INNOVATOR CIRCLES
Think better. Decide better. lead better.
The Innovator Circles support senior leaders to bring their best thinking to demanding dilemmas and deliberations.
Fresh perspectives. Mindset shifts. Penetrating insights. Powerful tools. Peer connections. Exciting new options.
wisdom at work
Why the Innovator Circles?
The quality of thinking behind strategic and complex decisions is one of the least examined risk factors in any organisation. Our socio-political context ups the ante.
Under pressure, perspectives narrow. With cultural familiarity, assumptions go unchallenged. Seniority can bring isolation.
Sadly, the leaders who are most in need of honest, rigorous input, and exposure to a variety of external viewpoints, are often the least likely to receive it.
The Innovator Circles are designed specifically for such leaders – they are an advanced problem-solving methodology that accelerates the flourishing of leaders and their organisations. Crafted to build strategic thinking, resilience and innovation capacity.
What the Innovator Circles are:
Each Circle brings together three senior leaders from different organisations — same level of seniority, different sectors and perspectives — to work on a real, live challenge using structured dialogue and proven sense-making tools.
The cognitive diversity in the group does what internal meetings rarely can: it surfaces blind spots, challenges ingrained assumptions, and generates genuinely fresh thinking — in a space that is confidential, rigorous, and surprisingly energising.
Each participant also receives two private one-to-one sessions with our Founder, one of the most experienced and versatile coaches in the UK, to embed learning, explore implementation options, and receive confidential feedback on strengths and style.
Small Groups
Allows depth of exploration, personal attention, high levels of trust, and the practice of advanced dialogue skills to bring implement with internal colleagues.
live issues
Each delegate brings a real leadership issue they are grappling with. Outputs are pragmatic and directly relevant to the organisation’s success.
4 Circle Days
Four intensive in-person days that can be attended by the same person from you business, or shared around up to four leaders of appropriate seniority.
peer input
A rare opportunity to gain from the rich experience of peers with very different background and experiences – essential for fresh thinking and new mindsets.
Advanced tools
Each participant gains valuable tools for mapping and scoping their issue thoroughly using mental disciplines that pay off enormously for problem-solving.
Expert support 1:1
Each participant has two 1-1.5hr online sessions with our Founder, for expert personalised support in processing the rich ideas generated in the circles.
Two Streams
Master Circles: for C-suite executives, Department Heads and Function leads
Captain Circles: for Mid-level leaders with cross-functional or multi-team responsibilities.
Master stream
1 place
£12,000
*for Sep ’26 – Jun ’27
Captain stream
1 place
£12,000
*for Sep ’26 – Jun ’27
Most popular choice
Master + Captain
1 place in each stream
£20,000
*for Sep ’26 – Jun ’27
What People Say About The Circles
“The Innovator Circles give the support we all would like from our own organisations but rarely experience. The ability to discuss pressing work-related issues with like-minded individuals from different corporate cultures in an open, safe space is both cathartic and enabling.”
“It takes a ‘friendly stranger’ to point things out sometimes. The real answer is often hidden in plain sight.
The thoughts and actions developed in the Innovators Circle have helpfully guided my approach to resolving the situation.”
Frequently Asked Questions
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