This blog introduces the Wilkins Terwindt Quadruple-Loop Learning Model: a framework for moving beyond behaviour change to examine the mental models, systems and intentions that shape how we learn, lead and innovate.

Innovation is often thought of as something that happens to organisations, products or services. But what happens when the innovation project is ourselves? In this reflective MICL alumni piece, one student turns the innovation lens inward, using the programme’s frameworks to explore change, uncertainty and personal reinvention.

Many people stay with the discomfort they know rather than step into the uncertainty of something better. But progress depends on our ability to work with both certainty and uncertainty.

Leadership used to come with a map. Now it comes with a compass.

That line has stayed with us since completing the first cohort of Leadership for a Complex World, delivered by Perspectiv in collaboration with Bayes Business School.

Climate is not culture. It is more visible, more measurable and more changeable. The SOQ helps organisations understand the everyday conditions that shape trust, creativity, innovation and performance.

Why isn’t workplace climate in the P&L?

Organisations rigorously track financial outputs, yet all but ignore the conditions that produce them.

What if your product’s success became your biggest risk? The Meta verdict shows how behavioural design can cross the line from engagement to liability, and why every organisation should pay attention.

Most organisations say they want to innovate. Few actually do. PwC research reveals a 7x gap in revenue from new products and services between top and bottom performers, driven not by ideas, but by the systems and environments they build.

Why do some teams consistently innovate while others stall? The answer is rarely just better ideas. It’s the environment those ideas sit in. Understanding climate gives you a practical way to diagnose performance and create the conditions where innovation can actually happen.

How do you know if your workplace climate is helping or hindering performance? The SOQ makes it measurable.

Leadership has always involved some degree of uncertainty. However, today’s environment is different in scale and speed. Today’s leaders operate in a world that is defined by complexity, turbulence and unpredictability (VUCA).

Leadership isn’t a title or a hierarchy. It’s a relationship earned through behaviours that remove barriers, challenge outdated myths, and inspire people to choose to follow.

Andy Wilkins recently made a talk at the recent Worshipful Company of Management Consultants event. Here’s what he had to say…

Recently the head of Ferrari John Elkann has spoken out about the performance of their F1 team resulting in the #ElkannOut trending online. Read about why his comments are so alarming.

With the launch of our new website, we are opening Insights, a new space for sharing how we think about performance, leadership, creativity, and collaboration, informed by 30 years of Perspectiv’s work.