We worked with Invisible Grail to develop a new approach to create our institutional strategy, engaging leaders from across the whole university to develop and own our future strategic direction. What we’ve experienced is a revitalised commitment and energy for the new strategy, and we’ve found new ways to express our ambitions both internally and externally.

Invisible Grail took the time to meaningfully understand who we are, and this was done with care and insight. Whilst we had practical outcomes for the project in mind, we’ve also begun to build a stronger leadership community and culture of collegiality along the way.

Andrea Bolshaw

University Secretary and Registrar
Newman University

Working with Invisible Grail we were able to take people to a space where we could explore their unique leadership approach, grow their confidence and apply this to imagining and creating the future of corporate services for the University.”

Michael Harkin

Vice-Chancellor and Principal
University College Birmingham

We’ve worked with Invisible Grail on a number of awaydays where it has been important to grow understanding and build trust between often diverse groups of people.

Through them we were able to share challenges, derive common ground and build a narrative to move us forwards. These have been incredibly useful, well-paced, experiences and delegates have reported getting great value from the days.”

Hugh Edmiston

Director of Corporate Services
University of Edinburgh

We set out to strengthen our team culture and to nurture an ongoing commitment to share ideas and our individual expertise to achieve our ultimate purpose – to enhance the student experience. It was vital to get the tone right and we achieved this working with Invisible Grail.

Professor Malcolm Todd

Provost (Academic)
University of Derby

We’ve had really positive feedback since working with Invisible Grail, using this time as a springboard for aligning our work with one another and becoming a closer-knit team. Over four days, we built greater confidence in preparing for change, and we were able to reflect and consider what’s on the horizon and how we lead this well.

Professor Alex Lofthouse

Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)
University College Birmingham

I’ve been working a lot with Paul at Invisible Grail recently as we develop a refreshed international strategy and it’s really helped me appreciate much more clearly the creative role language plays in bringing people together.

Professor Mark d’Inverno

Pro-Warden International
Goldsmiths, University of London

This is something very different from a training course. We’ve shared something of ourselves, gained new insights into our colleagues and thought about how to communicate our new Strategy. It was hard work laced with fun!”

Professor Jane Longmore

Vice-Chancellor
University of Chichester

This programme gave us a moment to recognise our commonality with one another and to use this to create a shared narrative for the future of our School. In working with Invisible Grail, we were able to tap into our creativity and find an innovative way to express our identity in ways we couldn’t have imagined when we first set out.

Professor Charlotte Clarke

Former Head of School, School of Health in Social Science
University of Edinburgh

We invited Invisible Grail to act as our ‘author in residence’ as we drafted and refined our institutional strategy. They helped us to convene excellent conversations, to bring a focus to our efforts to distil those conversations into prose and to work on the gradual refinement of those ideas. Working with them was a very positive experience and I would highly recommend them to others.

Professor Robert MacIntosh

Head of School of Social Sciences
Heriot-Watt University