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For women in leadership and particularly Black women, burnout is becoming one of the greatest hidden threats to career progression, organisational innovation and long-term economic participation. As artificial intelligence reshapes workplaces and organisations pursue greater efficiency, conversations about productivity are accelerating. Far fewer discussions focus on who is carrying the human cost of that transformation.

Whether you run your own business or manage a demanding career, the challenges are familiar. Too much to do, not enough time and the constant pressure to show up fully in every area of your life. The women who thrive are not the ones who do it all, they are the ones who have systems.

I ask this question as Britain prepares for its seventh Prime Minister in less than a decade. Given that a parliamentary term is four or five years, by rights we should only be watching our third PM. That unsettling feeling is not just about what is happening here at home. It is also about what is happening across the world.

When we talk about menopause, the conversation often focuses on hormones, hot flushes, brain fog and sleep disruption. Yet for many women, particularly Black, Asian, Caribbean, African, Middle Eastern and other culturally diverse women, the experience of waking at 3 a.m. is not solely biological. It is also historical. Cultural influences, family expectations and inherited survival strategies often shape how women experience this stage of life.

Across the world, men are dying years earlier than women, not because they are destined to, but because too many are living with preventable illness, untreated mental health challenges and cultural expectations that discourage them from asking for help. The greatest threat to men's health may not be disease alone. It may be the story society has taught men about what it means to be a man.