Alison Reynolds

Alison is a Member of Faculty at Ashridge Executive Education where she designs and delivers executive education and consulting initiatives. In 2019 Alison was announced on the Thinkers50 Radar, recognising her work on Cognitive Diversity.

Alison is an active researcher and writer, her work featuring consistently in Harvard Business Review. Her first book, ‘What Philosophy can teach you about being a better leader’ was published with Kogan Page and the second, ‘The Qi Effect: Unlocking the Power of Interaction’ is due in 2020. Alison co-developed the Qi Index, a tool used by organisations worldwide to better understand the quality of their interaction.

Alison previously worked for Deloitte consulting where she led transformation initiatives for a variety of long term clients. Prior to this she worked in both corporate and policy environments within the UK Government.

Alison draws from a diversity of disciplines to develop new thinking and learning experiences. She brings together social psychology, philosophy and leadership theory with a focus on the quality of interactions between people and the impact on what they can create together. Her research explores the impact of cognitive diversity and psychological safety on organisational outcomes and the leadership behaviours that foster generative climates.

Education

• Ashridge Business School Master's Degree Sustainability & Responsibility 2014 – 2016
• Supervised by Sir Roger Scruton Masters in research PhilosophyGradeCurrent
• University of York BSc Environmental Geography
• Warwick Business School Post Graduate Certificate in Local Government Management Public Administration