Jess Lancashire
PARTNER AND ADVISOR IN CULTURE AND CAPABILITY.
I help you shape and activate ideas that transform how people lead, grow, and work together.
The world of work is changing. Fast.
And many of the systems we rely on — for leadership, culture, talent and wellbeing — are no longer fit for purpose.
You feel this. Your people feel this. But what comes next isn’t always clear.
About Me
My name is Jess Lancashire
I help leaders design what comes next.
I work with bold, forward-thinking CEOs and execs who want to enable their people to do their best work and live their best lives — even inside flawed, stretched or outdated systems.
You know that burnout isn’t fixed by wellness apps. That talent doesn’t grow in rigid hierarchies. And that purpose can't survive in a system built around productivity alone.
But you may not yet have the concept, programme or structure to enable something better.
That’s where I come in.
What I do.
Concept Development for Leadership & Culture
I help you design concepts and capability-building programmes that:
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Create shared language and direction for teams in uncertainty
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Equip people with the clarity, confidence and tools to navigate complexity
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Bridge leadership intent with lived experience — and make change stick
These aren’t off-the-shelf interventions. They’re designed for your context, and built to hold tension between:
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Performance and care.
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Ambition and sustainability.
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Individual energy and collective progress.
These are programmes that grow talent and capability—and quietly transform culture.
How I work.
What I bring:
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Perspective – I stay outside your system, so I can see what’s missing and what matters.
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Depth – I make time to think carefully, hold ambiguity, and ask better questions.
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Range – I draw from many worlds: lived experiences, diverse people, practical fields, big ideas.
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Structure – I shape concepts into clear, actionable frameworks that people can actually use.
Take a look at what I've built.
From leadership journeys to cultural frameworks—here’s a selection of the work I’ve shaped with bold clients:
Intensive Leadership Academies: Pioneered by Welsh Government, the ILAs are helping to create the next generation of innovative, global leaders in health and social care.
Climb: Connecting health and care leaders with a new network of change-makers, world-leading researchers, professors and experts at the forefront of change.
Working Parent Network: Helps parents across all sectors reshape work and life through real stories, practical tools, and collective action.
Keith James Grants: Distributing £1m to support a broad spectrum of learning and development opportunities for a wide range of professionals – clinical, medical, and administrative, across cancer services.
Who I work with.
I work best with leaders who are:
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Future-focused and ready to question old assumptions
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Leading culture or capability work that really matters
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Looking for more than off-the-shelf development solutions
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Willing to hold discomfort and complexity with care
Let's talk.
Curious about working together?
I’d love to hear what you're noticing, building, or ready to change.