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.
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Business transformation through action
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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.
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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.
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.
![Complexity Mentoring & Coaching-1](https://blog.narrate.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Complexity%20Mentoring%20%26%20Coaching-1.webp?width=100&height=100&name=Complexity%20Mentoring%20%26%20Coaching-1.webp)
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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.
Tony Quinlan
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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.
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:
What’s actually happening in your organisation
Whether what I do might be helpful (or whether you need something completely different)
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.
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
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.
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.
![Suggest_1](https://blog.narrate.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Suggest_1.webp?width=200&height=200&name=Suggest_1.webp)
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.
![Help_1](https://blog.narrate.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Help_1.webp?width=200&height=200&name=Help_1.webp)
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.
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
Government & Public Service
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.
Organisations I have worked with
![HMRC](https://blog.narrate.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/15.webp?width=200&height=100&name=15.webp)
![CISCO](https://blog.narrate.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/1.webp?width=200&height=100&name=1.webp)
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![united utilities](https://blog.narrate.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/16.webp?width=200&height=100&name=16.webp)
![Deutsche-Telekom](https://blog.narrate.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/4.webp?width=200&height=100&name=4.webp)
![INN pulsa](https://blog.narrate.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/6.webp?width=200&height=100&name=6.webp)
![WHO](https://blog.narrate.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/7.webp?width=200&height=100&name=7.webp)
![AstraZeneca](https://blog.narrate.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/17.webp?width=200&height=100&name=17.webp)
![Foreign and Commonwealth Office](https://blog.narrate.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/3.webp?width=200&height=100&name=3.webp)
![Pitney bowes](https://blog.narrate.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/18.webp?width=200&height=100&name=18.webp)
![Aviva](https://blog.narrate.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/9.webp?width=200&height=100&name=9.webp)
![UNDP](https://blog.narrate.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/10.webp?width=200&height=100&name=10.webp)
![BRAC](https://blog.narrate.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/12.webp?width=200&height=100&name=12.webp)
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![Pfizer](https://blog.narrate.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/8.webp?width=200&height=100&name=8.webp)
![CynefinCo](https://blog.narrate.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/11.webp?width=200&height=100&name=11.webp)
![Unilever](https://blog.narrate.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/13.webp?width=200&height=100&name=13.webp)
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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.
Our blog
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Building Teams That Can Effectively Manage Conflict
![narrative-analysis-in-healthcare](https://blog.narrate.co.uk/hubfs/how-narrative-analysis-can-help.webp)
How Narrative Analysis Can Help To Improve Service Delivery In Healthcare
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