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Hi, I’m Jenny

🔗 Author of the #1 bestseller
Connection Intelligence® ⚡️

I help global organisations build meaningful workplace connection across generations, locations and digital divides.

Former European Training Manager at Disney,

working with clients in over 20 countries.

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What is Connection Intelligence®?

Connection Intelligence® is the capability that decides whether the people you work with thrive or just turn up. It’s how we build trust across generations who don’t see the world the same way, across locations for people who have never met in person and digital tools that were meant to bring us closer but mostly haven’t. It’s for everyone – colleagues, managers, leaders – anyone who’s ever wondered why work feels more isolating than it should.

It’s a measurable, teachable skill – not a personality trait, not a buzzword and definitely not another diagram with four quadrants and no plan.

I’ve spent twenty-five years inside organisations working out what genuinely shifts the dial, from Disney’s training floors to boardrooms across twenty-plus countries. Connection Intelligence® is the result: a methodology that gives anyone, at any level, something they can actually do on Monday morning.

If your hybrid teams feel flatter than they should, if your younger talent is quietly disengaging, or if your culture used to feel like something and now feels like nothing, that’s exactly what Connection Intelligence® is built to fix.

 

“Connection Intelligence®: Building Meaningful Workplace Connection across Generations, Locations and Digital Divides” hit #1 in its Amazon category in its first week – and it’s still the most practical handbook on the subject you’ll read this year.

Part research, part practical guide, it’s for anyone who wants to feel more connected at work: colleagues, managers, leaders and anyone who believes our workplaces should be a source of connection, not disconnection. 

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How Connected Are You Really?

The Connection Intelligence® Rapid Assessment is a short diagnostic that shows you where you’re genuinely connecting at work – with colleagues, with your team, with your wider organisation – and where things might be quietly falling short.

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Keynote Speaking 

Conference ready talks on Connection Intelligence®, culture and leadership. Warm, memorable, practical and never a slide dump.

Speaking

Workshops & Programmes

Half day, full day or multi session programmes for leaders, teams and emerging talent. Highly interactive, deeply tailored, designed to land.

Workshops
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Consultancy

Bespoke consultancy on leadership, culture and connection. Built around your organisation – never off a shelf.

Consultancy
Twenty-plus years. Twenty-plus countries. A few of the names along the way
LeedsBekkett
llyodsbanking
DisneyStore
hallmark
Hiscox
barclays
quorn
Matillin
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stantec
orsted
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A bit about me.

I'm based in North Yorkshire and proud of my roots!

Spent years as Disney's European Training Manager learning that the magic isn't pixie dust: it's giving people the experience of being seen, valued and connected with.

Set up my consultancy in 2001 with the intention of staying small, responsive and agile.

Twenty-five years later I'm still doing the work I love, in twenty-plus countries, with a teenager at home who keeps me grounded.

What Clients Say

To stand up and give a talk in front of an audience is one thing. But, to truly OWN the stage and inspire hundreds of people in the process is an entirely different thing. Jenny did just that at our conference. She’s a true pro in every sense of the word!
Chris Ducker
Chris DuckerFounder, Youpreneur.com
We held our first conference for all our Women in the business and we used Jenny as our keynote speaker. Jenny was by far the highlight of the day all the positive feedback was about Jenny. Her ability to engage everyone at all levels and capture every single person in the audience was inspiring to watch. Jenny had a real ability to understand our business and our content need quickly. Jenny brought to life all our ideas and thoughts so effortlessly and seamlessly and it is a day that will remain a highlight for me. We have since used Jenny for some virtual workshops which again have been a huge success, Jenny’s energy and engagement is still there in abundance virtually. I can highly recommend Jenny she is a delight to work with and has a real positive impact on everyone she has contact with and I have personally learnt so much from her.
Emma Day
Emma DayPeople Manager, Stantec
I have used Jenny on multiple occasions over the last few years for writing and delivering workshops - ranging from 'Giving Effective Feedback' right through to 'Managing your Unconscious Bias'. With Jenny you get great learning content and impact as you would expect, but Jenny brings an authenticity and relate-abilty that for me sets her apart from others. Jenny connects with her audience and makes it all about us, we laugh, we engage, and have fun but most importantly learn loads along the way - she's first class!
John Nardone Senior Director of Talent Development, Matillion

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