OPEN SPACE ASSOCIATES - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Technology & Media Speaker and Adviser
After graduating from Edinburgh, Andrew was a games developer before founding digital creative agency Thin Martian, during which time he helped set up the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre. He co-founded politics newsfeed company Tweetminster, and was MD of social media data analysis company Semetric (now part of iTunes) and co-founder of data privacy company Optanon (now part of One Trust).
Job Titles:
- Associate of Narativ
- Integral Coach
- Personal Impact Coach
Barbara is an accredited Integral Coach and has worked in the field since 2001.
Barbara is an Associate of Narativ and is highly skilled at helping clients to hone and develop their storytelling abilities.
Job Titles:
- Consultant
- Psychologist, Coach & Writer
Dan has been a consultant since 2010, facilitating communications and leadership development training for all levels of seniority in dozens of blue-chip organisations.
Dan has worked for nearly twenty years as a business psychologist, leadership and communication coach, and writer. He works closely with very senior leaders in a range of organisations, including global corporations and highly-regulated financial and professional services firms all over the world.
Before founding Open Space, Dan was CEO of AGL Communication, leading on many of its most senior-level projects. Prior to this, he was a creative director at Mind Gym, working with leaders to achieve measurable impact across global populations. He was also head of research and knowledge, keeping the organisation abreast of the latest thinking.
Dan took a Masters in French and Italian Literature from Oxford and was at the start of an academic career when he decided to follow a different passion. He trained for three years at the prestigious drama school, LAMDA, working for several years as an actor, writer and musician. This change of direction enabled him to retain his love of words and stories, now working with others to lift them off the page and connect them to an audience through a shared experience.
As an actor, Dan became involved in the use of experiential drama-based techniques on learning and development programmes, and this soon became an even greater passion - designing and delivering targeted workshops, and building into their design an emphasis on close 1:1 coaching support for participants. To ensure this work had a proper evidence-based foundation, Dan took an MSc in Occupational Psychology from London, and his research, on the role of leaders in people development, is included in a book on best learning practices within a professional services firm. He is certified by the British Psychological Society (BPS) and the International Coaching Federation (ICF).
Job Titles:
- Communication Coach and Facilitator
- Executive and Communication Coach, Facilitator
Jenn has spent the last decade helping leaders to maximise the impact of their communication so that they feel at their best and perform at their best more consistently.
She is a trained coach and facilitator who is passionate about designing programmes that boost participants' confidence and impact quickly. Her practice is rooted in the belief that great communicators are made not born and that, with the right tools and mindset, we can all learn to thrive in the high-stakes communication moments that once felt so pressurised.
Jenn's passion for adult learning has defined her career. Before working as an associate coach for external clients, Jenn was part of the Learning and Development team at Christie's, the international art business. She moved agency-side in 2013 and has since enjoyed working with leaders in the financial, consumer, professional services, legal, health, media, PR & creative industries.
Jenn grew up between northern Italy and the West Midlands and has always been fascinated by how language fosters belonging. This led her to study Modern & Medieval Languages at the University of Cambridge and Linguistics at the University of Chicago.
Job Titles:
- Executive Coach, Consultant and Facilitator
Kate has 18 years' experience of working with individuals, teams and organisations to make positive, lasting changes.
As well as being an executive coach, Kate consults on top team effectiveness and organisational change. She is accredited as a coach by the Association of Executive Coaching, as well as being an accredited Mind Gym coach and Action Learning facilitator. She also holds an OD qualification from Ashridge and is accredited to deliver the PROPHET and MAPP psychometric tools.
Kate is known for helping clients to make sense of complex and ambiguous situations, working in partnership with them to develop pragmatic solutions. She has significant experience in the field of insight-gathering, employing focus groups and interviews to surface key insight. She also has experience in employee engagement, people assessment and talent development
Job Titles:
- Communication Coach and Facilitator
Melissa has an English Degree from Manchester University, a Postgraduate from Manchester Business School and a Masters from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
She has worked as an actor for 20 years and as a Communication Coach for over 10. She helps people with their personal presence and impact, their confidence and delivery. She works with leadership teams on skills such as storytelling, influencing and meeting management in a variety of sectors. Ultimately she wants to help the speaker to be more in control and give them the techniques to make their audiences feel the trust, engagement and inspiration that is intended.
Job Titles:
- Voice and Personal Impact Coach
Job Titles:
- Executive Coach, Consultant and Facilitator
- Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
Sarah is an experienced learning and development consultant, coach, and facilitator with a history of enabling organizations, large and small, to deliver enhanced performance through the effective management and development of their people.
Sarah specializes in leadership development, one-to-one coaching, group learning and large-scale behavioural development programs. She has extensive experience across a wide range of industries, from aerospace to financial services, oil, and gas to social housing and not for profit. She has worked all over the world and with a wide range of diverse cultures.
Sarah is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and is a member of the International Coaching Federation. She is qualified to use the following: Myers Briggs Type Indicator, FACET 5, Hogan Leadership Assessment, Strength Deployment Inventory, Multi Rater Feedback, 360-degree feedback, NeuroTeamView and NeuroView. Sarah is also an experienced equine assisted learning facilitator.