We know that growing a global community of change agents is our best chance to accelerate a transition to a sustainable future. Want to know more?
A wide range of teachers and practitioners contribute to our programmes, bringing a rich array of systems change expertise and real world experience. Find out more about some of them here.
Abdul is co-founder of Visual Confidence. For the past 10 years he has been actively learning and teaching the communicative practice of graphic recording and facilitation, and brings his experience of design thinking and visual facilitation to the School. Read more
Annabel is a ‘co-conspirator’ for systemic transformation and collaborative strategy process, working with a wide variety of organisations across different sectors. Her wide-ranging work includes designing organisations and networks structures, co-hosting deep change processes and more. Read more
Ben is Faculty at Regenesis Institute and specialises in a holistic, systems-based approach to understanding and building upon the complex human, natural and economic relationships that create and sustain the vitality and viability of a place. He helps organisations to develop models of thinking that integrate ecological and living-systems approaches with large-scale development. Read more
Bill is an expert in futures techniques and is one of the originators of the Three Horizons approach to futures. Previously at Hewlett Packard, he now works with colleagues to pioneer new approaches to futures, systems thinking, and transformative innovation for one planet living. Read more
Charlene drives Forum for the Future’s global system change projects across value chains for greater sustainability, equity and resilience. She has led multi-stakeholder collaborative initiatives across a range of sectors and themes, and supports Forum’s thought leadership on collaborative change processes. Read more
Conrado has had extensive experience consulting, designing and applying strategic tools and methodologies to facilitate the development and testing of corporate strategies and business transformation initiatives internationally including Latin America, North America and Europe. Read more
Darya is a Partner at Leaders’ Quest, a global social enterprise that works with leaders across sectors to tackle big systemic challenges. Her work ranges from stewarding multi-stakeholder coalitions to designing immersive leadership development programs. Read more
Anna is Director of the School, overseeing the learning and curriculum and driving the vision and ambition internationally. Anna brings years of practical experience equipping people and businesses, NGOs and others with cutting edge tools for system change, and deeper thinking and inquiry from her research. Read more
Jean researches, writes and teaches about embracing complexity. She investigates how to deal with a complex, interconnected, often fast-changing and uncertain world. Jean is particularly supporting contributors at the School in learning from each other and learning through teaching. Read more
Eric is a leadership expert specialising in leadership development and systems change. His work has been used around the world to tackle challenges in transitioning to a low-carbon economy, improving health equity and access, and evolving the role of technology in our daily lives. Read more
Jennifer is Training and Partnership Officer for the Garfield Foundation in the US. She supports social change leaders to further develop their systemic practice, connecting and conspiring with network practitioners, facilitators, and consultants and various communities of practice. Read more
Jessica brings experience with both systems change theory and practice to her work as a facilitator and storyteller. She currently works to document and share the story of the Garfield Foundation’s grant-making, while also contributing to its learning, evaluation and capacity building practices. Read more
Laura is head of the School of System Change. She works to develop the School as a networked organisation that supports change-makers from diverse backgrounds and contexts, providing them with new capabilities to tackle an increasingly complex set of sustainability challenges. Laura's own practice stems from living systems and regenerative approaches. Read more
Leen helps organisations and businesses innovate like nature. She is the founder of Studio Transitio, specialising in ecology, transition and systems sciences, regenerative design and bio-inspired innovation. Her previous experience includes 8 years working at the Flemish Institute for Technological Research. Read more
Lisa Gibson is a transformative coach, facilitator and systems change consultant based in Vancouver, BC. With 25 years experience in local and international work at multiple scales, she specializes in working with individuals, organizations and communities to embed systemic change, transform belief systems, and construct alliances across diversity. Read more
Louise leads Forum for the Future’s work on systemic action inquiries. Based in London, she has spent the last decade working on system change collaborations - from Civil Society Futures, Sustainable Shipping Initiative, Future of Sustainability and EU Innovate. Read more
Lucía is an interdisciplinary problem-solver and collaboration catalyst, passionate about creating solutions at the intersections of climate change and social justice. Her expertise is in cultivating authentic, lasting collaborations that enable us to meet the demands of the ecological crisis. Read more
Founder at Urbaniser, and a Senior Lecturer for Strategy and Complexity at Regent’s University London, Orit is a complexity tinkerer with a passion for designing solutions for wicked problems. An expert generalist, she has worked in tech start-ups; peace-building NGOs; innovative policy think-tanks; and corporate market research. Read more
Payam is an executive and team coach and a facilitator focused on creating dialogue and change in the face of conflict and resistance, supporting leaders to own their leadership through awareness. Her experience spans the consultancy services and IT sectors and beyond. Read more
Philippe is the founder of shiftN, a consultancy providing strategic services 'to change makers for good', relying on a mix of futures and systems techniques to help organisations work through complex strategic issues. His varied background includes engineering, philosophy and urban planning. Read more
Rachel is a systemic leadership, strategy and learning facilitator and coach, with over 15 years’ experience designing and facilitating innovative, participatory leadership and change processes for sustainable development. As co-founder of Edge Effects, she supports individuals and organisations to unlock effective responses to complex systemic challenges. Read more
Rachel is Co-Founder of The Systems Sanctuary, which was created to support the growing number of pioneers experimenting with systemic interventions to systemic problems. She shares her rich experiences of this and co-leading a systems change finance initiative for 8 years. Read more
Rodrigo is an award-winning designer from ICSID and AIGA and founder of 21st Century Design and Engage by Design. He is Principal at Forum for the Future and advisor for the sustainability startup Made of Air. His work has covered different sectors, including urban and mobility issues, technology for impact, sustainable materials, education and entrepreneurial ecosystems. Read more
Rupesh has supported learning on systems thinking at the Open University for over 15 years. He has also worked as a participatory development practitioner and community educator in the UK and India. His interests include community empowerment and relational practice in learning for change. Read more
Russ helps people who don’t know each other, and often don’t even like each other, solve complex problems together. He teaches how to lead effective collaboration using complex systems change, design-driven innovation, and leveraging conflict and diversity as sources of strategic innovation. Read more
Ruth is Director of Collaborative Networks Program at the Garfield Foundation. She currently focuses on sharing what the foundation is learning about designing and evaluating systems change through multi-stakeholder collaborative networks such as the RE-AMP Network and Cancer Free Economy Network. Read more
Sera is a social innovator and facilitator whose work focuses on building capacity for participatory leadership and creating movement around complex issues. Her teaching covers the theory and practice of managing up, down and across within complex organisations using the tools of Deep Democracy. Read more
Sophie is a Researcher & Consultant at DRIFT, where she works on transitions towards more sustainable and just societies. Sophie facilitates sessions in which participants learn about societal change from a transitions perspective, and how transformative governance and experimentation play a role in accelerating transitions. Read more
Sumi is an international development practitioner with a commitment to social justice. As Forum for the Future's Associate Director for APAC, Sumi's interest is in applying systems change practices within the social justice & human rights movement. Read more