The power of light to change your world for good

How can the humble lightbulb transform your results?

Light is driving every single cell in your body right now. It affects how you feel, how you look – and how much you will remember of this sentence. Healthy lighting can boost your productivity, memory and mood. It can even help you to reduce your carbon footprint. Light can also be, quite literally, a killer. A shocking rise in chronic conditions have been directly linked to our twilight indoor lives, from depression and learning difficulties to obesity, heart disease and cancer.

Just as an apple is not a healthy diet, a light bulb is not healthy lighting. But, as part of an integrated approach to the built environment, the humble light bulb really does have the power to transform your results, Good for people, for planet and for profit.

I work with successful, innovative people from around the world who want to do just that.

How can the humble lightbulb transform your results?

Light is driving every single cell in your body right now. It affects how you feel, how you look – and how much you will remember of this sentence. Healthy lighting can boost your productivity, memory and mood. It can even help you to reduce your carbon footprint. Light can also be, quite literally, a killer. A shocking rise in chronic conditions have been directly linked to our twilight indoor lives, from depression and learning difficulties to obesity, heart disease and cancer.

Just as an apple is not a healthy diet, a light bulb is not healthy lighting. But, as part of an integrated approach to the built environment, the humble light bulb really does have the power to transform your results, Good for people, for planet and for profit.

I work with successful, innovative people from around the world who want to do just that.

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What I do

Speaking

I am a TedX speaker. I have presented to small groups and large conferences in academic and commercial settings, online and in person around the world. I devise and deliver immersive workshops for team building and CPD training. I have appeared on the BBC World Service and the award-winning BBC Four Series Revolutions: Innovations that changed the world.

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Curating

I host interviews and debates between innovators within and beyond the value chain for lighting from around the world.

I build bridges between scientists and clinicians, developers and engineers, end-users and manufacturers, regulators and specifiers. We lay foundations for successful partnerships.

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Consulting

I am a TedX speaker. I have presented to small groups and large conferences in academic and commercial settings, online and in person around the world. I devise and deliver immersive workshops for team building and CPD training. I have appeared on the BBC World Service and the award-winning BBC Four Series Resolutions: innovations that changed the world.

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Light! A Parent's Guide for Health and Happiness​

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In “Light! A Parent’s Guide for Health and Happiness,” you will discover:

  • Proven, practical tips to optimize your children’s exposure to natural and artificial light to improve sleep, mood and performance at school.
  • Key facts to share with your loved ones to encourage them to make healthy choices about getting outside, screen time and sleep for themselves.
  • What to look out for when you shop for lights so you can create a healthy, happy home where you and your family can shine – and even save money too!

Download a chapter of the book for FREE

Chapter 1: Sleep

Discover proven practical tips to improve sleep at every age so you can all wake up feeling refreshed and ready to face the day. Learn about the ‘blue hour’, your unique chronotype and gather the facts that will get your teens to switch off and go to bed.

Dr Shelley James on TEDx Northwich

110k views, 1.2k likes, Top Three in the world in May 2022

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