Insights and reflections
This is the Jamie McAnsh insights space. I want to bring together the thinking behind my work as a speaker, consultant, and advocate for inclusion.
Here, I share reflections shaped by lived experience, adventure, resilience, mental health, and workplace culture, alongside practical insight drawn from real work with organisations across the UK and beyond.
Some pieces are deeply personal. Others are focused on leadership, inclusion, and systems. All are written with one aim in mind: to help people and organisations think differently, act with intention, and build environments where individuals can genuinely thrive.
From insight to impact
Alongside reflection and lived experience, I also share how these ideas are applied in the real world.
The content below is shaped by work on keynote stages, public platforms, and within organisations, as well as through partnerships and practical tools designed to support real change.
This is where insight moves beyond reflection, connecting values, action, and impact in ways that are grounded, relevant, and human.
Some of the professional organisations Jamie has worked with
Recent Blogs By Date
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Remembering the Fallen and Supporting the Living
Why Veterans Need More Than Gratitude: Supporting Veterans After Service A Part of My Story I Rarely Share Remembrance Day always pulls me back to a part of my life I do not often talk about and you wont read about it on my about page either. My military background sits quietly in the background…
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Joining SpeakOut Speaker Agency
A New Chapter as a UK Inclusion and Resilience Speaker Becoming part of SpeakOut is a moment I’m genuinely proud of. As someone who has spent years talking about resilience, inclusion and the realities of rebuilding life after paralysis, finding the right agency matters. I’m pleased to say I’ve now joined SpeakOut, one of the…
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Why We Need a CRM and How HubSpot Supports GDPR Compliance
Why we need a CRM is no longer about sales efficiency; it is about data responsibility, trust, and meeting GDPR expectations without chaos. Let’s be honest. If your customer data lives in inboxes, spreadsheets, notebooks and people’s heads, you do not have a system. You have a risk. A CRM is not a nice-to-have anymore.…
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What Is HubSpot? A Clear, Human Introduction to a Powerful Platform
If you have ever heard someone say “we need a CRM” and nodded along while quietly wondering what that actually means, you are not alone. HubSpot is often talked about as if everyone already understands it. The truth is, many organisations invest in systems without ever really grounding themselves in the basics. So let’s slow…
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Adapting Your Goals: How to Stay Flexible and Keep Moving Forward
When I first set my life goals, they looked a lot like anyone else’s: career success, fitness milestones, adventure, and freedom. Then in 2014 everything changed. I woke up one morning paralysed from the waist down. No warning. No plan. No control. Just an entirely new reality. In that moment, the goals I once held…
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Why the HubSpot Companies Section Is Critical to Your CRM Setup
If you rush the HubSpot Companies section, your CRM will look fine on the surface and quietly fail underneath.The Companies object is not admin work. It is the structural spine of your sales, marketing, service, and reporting ecosystem. Most CRMs fail because people obsess over small things while getting the fundamentals mixed up. In B2B…
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The Power of Best Mates – Standing Together Through Darkness and Light
The Power of Best Mates – Standing Together Through Darkness and Light On Saturday, 18th October, I had the privilege of being the guest speaker, stepping into a room filled with celebration, success, and smiles, yet fully aware that behind every journey, including my own, there are battles the world never sees at a truly…
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Is Your Workplace Accessible or Just Compliant? Time to Find Out
When I ask the question, Is your workplace accessible or just compliant, it is not just theory. It comes from lived experience that completely reshaped my life. In 2014, I woke up paralysed from the waist down, diagnosed with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. Overnight I had to relearn everything, from navigating my home to stepping…
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How I Use LinkedHelper for Speaking and Consultancy Brand Growth (Without Going Mad)
I have climbed mountains with leg braces, reached Everest Base Camp on crutches, and pushed limits most people thought were impossible. Each of those achievements was only possible because of planning and the right systems. LinkedHelper works in much the same way. It gives me the scaffolding to succeed, but I am still the one…