Born and raised in an east London funeral parlour that functioned as a business and social service in equal measure.
Entered the world of work aged 16 with stints in telecoms, publishing (music, trade press and women’s magazines), fashion, retail and advertising.
A little later, began a wide-ranging and ongoing inquiry into how the new comes into being and how this changes into that, beyond prevailing theories and methods.
Co-founded Leith & Price, a 35-person business development consultancy serving the advertising, marketing and media sectors. The firm’s proprietary database of the top 3,000 UK advertisers enabled new business directors working in prominent advertising agencies, and advertisement sales teams representing media owning companies (TV, newspapers, magazines etc.), to pinpoint prospective clients with unparalleled accuracy.
Put non-mainstream thinking into practice during three decades spent providing consulting services in the areas of breakthrough innovation, system-wide change and multi-stakeholder co‑creation, working in the UK and internationally with a large and diverse assortment of businesses, government bodies and other non-commercial organisations. Clients included ABN Amro Bank, Diageo, Dogs Trust, European Commission, GlaxoSmithKline, McCain Foods, MIT Entrepreneurship Center, NHS, Petroleum Development Oman and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Helped Findhorn Foundation determine its purpose and expand its programme of educational courses and workshops.
Read about Findhorn Foundation
At Findhorn, trained as a facilitator of The Transformation Game®, a board game in which each player focuses on a burning personal issue, and through serendipity, reflection and discussion becomes aware of limiting patterns, untapped resources, compelling possibilities and potential ways forward.
Watch video in which Transformation Game facilitators talk about the training programme (6:42)
On completing the training and gaining accreditation, hosted many Transformation Game sessions and co-founded The Transformation Game International Facilitators Network.
Worked closely with the Shell GameChanger team during its pioneering years.
Read about Shell GameChanger on Management Innovation eXchange website
Contributed a chapter, Creating Collaborative Gatherings Using Large Group Interventions, to the Gower Handbook of Training and Development.
Writings have appeared in Organisations & People, Career Development International and elsewhere.
Joined the Association for Management Education & Development, becoming a member of its governing body.
Led participative sessions at these educational establishments: Hult Ashridge, Leiden University, London Business School, London School of Economics, Roffey Park Institute, University of Brighton, University of Exeter and University of Ljubljana.
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The Transformation Game facilitator training
Enriching the world: Is it good business practice?
Video of Jack’s five-minute Ignite Bristol talk
Real-world create-the-new challenges selected from Jack’s casebook