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Our people<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Martin Sandbrook<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Hello, my name is Martin and I am on a mission \u2013 in partnership with the Schumacher Institute \u2013 to free as many people as possible from the constraints of the ways of thinking which currently dominate our lives and work .<\/span><\/p>\n

My aim is to help people and organisations to deal with the world just as it is \u2013 messy, unpredictable and complex \u2013 rather than trying to shoehorn the world around them into an unrealistic version of how they\u2019d like it to be.<\/span><\/p>\n

My work follows two inspirational thoughts:<\/span><\/p>\n

EF Schumacher: \u2018We need to look at the world and see it whole\u2019 (the true meaning of sustainability)<\/span><\/p>\n

Donella Meadows: \u2018To change the way we act, we need first to change the way we think\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

I believe we need to understand and deal with the world as interconnected, interdependent and complex. As humans we are part of this whole and we need to connect, work and develop in harmony with the world \u2013 not against it. Inspired also by my brother Richard, who was a founder of Friends of the Earth, this is how I believe we make sustainability real.<\/span><\/p>\n

My Story<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

All my working life has revolved around management and leadership. Over the years, I have worked in the public, private and third sectors. I\u2019ve also been a university lecturer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Back in 2008, I was at Bath University taking my Masters in Responsibility and Business Practice. It was a life transforming experience for me, especially when I had a major \u2018ah-ha\u2019 realisation: that the world really is complex, and that it makes little sense to keep trying to simplify things as a route to fixing them. <\/span><\/p>\n

This was truly a moment of liberation for me.<\/span><\/p>\n

I wished I had realised this \u2013 and all that has flowed from it - at the start of my working life. Oh, how differently I would have done things.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now I am on a mission, by offering training courses, to share my liberation with others.<\/span><\/p>\n

To get a feel for what I say and how I say it, see the online video course here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

To learn with me, join me for a one-day introductory course here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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