems, but they're system failures.
Disengagement, fatigue and overwhelm are what happens when the conditions for clear thinking collapse under pressure.
Creative Oxygen™ works on the conditions, not just the symptoms.
Our Services
The Creative Oximeter™
A diagnostic tool that measures the six conditions your team needs to think clearly under pressure.
It takes as little as 45 minutes, and tells you exactly where the system is breaking down, before it breaks your people.
Workshops
Practical, structured sessions that target the specific constraints your team is working under. Tools your people can use the moment they're back on duty.
Keynotes
A talk that reframes how your organisation thinks about burnout, disengagement, and decision-making under pressure.
Tailored to culture change programmes, away days and conferences.
Client Testimonials
What our clients say
Ali came and spoke to 44 of our members - senior executives/ highly experienced and diverse professionals. Ali was clear, honed in on what they needed, and adapted the content entirely around what they needed/asked questions about. She didn't just talk to slides - she engaged and worked with content in the chat and via audience questions. It was brilliant.
Lucy Standing
Founder Brave Starts
Her style is bold, refreshing, and deeply effective. Ali is the person who will help you show up in a way that feels right - without the fluff, without the cringe, and with a strategy that actually works. Highly recommended.
Stephan Zinzen
Founder Veeveo
People love to talk about 1% improvements or incremental growth… but working with Ali blew the roof off the business. She took a tiny seed of an idea and grew it into a creative vision far beyond what I could have imagined — crystal clear, bold, and better than my wildest hopes..
Polly Lavarello
Founder Elevate For Evergreen
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