THE CORE TEAM
Nick Ellerby is a pioneer of whole person learning, and implementing inquiry and human relations approaches to leader development and deep culture change. Nick is co-director of The Oasis School of Human Relations, a UK based learning and leadership organisation with a global reach; Senior Advisor to the UNGC/EFMD Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative; Member of the IFB Advisory Council; and co-facilitator and designer of the International Innovation Collaboratory for international business schools and global companies. He is author of Developing Effective Relationships and Peer Learning in Organisations, co-author of A Guide to Authentic Collaboration, and contributor to A Call to Engagement: Globally Responsible Leadership, The Collaboratory and Learning for Tomorrow.
Anna McKeon is a facilitator and systems practitioner, and Managing Director of the Dialogue Practice at Thinks Insight & Strategy. She leads work on participatory and deliberative approaches to public engagement, supporting policy makers and institutions to involve people meaningfully in complex decisions. Anna brings experience across UK public policy and democratic participation, alongside global development. She has led and advised multi-stakeholder initiatives and coalitions, helping organisations align strategy, build shared ownership, and navigate long-term systemic change. With a background in Theatre of the Oppressed and experiential learning, Anna combines analytical rigour with practical facilitation. Her work focuses on creating the conditions for effective collaboration, clear decision-making, and leadership that enables people to act collectively.
Dr Lynette Nusbacher is a strategist who specialises in helping leaders align their organisations to authentic, usable strategy. She practises primarily in the education sector and in the City of London. She leads her own boutique consultancy and currently serves as Non-Executive Director and Transition Lead for the merger of Surrey Heartlands, Frimley Health, and NHS Sussex. Lynette holds a doctorate in Modern History from the University of Oxford, an MA in War Studies from the Royal Military College of Canada, and a BA (Honours) in History and Economics from the University of Toronto. Her public service career includes roles as a Senior Intelligence Advisor in the Cabinet Office, where she also created the Strategic Horizons Unit, as well as service as an Intelligence Officer in both the British and Canadian Armies. She has lectured in War Studies at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, in Intelligence Studies at Brunel University London, and in Strategic Studies at University of Reading. Lynette also makes educational television programmes, largely aimed at adult audiences, for the Discovery Channel, Smithsonian Channel, and National Geographic Channel, and has contributed programmes to other broadcasters including the BBC.