1AM talks

What does it take to act courageously  and make successful high  risks decisions? In this 1AM Talks episode, we speak with Gerald Vanderpuye and Rachael Palmer from Impact Brixton about leadership at a crossroads, and the role coaching played in helping a CEO at a high risk moment.  Gerald reflects on the period before taking on a co-working space, when his future work felt unclear. The episode al...

💡What does it take to go with  courage and make  values based decisions when the risks are high? In this trailer, we give you a hint of what’s coming in our full episode, as host Andry McFarlane sits down with Gerald Vanderpuye, CEO of Impact Brixton — a vibrant coworking space in South London — and General Manager Rachael  Palmer, to explore the real impact of coaching at a crucial moment of his...

💡How is the quality of  student services impacted by coaching?  💡In this episode of 1AM Talks, Kieren Macintosh (Vice Principal, Lewisham College) and Rebecca Henry Litteck (Head of Learning & OD, City St George’s) share their powerful stories of how coaching and mentoring break down silos, build trust, and drive inclusion—ultimately enhancing quality and student experiences. And we discuss...

💡How does coaching impact on the quality of student services? Can L&D truly change the experience  for leaders, teams, and students in Further and Higher Education?  💡What is the End of the ‘hero leader’?  How are FE and HE beginning to shift, in small but important ways, towards peer mentoring, peer coaching and action learning and could they move from ‘superhero leaders’ to more co-owned l...

Educational Coaching How does  Manager as Coach L&D  and support staff leading Student Services? And how do you go from MAC to a community of coaches?  🎉New Episode  In this episode of 1AM Talks, Andry McFarlane is joined by Rebecca Henry-Litteck and Kieren McIntosh for a conversation about how Managers as Coach, peer coaching, and coaching communities of practice help managers in Higher Educ...

Educational Coaching  How did a Manager as Coach programme grow from one cohort into a wider leadership coaching community? 🎙️In this mini trailer for 1AM Talks, your hosts introduce a conversation with Rebecca Henry-Litteck and Kieren McIntosh about how Manager as Coach, peer coaching and coaching communities help managers support staff, strengthen organisations, and ultimately make a difference...

Leading through growth 🎙️Educational leadership, learning design and organisational growth. What do learning leaders in growing educational organisations really need to help teams and learners thrive?  In this episode of 1AM Talks, Andry McFarlane and Rachael Palmer are joined by David West and Kirsty Fyfe from Brunel Academies Trust  (a MAT) to explore what learning leaders in growing educational...

Leading in MAT and SEND 🎉 New Season, New Episode When the education sector is under pressure, how do you support leaders, staff and students? 🎙️In this mini trailer for 1AM Talks, your hosts introduce a conversation with David West and Kirsty Fyfe from Brunel Academies Trust about leadership development in a demanding education environment. The discussion explores how coaching and masterclasses...

📈As organisations grow, leadership needs to grow with them  - for both staff and students to thrive. How does L&D support that?  🌱Growing Leaders During Organisational Expansion: Coaching and Masterclasses at Brunel Academies Trust 🎙️In this 1AM Talks 20 minute deep dive episode, we speak with David West and Kirsty Fyfe from Brunel Academies Trust about how a coaching and masterclass L&D...

🎉New Season, New Episode How do you develop leaders while an organisation is growing and changing? 🎙️In this  mini trailer for 1AM Talks, your hosts introduce a conversation with leaders from Brunel Academies Trust about how a coaching and masterclass L&D programme supported leadership development, while the organisation was expanding. As Brunel grew, leaders needed space to reflect, think st...

What makes EDIB Global Majority leadership programmes effective in the workplace? Share your ideas here and listen to the stories and tips from our team of facilitation experts. In part two of our Experts’ Masterclass episode, Andry, Rachael, and Miranda discuss what they have learnt about high quality design and delivery on effective EDIB (Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging) leadership p...

What if you don’t need a title to be a leader? In this trailer for 1AM Talks, your hosts explore a powerful insight: leadership is not about the job title—it’s about how you show up. Many people wait for permission or a promotion to step into leadership, but sometimes leadership happens when you take ownership, create opportunities, and lead responsibly from where you are. This mini 1AM Talks trai...

What keeps experienced facilitators and coaches curious, engaged and successful after years of practice? In this Expert Tips Masterclass episode of 1AM Talks, three experienced facilitators and coaches reflect on  insights they have gleaned over the years, including what to do when things go wrong. This episode looks at how learning happens not just through techniques, but through attention to wha...

What does 25 years of coaching and facilitating teach you? And what do you do when a workshop doesn’t land the way you hoped? Introducing the Expert Tips Masterclass episode, where three experienced facilitators and coaches share practical insights from real life — including what helps when workshops feel challenging or don’t go to plan. The full episode explores how practitioners stay resilient,...

How do you design for culture change using  a coaching and leadership programme — including enabling leadership presence  for Women of Colour? How do you do set up that L&D culture change   programme in a  friendly, values-driven organisation? How do you facilitate  L&D and OD programmes for teams where staff care deeply about their work but sometimes find accountability, difficult convers...

Discover the impact of the 18 month culture-change journey at Spiral Learning. You’ll hear how clearer boundaries, honest conversations, and steady relationship-based work helped the team build a more sustainable and positive workplace culture and supported their work with young learners. After 18 months of development with Spiral, see how staff have created healthier ways of working and made inte...

This two-minute trailer offers a glimpse into a powerful 15-minute episode about real culture change — how an organisation found clearer boundaries, a more sustainable office culture, and space for younger and more culturally diverse leadership to thrive. In the full episode, you’ll hear Luna’s leadership story. It’s compelling — a British Black woman stepping into new leadership identities in a y...

What does inclusive learning design look like for a culture change journey? In this 1AM Talks trailer, we share with you what’s in Episode 3, where we join Aurora Arista and Luna Ali from Spiral Learning — an organisation supporting young adults from underrepresented backgrounds. They discuss how a Coaching and Culture-Change Programme was created to strengthen communication, accountability and we...

🎙 Episode 2 - Grounding, Confidence and Career Growth: How Good Foundations Help Impact in Coaching and Workshops.  🤔How do you help busy staff engage, grow and make confident career decisions when they’re stretched  and not yet ready to focus? In this episode of 1AM talks, we explore that practical challenge  - something nearly every  for every Head of L&D, OD, organisational  coach and faci...

Trailer Episode 2: Discover how staff grounded themselves through somatic techniques, built confidence to communicate and grew their careers within a dynamic, lived-experience workplace culture — through co-design, inclusive coaching, and communication programmes. 1AM Talks hosts speak with Karen Nelson and Amanda Cummins about somatic learning and all things L&D impact — an insightful chat ab...

🎙 Episode 1 - Getting a Team on Board: Coaching, Confidence and Psychological Safety In this 20 minute episode we speak with Amanda Cummins and Karen Nelson from South London NHS  Mental Health Trust,  about how a team with lived experience of mental health commissioned and co-designed a wellbeing- and communication focused coaching and workshop programme. This conversation offers a personal look...

Tight L&D budgets, big staff learning ambitions, constant OD  pressure?
1AM Talks shares bite-sized, real stories about what actually works in learning and organisational development. Each 20-minute episode takes a 360° look at one real programme — through the eyes of the commissioner, the facilitator and the participant. Launching 5th November. 🎙Your host Andry McFarlane shares a taste of wha...