The Engagement Academy  

We are researchers, problem-solvers, & creative thinkers.

Here to reimagine, transform & create infinitely better futures with you.

We help leaders & teams understand what matters and get things done. Shaped by human understanding and wisdom, alongside the needs of society and the planet, together with the potential of technology and AI.

Creating better

Whether you need end-to-end strategic support, a few days to work something through, help to see the wood for the trees, or some 1:1. We will hand-pick you an individual or small, smart and expert team.

If you're unsure where to start or what you need, don't worry. We will, help you figure it out.

with you.

We will:

  • Engage with you as partners & have your back. Share our skills & connections.

  • Work at pace - create momentum, build belief and get things done.

Our services

Strategies, plans & transformation. Shaped by insight.

So you can respond with confidence and buy-in to the challenges and opportunities you face.

Reimagine new markets, health and care services and ways of working. Transform organisations and communities. Design digital and AI strategies and technology that work with and for humans.

Best in class qualitative research & insight. Stakeholder & community engagement.

Putting the issues and people that matter at the heart of what you do. So you can make better decisions, influence behaviours, engage purposefully and communicate powerfully. Memorable & inspiring. Not for sitting on shelves.

Engage stakeholders and citizens with skill and empathy. Co-create better futures for communities and inform important decisions.

Brilliant workshops, facilitation and key-notes. For time well spent

Meticulously designed meetings, immersive experiences, and retreats to sense make, get aligned & design the future. Deliberative and community events. World cafés. Keynotes informed by research or subject tailored.

Purposeful, inspiring and fun whenever possible. Leave with a clear plan and next steps.

What’s New?

AI - show me what and how...

We surveyed 30 leaders from sectors including healthcare, banking, education, technology, government and the third sector.

One finding was consistent - strategy or no strategy, someone who used AI or had very little exposure. They wanted to learn more, try more and in the case of leaders bring people with them.

The further along the AI journey, confidence decreases and the need to learn more grows.

While 66% of early adopters (using AI without an organisational strategy) feel they understand AI well, only 45% of those in organisations with AI strategies feel the same way.

Bringing AI to you

Our research highlighted the need to build knowledge, confidence in and understanding of AI across the board. For many, AI, its potential and the sea of tools is overwhelming. Questions like can I trust it, will it replace roles or enhance them. Is it safe or reliable? How can it benefit lives, the planet and frankly people.

If you want to explore these questions or you’re wondering where to start, how to make AI work in practice with your people and organisation so you can make your own informed smart choices. We have developed two things.

  1. The AI Café - ideal for teams and organisations in the early stages of their AI journey.

  2. The AI Lab - ideal for teams who are a little further along their journey. Who would like to develop their strategies or explore and experiment with its potential.

We tailor these to you. Blending the best of a very human experience in a world of technology and AI.

AI Café

A place to learn, try AI, ask questions, and discuss.

Demystify AI in a relaxed environment with coffee and experts right there. Helping you and your people get to grips with the AI, the fundamentals – how it works, how to protect yourself and your organisation. With the opportunity to try tools and ask questions. Plus time to discuss what this means for you, your organisation, roles and the future.

Leave The Café knowing more, with new skills, more confidence and what next. 

AI Lab

A place to design, experiment and build. Think strategy.

Helping you do one of two things: 1. Step back, map the journey and delivery of your strategy. A roadmap of the who, what and how of AI for you. Or 2. Experiment with AI centred on your challenges or the reimagination of new opportunities and potential.

Leave The Lab with your AI roadmap and team aligned. Future potential identified.