This is not another off-the-shelf leadership programme
This is Brainy Futures, born from Brainy Podcasts – where we’ve spent three years in provocative conversation with CEOs, entrepreneurs, creatives, rebel thinkers, and academics.
People at the top of their game.
People already breaking the status quo.
Why?
Because they know that if innovation, creativity, and critical thinking aren’t at the top of the agenda, they won’t survive.
Change is moving too fast for that.
Business can’t afford outdated thinking.
What’s different about Brainy Futures?
Brainy Futures is the next chapter from Brainy Podcasts – a bold leap from conversation to capability.
It distils everything we’ve explored – across neuroscience, leadership, innovation, and real-world experience – into a high-impact programme for people who want to direct their future, not be left behind.
We look at leadership from the brains perspective. A leaders brain has no breathing space, because it’s in the loop of just doing. It doesn’t have a chance to connect to all its networks, until it lays on the pillow ready for sleep and then it keeps waking you up.
This isn’t about soft skills or recycled frameworks.
It’s about rewiring how you think, how you lead, and how you shape culture under pressure.
Who’s behind Brainy Futures?
Conceived by two transformational experts:
- Soraya Shaw, an expert in applied organisational neuroscience
- Tracy Filler, a strategist in growing leadership potential
Each has enjoyed commercial success and over 20 years running their own consultancies. But what brought them together was a shared truth:
Leadership has hit a dead end.
The old playbook doesn’t work in a world that’s transforming faster than we can imagine.
Their vision?
A future where leaders:
- Evolve to feel comfortable being uncomfortable
- Champion diverse brains and nonlinear thinking
- Shift from pedestrian to pioneers of hybrid intelligence
- Cultivate a mindset built for adaptation, innovation, and real change
This is leadership with a different lens.
This is Brainy Futures.
Join the Pilot
A limited-run experience for bold leaders who want to help build what’s next.
You’ll join a peer group of visionary leaders, get personalised neuroscience mentoring,
and leave with a playbook to balance short-term wins and long-term vision.
We’ll give you the core. You’ll give us feedback to make it even sharper.
Here’s what you get:
🔹 Session 1: Brains at Work
How to lead high-performing teams by understanding how brains really work (and break) under pressure.
🔹 Session 2: The Human Advantage
What AI can’t do: think creatively, critically, and compassionately. Learn to unlock that edge in your team.
🔹 Session 3: The Future Is Human
Shape a future where hybrid intelligence (human + AI) isn’t a threat, but a strategic advantage.
You’ll leave with:
✔️ New questions, not tired answers
✔️ Tools to protect and power up your brain (and your team’s)
✔️ Capability that lasts longer than the workshop
✔️ Access to the Brainy Futures founding community
Who this is for
You’re not looking for a “development day.” You’re here because:
- You’re stretched but still hungry
- You’ve seen the cracks in business-as-usual
- You want sharper thinking, not shinier slides
- You believe human brains are still our greatest asset
If that’s you? You’re in the right place.
How It Works
- 3 Sessions over 6 weeks
- £650 contribution per participant
- 7.5 hours total live learning
- Honorary member discount when the full programme launches
Why now?
If your people can’t think clearly, they can’t lead.
If your leaders aren’t evolving, your business won’t either.
Clarity under pressure is the new leadership currency.
And it’s in short supply.
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