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Time for something different

We create experiential and imaginative approaches to professional development in universities: workshops, development programmes and coaching for Higher Education leaders.

We’re here to support people to lead with courage and humanity. To choose new ways to connect and collaborate. To bring out the best in one another and our institutions, and build a better world.

What’s possible if we think and work differently?

If we’re braver and more creative?

In a world that asks for innovation and radical solutions to big problems, how we work, lead and connect with one another, matters. In partnership with you, we design and facilitate experiences that bring people together, inspire collective, purposeful action and make change happen.

Distraction: Evil or Art?

Distraction: Evil or Art?

ByPaul Gentle4 min read
Distraction. A word we associate with falling behind; clock ticking; unfocused thoughts. But what about the unexpected joys and unforeseen creativity it can bring? And the role of the people who trigger it in the first place? Paul Gentle explores.…
Dr Paul Gentle

Dr Paul Gentle

ByLouise Clifton12 min read
Academic Director at Invisible Grail Which are the questions that matter most? And what could we achieve when we ask the right questions at the time they’re most needed? Louise Clifton talks to Paul Gentle about why now is the…
Really looking blog

Really looking

ByLouise Clifton5 min read
‘A static body of knowledge on the shelf’ is how we might perceive the Humanities. But if we were to really look and examine the questions they confront us with, would we recognise this definition? Or would it encourage us,…
Influence...and how you do it

Influence…and how you do it

ByPaul Gentle5 min read
Nurturing influencing skills are like playing a musical instrument: the more you fine tune, the better you get. Paul Gentle offers his insights on recognising the scary stuff, reading the room, and how to use questions to influence for solutions.…