Combines an intuitively appealing concept with personal stories and case studies, bringing alive the importance of diversified thinking at each stage of a business’s maturation. Simple, yet powerful.
Jenny Segal, Speaking with Images

A brilliant guide to creating teams in which people with big bold ideas can work effectively alongside others who are down in the detail of how to make it all work. Sally introduces ‘Club Mix’ and explains how chess boards and theatre stages are what you need for powerful and happy teamwork.
Dawid Konotey-Ahulu CBE DL

Sally Bridgeland’s book is packed with real-life stories, business insights and practical exercises. It is as relatable as it is engaging and thought provoking. My big take away is that disagreement is often agreement seen from different angles – a powerful read.
Barbara Schonhofer MBE, Harlschon Consulting

★ Presents the brand‑new “Club Mix” collaboration model, combining chess‑board rational thinking and theatre‑stage creative thinking to solve the management dilemma of balancing creativity and execution.
★ Covers the full business lifecycle from start‑ups, scale‑ups, SMEs to established companies, with real‑life stories and practical exercises for immediate team‑building implementation.
★ Endorsed by leading business figures. Moving beyond abstract management theories, it reveals disagreements are often consensus from different perspectives, helping build creative and resilient organisations.

Uses real-life stories, business insights and practical exercises to harness the power of inclusive teams that balance creativity and structure using the concept of 'Club Mix'
Chess Club or Drama Club: which would you rather join? Do you focus on the detail or prefer to imagine the bigger picture?
Sally Bridgeland introduces the 'Club Mix' as a playful recipe for everyday inclusion, designed to enhance team dynamics and drive business success by blending imagination and analysis.
Ideal for leaders and managers, this book uses real-life stories, business insights, and practical exercises to help you harness the power of inclusive teams that balance creativity and structure. Written for all stages and sizes of business, it will support you in broadening your team's capabilities and fostering a resilient and creative culture.

Sally Bridgeland
Sally Bridgeland is an actuary, a mother of one and a mentor of many.
She currently chairs BelleVie, a start-up innovator in home care for the elderly, the Development Bank of Wales plc, which provides finance to help businesses start-up, grow and expand, and Nest Invest Ltd, which manages over £50 billion of pensions investments for 14 million people.
Winner of the Sunday Times 2023 award for non-executive director of a FTSE AIM company, she is also an Honorary Group Captain in 601 Squadron of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force.
Ruthlessly analytical, she dances freestyle and doesn’t care who’s watching.

1. Introducing the Chess Club and the Drama Club
2. Working in Partnership: Introducing the Club Mix
3. Creative Tensions: Club Mix for Entrepreneurs
4. Getting off the Ground: Club Mix for Start-ups
5. Growing Pains in Business: Club Mix for Scale-ups
6. Resilient Transformation: Club Mix for SMEs
7. Sustainable Synergies: Club Mix for Integrations
8. Keeping Creative: Club Mix for Established Companies

Epilogue: Club Mix for Authors and Life