Why Growth Requires Space

Whether you are an emerging leader engaging with new ideas, or a senior executive scanning the horizon, the challenge is the same:

How do you plan for a future that doesn’t exist yet?

At One Little Spark, we don’t just focus on current problems. We help you use Futures Thinking and Imaginative Inquiry to design a career and leadership style that is ready for the complexity of tomorrow.

At One Little Spark, we carve space for you to stop firefighting and start designing your future. We combine research-backed leadership theory with imaginative practice to help you grow, without burning out.

Our Growth Pathways

We help you build the Imaginative Capacity required at every stage of leadership.

1. The Spark: Agency & Impact (Early to Mid-Career)

For leaders stepping into complexity.

You have the technical skills and knowledge, but the system is stifling your creativity. You feel the pressure to conform to how it’s always been done. This pathway is about finding your agency.

• The Work: We use Design Thinking to prototype your leadership style. We strip away Imposter Syndrome and replace it with Structural Confidence.
• The Future Focus: We help you stop managing tasks and start championing ideas. You will learn how to articulate a vision that others want to follow.
• The Outcome: You become a leader who doesn’t just inhabit a role, but evolves it.

2. The Horizon: Vision & Legacy (Senior Leaders & C-Suite)

For Senior Leaders, Deans, Directors, and CEOs.

You are responsible for long term strategy, but the short term frequently eats all your time. You are stuck in the Probable Future (firefighting) rather than working towards your Preferable Future (innovation).

• The Work: We act as your Futures Partner. We use Horizon Scanning techniques to help you spot signals of change before they hit your organisation. We work on regulation and navigating change so you can work within the uncertainty required for true innovation.
• The Future Focus: We explore how to build impact that outlasts the current strategic plan and how to lead an organisation or team that is adaptable and not just efficient.
• The Outcome: Clarity on the horizon. A strategy led by imagination, not just metrics.

Our Grounded Futures-Led Approach

We differ from standard coaches because we treat Imagination as a core leadership skill and essential to strategy development.

Our sessions are grounded in:

• Futures Thinking: Tools to map multiple scenarios and design your Preferred Future.
• The Industrial Sublime: Finding beauty and opportunity in complex, gritty environments.
• Regulation: We use mindfulness and body-awareness to help you recognise signals, create clarity, and steady yourself at times of change.

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Testimonials

“Kieran has a rare and powerful gift: the ability to envision what’s possible and inspire others to believe in it too. He helps individuals lead with courage, empathy, and originality.” — Helen Moore, Associate Professor

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Ready to look at the horizon?

If you are tired of optimisation and ready for imagination, let’s talk. We start with a free 30-minute discovery call to explore your future.