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Business Consultancy (inclusive design, inclusive practice, crisis resolution, transformation, change management): Discovery Session (2hrs remote time, + 3 follow ups via email, telephone, or Zoom): £45.00 (additional time can be booked at £15 per 30mins). Day Rate: £300
Tailored Pessimism: £17.00
Ideal for small businesses and entrepreneurs.
Identify up to three topics/sectors/areas of interest, and we will provide you with tailored 'Productive Pessimism' takes on current affairs, legislative changes, etc related to these areas.
Tailored Pessimism sent weekly by email.
Quick Question: £10
Answers within 2hrs on issues around disability, neurodiversity, gender and transgender issues, and leadership challenges.
Tailored Pessimism sent weekly by email.
Quick Question: £10
Answers within 2hrs on issues around disability, neurodiversity, gender and transgender issues, and leadership challenges.
Public Speaking (in person; fees for online speaking are 50% of those quoted below)
£500 sole appearance, or £200 panel appearance.
Topics covered:
. Welfare Reform
£500 sole appearance, or £200 panel appearance.
Topics covered:
. Welfare Reform
. Lived Experience - Sight Loss
. Lived Experience - Schizophrenia
. Lived Experience - Male Identity as a Trans Man
. Lived Experience - 'Female Autism' as a Trans Woman
. Masculinity In a Feminine-Focused World
Exploring modern roles for contemporary masculinity, why men are struggling with their social transition period, and what it feels like to be a 21st-century man facing many responsibilities which are still centred as "women's work", such as care, household management, etc.
. Surviving and Thriving Car-Free
Discussing the process of managing daily life, in rural England, with disability, without the ability to drive (and without the money to employ a chauffeur, or take taxis!)
Minimum 72hrs notice for public speaking engagements.
Management Courses:
. Sell Your Vision: £120 (3hrs, remote provision; on-site by arrangement, cost to include expenses)
How to make necessary change wanted, so you can move forward, faster.
How to make necessary change wanted, so you can move forward, faster.
. Crisis, What Crisis? £350 (full day on-site provision)
Identifying, managing, and making a success of crises.
. Who Comes Next? Effective succession planning - £300 (full day remote, tutor-led provision)
Awareness Training:
. Neurodiversity Awareness: £150 (4hrs remote tutor-led, lived experience provision)
. Disability Awareness: £150 (4hrs remote tutor-led, lived experience provision)
. LGBTQ+ Awareness: £150 (4hrs remote tutor-led, lived experience provision)
. Trauma-Informed Workplaces: £350 (full day on-site, lived experience, tutor-led provision)
. Trauma-Informed Workplaces: £350 (full day on-site, lived experience, tutor-led provision)
Identifying Misinformation & Disinformation, & Challenging Damaging Narratives - £5 self-study, £15 facilitated (remote)
As global narratives skew away from objective truths backed up by reliable sources to "black marketing", disinformation, misinformation, and emotion-driven arguments presented as facts, and as social media sites and governments step away from ensuring veracity in publicly consumed media, being your own fact-checker is resilient against political positioning swings, climate change, economic turbulence, and inflation! Whether you want a simple, straightforward overview of the difference between types of deceptive content, how to identify and distinguish them, and how to challenge them, or you'd like a dynamic, immersive experience, 1:1 or in small groups (depending on attendance levels), The Productive Pessimist is here for you. Because we believe it's all only going to get worse - but we can show you how to be better.
Ideal for schools, colleges, public sector workplaces, media teams, social enterprises, and individuals.
As global narratives skew away from objective truths backed up by reliable sources to "black marketing", disinformation, misinformation, and emotion-driven arguments presented as facts, and as social media sites and governments step away from ensuring veracity in publicly consumed media, being your own fact-checker is resilient against political positioning swings, climate change, economic turbulence, and inflation! Whether you want a simple, straightforward overview of the difference between types of deceptive content, how to identify and distinguish them, and how to challenge them, or you'd like a dynamic, immersive experience, 1:1 or in small groups (depending on attendance levels), The Productive Pessimist is here for you. Because we believe it's all only going to get worse - but we can show you how to be better.
Ideal for schools, colleges, public sector workplaces, media teams, social enterprises, and individuals.
Immersive Inclusion Experience - £40:
Experience what it's like to be someone who is both blind, and also has Auditory Processing Disorder in your workplace, and enjoy a facilitated 'splash pool' of ideas of how to immediately, and at no cost, improve things, that have occurred to you as you experienced an altered awareness.
Experience what it's like to be someone who is both blind, and also has Auditory Processing Disorder in your workplace, and enjoy a facilitated 'splash pool' of ideas of how to immediately, and at no cost, improve things, that have occurred to you as you experienced an altered awareness.
Business 'Critical Friend': £800 per month, £2,000 for 3mths, £4,000 for 6mths, or £8,000 per year
Available for 'on-demand' phone and email support for instant-response to operational and inter-personal business challenges as they happen, plus up to 5 days per month on-site calls.
