Applied NLP Practitioner In Innovation And Change Leadership

A transformational certification for people ready to lead real change in complexity.

This is the only NLP Practitioner certification purpose-built for people working in innovation and systemic change.

Most leadership and facilitation work runs into the same wall eventually. The frameworks tell you what to do. They don't tell you why people, including you, keep doing the thing that isn't working.

This course works at that level. Beliefs, values and identity, and how they shape and shift entire systems. Language and meaning, learning to listen deeply and speak with real precision. The cognitive patterns and biases that quietly keep people and organisations stuck. Motivation and leverage, so change stops feeling like pushing a rock uphill. Systemic rapport and influence, the invisible threads that move groups, not just individuals. You’ll work with tools like the Meta Model, the Milton Model, Neurological Levels and the Disney Strategy, all adapted specifically for innovation and systemic change, not generic personal development.

You’ll work at two levels, woven together throughout. Developing yourself as a congruent, resilient and confident change leader. And learning to apply NLP directly within innovation projects, systemic initiatives and complex organisational work.

A lot of our participants aren’t external consultants; they’re inside the system, trying to make change happen without always having formal authority to back them up. So, alongside the technical tools, you’ll build the internal consultancy skills and relational presence to navigate power, influence with integrity, and support others from wherever you’re actually standing in the organisation.

If you want to explore this territory before committing to eight days, get in touch and book an appointment with Neil to discuss this inner work of change.

Who it is for:

Facilitators, leaders, innovators, change agents and coaches who care about creating change that actually lasts, and know that doing so means understanding people, patterns and systems, not just process. No prior NLP experience needed.

DATES, LOCATIONS, AND PRICES

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Applied NLP Practitioner In Innovation And Change Leadership

London

12–14 October 2026

£1,450 + VAT

Practitioner Certificate

Applied NLP Practitioner In Innovation And Change Leadership

London

12–14 October 2026

£1,450 + VAT

Practitioner Certificate

Neil is one of the UK’s most experienced NLP Master Trainers, with over 25 years applying NLP, systems thinking, change and innovation across business, government and the charity sector.

He’s facilitated sessions inside 10 and 11 Downing Street, and worked alongside figures like Richard Branson and Anita Roddick. In 2017 he won the ANLP Award for Making a Difference using NLP at the International NLP Conference.

If you’re curious whether this is the right next step for you, Neil offers a genuinely no-obligation conversation, thoughtful rather than salesy, to help you reflect on your goals and see whether this fits your context, your role and your ambitions.

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

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In-house Systems Thinking Training

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In-house Design Thinking Training

A proven methodology, the same principles taught at Stanford and MIT, delivered and certified inside your own organisation. Your team trains on a real challenge they’re already facing, not a hypothetical one, blended with our own systemic edge. Because the people who build the solution are the ones who have to live with it, it tends to actually stick. Certified by ANLP.