For more than 25 years, Martin has supported people and systems to stay human and effective in the face of complexity. He holds an MBA from London Business School and trained in Psychotherapy and Counselling and as a Somatic Coach, foundations that give his work its distinctive blend of rigour, humanity and embodied awareness. He is co-editor of A Field Guide for Organisation Development, a landmark collection of real-world insights on how organisations grow and change.
His approach starts with the human — what’s happening for individuals, teams and groups — and builds outwards to explore how this shapes, and is shaped by, the wider organisation and its context. Rooted in Mayvin’s practice-based learning methodology, Martin invites clients to inquire into questions that link their personal learning to collective purpose and organisational reality.
With senior teams, Martin helps build trust and coherence when the pressure is on. With leaders, he supports their capacity to take wise, powerful action that inspires others. With organisations, he helps uncover and reshape the underlying patterns of culture, those often-unspoken ways of relating, deciding and leading that determine whether or not change takes root.
Clients describe Martin’s style as quietly challenging: he brings a depth of attention that makes it easier for people to ask deeper questions of themselves and one another. His work is animated by a belief in human potential and connection and by a desire to make the world better for those who seek to make the world better.
Martin lives in Brighton with his wife, son and an elderly Lurcher, Skye.