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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.

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…
Love in leadership plant

Love in leadership

ByLouise Clifton5 min read
Is it time to think about leading with emotions that connect – like love – rather than those that disconnect? Leading with love is a choice. Let’s start choosing more of it. Is it finally time to think about leading…
Lucy Butters

Lucy Butters

ByLouise Clifton12 min read
Cultural Intelligence expert ‘It always comes back to people and nurturing their capability’. This is the motivation for Lucy Butters, a Cultural Intelligence coach and facilitator. But what does it mean to be ‘culturally intelligent’ and what could a culturally…
What’s your story?

What’s your story?

ByHelen Teague5 min read
What are the stories you’ve adopted that shape your professional journey? Helen Teague explores how we create our own narratives and how these can be used to help or hinder our professional growth. She asks: What chapter are you on?…