High trust teams, powered by learning.
Organisations promote their best people into management.
Then leave them to figure out the human side on their own.
Matt helps you build high-trust teams, powered by learning with leadership training, team resets and L&D projects.
Three ways we can work together.
Training
If your managers are technically strong but struggling with the human side - giving feedback, handling conflict, adapting their leadership to move things forward - start here. Focused, practical modules. No theory for theory's sake. Skills they can use the same week.
"Excellent at creating inclusive and effective experiences... even when tackling tricky topics."
Suraj Vadgama, Head of Design - Nesta Group
Team off-sites and resets
Sometimes a team doesn't need more skills, it needs a reset. If internal friction is draining your energy, or a capable team are somehow not clicking, Matt gives your team the space to reconnect around shared purpose, rebuild trust, and get back to work.
"A natural problem solver and coach... an invaluable tool for your team."
Helen Marshall, Academy Lead - Booking.com
L&D projects
If you need to move a critical L&D project forward, but don't have the internal capacity or expertise to run it, Matt acts as your outsourced partner. He diagnoses the real need, designs the solution, and delivers it. Get the thinking and attention of a senior L&D leader, without the permanent headcount.
‘An exceptional ability to quickly grasp our development needs... I've really valued his input as a thought partner.’
Sophie Clifton, Head of Operations - Challenge Works
Case studies of Matt’s work
Leadership development programme
Designing and delivering leadership training to 350+ staff led to a 28% increase in confidence to engage staff and an 18% increase in confidence to give feedback to colleagues.
Train-the-trainer programme
An RCT-proven programme that built the confidence and network of 200 government analysts to teach 2,400 colleagues back in their departments.
AI Adoption
Removing barriers and offering training increased AI usage to over 90%. Showcasing best practices also cut the number of staff citing a 'lack of clear use cases' by half.
About Matt
A practitioner, not just an advisor
Matt has built his consultancy around his role as Head of L&D at Nesta Group, the UK's innovation agency, home of the Behavioural Insights Team. His thinking is tested in a real organisation every day, not theorised from a distance.
Before Nesta, Matt spent 18 years in schools, first in the classroom, then as a school leader managing the complex dynamics of students, staff, and families.
This broad and deep experiences gives Matt a genuine, frontline understanding of how people actually learn and what it costs an organisation when they're left to figure it out alone.
Matt works solo by design. You get his thinking and attention directly.
24
years at the intersection of learning and leadership
18
years in schools, classroom to leader
3
ways of working Curiosity | Compassion | Critical thinking
1
person. Every engagement is Matt, start to finish.
Curious where to start?
Most organisations begin with a single training module or a team conversation.
Both are great ways to see how Matt works and to figure out together what you actually need.