The Brain Savvy Leader: Language shapes thinking and doing

Julie Cunningham is a seasoned Leadership Facilitator and Executive Coach with 25+ years’ experience across diverse industry sectors. She draws on a wide body of research in cognitive and complexity sciences to design applied learning experiences that translate theory into practice. Julie specialises in building leadership capability from the boardroom to the shop floor, with a strong emphasis on learning by doing. Her pragmatic approach helps leaders navigate uncertainty, drive behavioural change, and thrive in complex, evolving environments.

Peter works at the intersection of business and IT for his entire career, involving work in public, private and community sectors across education (including higher education and research), health, justice, defence, trade & transport and utilities. Typically, he engages in business architecture and transformation programs, assisting executives to realise the desired outcomes from their investment is organizational and operational capability investment No assignment has failed to present language challenges! His first encounters always involve coming to understand how an organisation talks about itself and its operations. He regards himself as a highly experienced babelfish (cf Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy).

A business maker, learner, and coach with a keen interest in helping individuals, teams and enterprises realize their performance aspirations. After leaving Engineering and Information Technology, Jim found his work/playground in a place where people, process, technology, and business can align to produce amazing results. Jim has led Teaming, Leadership Alignment, Leader Development, Enterprise Design, Enterprise Architecture, Business Transformation, Strategy Clarification, and Change Readiness programs for organizations in Europe, The Americas, and Asia.