BREAK THROUGH THE PARALYSIS

Shift your mindset and your organisation to unlock new potential, drive lasting change and create cultures ready for the future.

I help leaders, teams, and entire cultures break through these barriers with targeted coaching, workshops, and fresh approaches that shift mindsets, behaviors, and dynamics.

 

Your transformation partner

Transformation in business is not easy, and we need to work together to achieve the results you want. If you commit to the process with me, you’ll be guided through the change every step of the way.

Our services

Business transformation through action

Keynote Speaking

Keynote Speaking

Looking for more than just an entertaining hour? I help audiences make new sense of their complex challenges, equipping them with stories they'll remember and practical approaches they can use long after I've left the stage - turning passive listeners into motivated changemakers.

Complexity Mentoring & Coaching

Complexity Training

Today's organisational challenges demand more than traditional management tools. We'll equip your change-makers with practical approaches to navigate uncertainty, influence complex situations, and help others thrive in complexity - building the capabilities your organisation needs for what comes next.

Improving Team Dynamics

Unlocking Team Potential

Your team's potential isn't a puzzle waiting to be solved, but an ecosystem ready to flourish under the right conditions. Together, we'll shape those conditions to unlock innovation, strengthen resilience, and transform how your team tackles complex challenges - turning your team's natural complexity into your competitive advantage.

 

 

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Narrative Research

 

 

Complexity Coaching & Mentoring

Narrative Research

 

 

Senior leadership isn't about having all the answers - it's about seeing opportunities where others see chaos. This isn't traditional leadership coaching - it's about developing your capacity to work with complexity advantageously, helping you spot possibilities that others miss.

Need to understand what's really shaping behaviour and perceptions? When traditional research leaves you with colourful charts but no clear way forward, there's a deeper approach. The everyday stories and experiences of your people - whether they're employees, customers, citizens, or communities - reveal possibilities for change that standard surveys and feedback tools miss entirely.

 

 

Meet Me

Tony Quinlan

For over two decades, I've worked with leaders tackling some of the most complex challenges in their organisations - from multinational corporations and government departments to UN agencies and ambitious startups. Working from humanitarian frontlines to corporate boardrooms, from Silicon Valley to Singapore, these engagements span continents and sectors.

With a rare combination of complexity science expertise and practical leadership experience, I help organisations see their challenges in new ways - finding solutions that work with human nature rather than against it, creating more resilient teams and more sustainable change.

Explore how we might work together

Book a meeting with Tony

“Not sure? Let’s have a quick conversation.

I work with leaders dealing with tricky organisational issues where standard approaches aren't quite cutting it. Let's explore:

Hexagon bullet   What’s actually happening in your organisation

Hexagon bullet  Whether what I do might be helpful (or whether you need something completely different)

Hexagon bullet  Practical ways forward that fit your specific context

No sales pitch - just a thoughtful discussion about your organisation. Book a 15-minute chat and let's explore what's possible.

Moving your organisation forward

How we would work together

Let’s face it - when you're dealing with complex challenges, it can feel overwhelming. Standard approaches may have served you well in the past, but now you need something different. Here's how we might work together

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Initial conversation:

A chance to understand your situation and explore what's possible. Together, we see whether there's a useful way to work together. No commitment, just straight talk.

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Shape our approach

Drawing on my experience of what works in complex situations to create practical changes that people want to make. We design approaches that fit your context and engage your teams.

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Create momentum

Helping people see situations differently and find actions they're ready to take. We implement changes thoughtfully, finding what works and what people will sustain.

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Keep evolving

Building in ways to spot early signals, regularly reviewing and adapting. This helps your organisation navigate complexity more effectively.

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This is about partnership

Your knowledge of your organisation combined with my experience of complex change.

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Our experience

Where these approaches have made a difference

I've worked with leaders facing complex challenges across a diverse range of settings - from government departments wrestling with policy implementation to tech companies navigating rapid growth. Different sectors, similar patterns, uniquely customised approaches.

Business & Industry

From global corporations to small internet startups, I’ve helped organisations become more adaptable and effective. Working with leadership teams to spot emerging opportunities, build responsive cultures, and help people work together in new ways - particularly during times of market and technological shifts.

Government & Public Service

I've supported government bodies in creating meaningful change in how they work and serve citizens. This has included helping policy teams become more responsive, teaching managers to adapt centrally-driven programs to local needs, and developing new approaches for citizens to shape decisions that affect their communities.

International Development

I've partnered with development organisations to make programs more effective and locally-owned. My work has focused on introducing adaptive management approaches, creating ways for local voices to influence decisions, and helping teams bridge the gap between high-level objectives and on-the-ground realities.

Our collaboration

Organisations I have worked with

Ready to explore what's possible?

Complexity training and coaching is not for everyone, I'm probably not your person if you've already decided on the answer or just want another efficiency drive. My work thrives in curiosity and care for humans - so if you're more interested in control than enabling potential, or if engineering solutions are your only lens, we might not be the best match.
I help people discover richer possibilities, not implement pre-packaged answers.

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