Interviewed an exceptional candidate, but worried about how to accommodate their disability, neurodivergence, identity, or experience? Give us a call, drop us a line, get us on-site, and we can make the experience as easy as possible for both you and your new hire.
Had an inclusion issue, and HR are feeling uncomfortable about how to handle it? We can step in to offer support, a listening ear, and reassurance. Benefit from our Critical Friend mentoring service at a 25% discount when booked before 31st January 2025 - just £600pm, £1,500 for 3 months, £3,000 for 6mths, or just £6,000 for the whole of 2025, to celebrate National Mentoring Month
Available for 'on-demand' phone and email support for instant-response to operational and inter-personal business challenges as they happen, plus up to 5 days per month on-site calls.
Interviewed an exceptional candidate, but worried about how to accommodate their disability, neurodivergence, identity, or experience? Give us a call, drop us a line, get us on-site, and we can make the experience as easy as possible for both you and your new hire.
Had an inclusion issue, and HR are feeling uncomfortable about how to handle it? We can step in to offer support, a listening ear, and reassurance. Benefit from our Critical Friend mentoring service at a 25% discount when booked before 31st January 2025 - just £600pm, £1,500 for 3 months, £3,000 for 6mths, or just £6,000 for the whole of 2025, to celebrate National Mentoring Month
(booked and paid in full by 31st January 2025.)
Success Coaching
Offered remotely across the UK, or in person in Great Yarmouth and Waveney, and central Norwich.
£45 per hour (min 1hr booking) - if booking for email support, £45 provides 3 email exchanges. Just £33.75 per hour for bookings made for dates from 6th-31st January 2025 for National Mentoring Month!
Translation of Scripts Written in English to BSL-Friendly Text
BSL (British Sign Language) has its own grammar, which doesn't match written English grammar.
There are also phrases which are readily intelligible, although actually nonsensical, to hearing people, which are impossible to easily sign, as BSL is very visual-spatial, so relies on concrete concepts.
(A recent example from a play script was the lines: "150 years ago, the future came. Factories grew like weeds." - BSL doesn't allow for two different time periods - the 'past' of 150 years ago, and 'the future' - to occur simultaneously, and simile - 'factories grew like weeds' - isn't something that is readily conveyed in BSL.)
Morgana, who is a Level 3 BSL user, with familiarity with Level 4 concepts and signs, is available to translate English scripts to BSL English, allowing D/deaf actors whose first language is BSL to be fully included in theatre and drama.
This service is charged at £120 per act (eg; 1 act play = £120, 3 act play = £360); a 15% discount is offered for amateur companies who charge a purely nominal ticket fee for performances. Turnaround is 2-5 working days, dependent on script length.
Self-Paced E-Learning:
Ideal for Individuals/Personal Development:
. The Productive Pessimist Performance Plan: £10
Ideal for individuals, couples, or organisations to address their biggest challenges.
We also offer a supported work-through of The Productive Pessimist Performance Plan for groups of 6 or more; this is £50 for a remote session, or £85 + travel expenses for on-site sessions for corporate clients.
BSL (British Sign Language) has its own grammar, which doesn't match written English grammar.
There are also phrases which are readily intelligible, although actually nonsensical, to hearing people, which are impossible to easily sign, as BSL is very visual-spatial, so relies on concrete concepts.
(A recent example from a play script was the lines: "150 years ago, the future came. Factories grew like weeds." - BSL doesn't allow for two different time periods - the 'past' of 150 years ago, and 'the future' - to occur simultaneously, and simile - 'factories grew like weeds' - isn't something that is readily conveyed in BSL.)
Morgana, who is a Level 3 BSL user, with familiarity with Level 4 concepts and signs, is available to translate English scripts to BSL English, allowing D/deaf actors whose first language is BSL to be fully included in theatre and drama.
This service is charged at £120 per act (eg; 1 act play = £120, 3 act play = £360); a 15% discount is offered for amateur companies who charge a purely nominal ticket fee for performances. Turnaround is 2-5 working days, dependent on script length.
Self-Paced E-Learning:
Ideal for Individuals/Personal Development:
. The Productive Pessimist Performance Plan: £10
Ideal for individuals, couples, or organisations to address their biggest challenges.
We also offer a supported work-through of The Productive Pessimist Performance Plan for groups of 6 or more; this is £50 for a remote session, or £85 + travel expenses for on-site sessions for corporate clients.
. Confident Disability/Confident Neurodivergence - £25, or both courses for £40 (this is intended for small groups of up to 8 people; if you are a neurodivergent individual, and feel you would benefit from this provision, please let us know, as we can facilitate this provision free of charge.)
A blend of career coaching, 1:1 mentoring, and productivity hacking, designed to help you identify and unlock your strengths, and create a game plan for succeeding on your terms.
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