Complexity changes
the rules.

Most organisations are still trying to solve complex problems with tools designed for a simpler world.

It’s not working.

We help leaders understand the systems they’re part of so they can create change that sticks.

INNOVATION THAT STICKS

I NEED INNOVATION THAT STICKS

Facing a complex challenge that isn’t responding to the usual approaches? We help you navigate the system, understand what might scupper progress, and guide you toward change that actually takes root.

CAPABILITY THAT LASTS

I NEED CAPABILITY THAT LASTS

Ready to build the capacity to navigate complexity with confidence? We help you and your team develop the thinking, tools and habits to lead change, innovate wisely and keep doing it long after we’re gone.

THE PROBLEM

Most innovation
quietly dies

Not because the ideas were bad. Not because people didn’t try.

In the age of AI, ideas are cheap. Anyone with
a prompt can generate concepts. The real challenge? Getting ideas to actually take root within your organisational system.

That’s where we come in

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WHAT WE DO

Systemic innovation that actually works

At 91 Untold, we don’t just help you generate ideas. We help you understand why your system embraces some innovations and resists others. Then, we work with you to design change that truly fits.

We look beyond the surface to understand what really drives change in your organisation: People, Power, Process and Purpose

We make sure your team can solve the next one too. 

We don’t just solve this problem.

Latest thinking

In complexity, the quality of thinking matters more than the credentials.
See how we think.

Start here On us.

Systems Thinking for Leaders:
Innovation & Change.

The clearest introduction we know to why complexity changes everything about how you lead change and innovation. Normally £69.99.

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Innovation that sticks

Facing a complex challenge that isn’t responding to the usual approaches? Here are the ways we can work alongside you.

Systemic Dialogue Labs

Listen to your system. Surface what’s really going on, including the blockages and the things that will bite you if you ignore them. Harvest the ideas and insights that only emerge when the right voices are genuinely heard.

Systemic Discovery

Before you start, or when things have gone off track. Get everyone on the same page, create a map the whole team can follow, and bring the right champions with you from the start.

Systemic Innovation Sprints

Reframe the challenge. Work wisely within real constraints. Move from stuck to prototype faster than you thought possible.

Systemic Facilitation

When the people who need to agree aren’t agreeing. We help stakeholders find the level at which alignment becomes possible and move forward from there.

The Systemic
Change Map

Map how change actually happens in your organisation.

Most leaders working in complex organisations know something isn’t quite working. The patterns underneath are often hard to see from the inside.

In around ten minutes, this free guided reflection helps you understand the conditions surrounding your challenge and how change actually happens in your organisation.

You won’t receive a score. You’ll receive a map.
A starting point for better thinking, better conversations and better decisions about what to do next.

Capability that lasts

Ready to build the capacity to navigate complexity with confidence? Here are the ways we can help you and your team keep doing it long after we’re gone.

Diploma of Systemic Discovery:

Our flagship three-day programme. Learn to map a complex challenge properly, the system, the stakeholders, the constraints, before you commit to a direction. Leave with three real outputs you can take straight back into your organisation. Certified by ANLP.

Diploma of Systemic Facilitation

Master the art of creating the conditions where dialogue, alignment and genuine insight become possible. For facilitators and leaders who want to work at a deeper level. Certified by ANLP.

Applied NLP Practitioner in Innovation and Change Leadership

A transformational programme for leaders and change agents. Develop the inner capacity, behavioural flexibility and systemic awareness to lead change in ways that most people never imagined possible.

Diploma of Systemic Leadership

Lead differently in a complex world. Build the stances, habits and systemic understanding that allow you to guide others through uncertainty and create change that lasts. Certified by ANLP.

CLIENT TESTIMONIALS

Real people. Real organisations. Real change.

Senior leaders reflecting honestly on what it’s actually like to work with us.

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“I chose systemic innovation because the statistic that 70% of innovation fails was not one I wanted to be on the end of.”

Sam Catley

People Services and Innovation Director, EDF

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“I see it like my little toolbox. It’s something that’s stuck with me and has fundamentally changed how I approach challenges on a personal and business level.”

Sarah Harvey

Global Director Customer Success, Vertex Inc

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“Bringing Neil into my clients is something I don’t hesitate to do. He will come in and quickly understand the most complex and most critical issues for an organisation and very quickly navigate his way around with diplomacy and humour to help them reach their goals.”

Julia Days

Talent Acquisition Transformation Consultant and Strategy Advisor, RL100 UK 2026

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“We’ve now had 1,500 women go through our programme, and we’ve eliminated attrition from that population, which is extraordinary. We have stopped women leaving our organisation once we invest in them in that way.”

Rachel Higham

MD of IT, BT

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“When Neil tips up in an organisation, I think he’s tipping up as a colleague, as someone who wants to collaborate and who genuinely wants to leave a legacy.”

David Beales

People innovation Hub, EDF

In good company.

Businesses, governments and charities.

to navigate their most complex challenges.

Start here. On us.

Systems Thinking for Leaders:
Innovation & Change.

The clearest introduction we know to why complexity changes everything about how you lead change and innovation. Normally £69.99.

Free when you join our list. No noise. Just the stuff worth reading.

You can unsubscribe at any time. We will never share your details.

Stay ahead of complexity.

Get insights on systems thinking and human-centred innovation.

Who we are?

We help leaders and organisations work wisely with complexity, so they can create meaningful change and innovation that takes root and endures.

We do this as mapmakers and guides. We help people make sense of the systems they are part of, and see what is really shaping how people behave and how change unfolds.

Our work blends systems thinking, human-centred innovation, and applied psychology to support better decisions, more aligned action, and change that actually works in the real world.

Got a question?

Have a conversation.

Our AI is trained on our thinking, our methodology and our work. Ask it anything about complexity, our programmes, or whether we might be the right fit for what you’re facing. It can even point you to the juicy free stuff if you’d rather start there. It can answer most questions faster than we can. But if you want to talk to a person, it will 100% make that happen. We just might take a little longer to get back to you, because we’re only human.

You’re talking to an AI. It won’t pretend otherwise. But it knows our work inside out and is very friendly.

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