Building a better world through higher education
We work with you to establish leadership cultures that connect people’s hearts and minds with purpose and action.
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.
Influence…and how you do it
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.…
Wearing the shoes of others
If we could step into someone else’s shoes and see the world through their eyes, would we make different decisions? Might we be better equipped to improve widening participation or eliminate the attainment gap? Stories invite us to see the…
“As long as your arm” Breaking free of…
Short-term mindsets drain people of creativity and motivation. They make longer-term strategic visions fade into the background. Drawing on recent work, Paul Gentle examines the shift needed to release people from the tyranny of to do lists and break free…
A new partnership: Invisible Grail and Refugee Education…
Since 2019, Invisible Grail and Refugee Education UK have worked in partnership to support refugees seeking educational opportunities and mentorship. Our joint passion is to connect people to positive, systematic, change.” Having a positive impact through our work and building…
Only connect – why narrative is even more…
Narrative is powerful. In learning and teaching we can use it to link one activity to another, giving purpose and sense of direction. While we find ourselves in an online world, Graham Holden reflects on how we can use use narrative…
From A to Z: writing that connects
What we say and do are regularly explored as ways we can improve our leadership. But what about what we write? How often do we think about the words that we choose to connect with others? Gathering together 25 insights…
Distraction: Evil or Art?
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.…
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