About Mitzi
Lawyer by background, trained in organisational psychiatry and psychology, and a member of Nancy Kline's Time to Think Faculty.
The thinking behind the work
Legal practice taught me to examine evidence, test an argument and recognise the consequences of a decision. Training in organisational psychiatry and psychology at King’s College London took me further into the relationships, assumptions and systems that shape what happens at work.
Today I work with boards and leadership teams on that human dimension of judgement. I’m a member of the Time to Think Faculty and on the faculty of the NHS Leadership Academy. My work includes programmes for aspiring chairs and chief executives and clinical leaders, alongside facilitation with Windsor Leadership Trust for leaders from the military, faith and commercial sectors.
Experience as an NHS non-executive director, a consultant with The King’s Fund and an Ambassador for the International Integrated Reporting Council has shaped my understanding of responsibility and value.
In 2011, with the support of Jim Clifford OBE, I founded Fulcrum, bringing leaders across professions into conversation about authority, sustainability and our responsibilities to future generations. “Compassion to care, courage to challenge” remains a thread through my work.
I’m Anglo-Japanese. Buddhist practice, Quaker wisdom, Nancy Kline, Parker J. Palmer, literature and the arts all inform how I understand attention, difference and the inner life of leadership.
Building tools. Exploring what comes next.
Technology is an active part of my practice. I designed and built the Wyman Intelligence Index assessments and digital companions to help people recognise patterns, question assumptions and think independently.
I have delivered an AI masterclass and facilitated a session on AI for Windsor Leadership Trust. These conversations explore what changing technology asks of leaders: how to exercise discernment, hold uncertainty and keep human judgement at the centre of decisions.