If not us, then who? And if not now, then when?
Let’s tell the story of Future-Fit Academy through three lenses as outlined in the book Keys for Future-Fit Leadership – the thinking mind, the feeling bodymind, and the soul.
Through the first lens, the thinking mind, the Academy was a logical merging of skillsets and networks: Giles’ thought leadership, business transformation and coaching experience, and Hayley’s work in sector-based systemic change and social entrepreneurship.
Through the second lens, the feeling bodymind, the Academy is a creative expression of who we are whereby the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
Through the third lens, the soul, the Academy emerged from a trust in life and following the threads that led us here. It wasn’t out of a need or a choice – we just followed what emerged, and our souls aligned.
From coping amid the polycrisis to thriving amid the metacrisis
To address today’s polycrisis requires a new way of seeing the world. It requires us to undertake the inner work of shifting our consciousness, in order to cultivate the wisdom needed to meet this monumental transition that humanity must make.
Mechanistic Materialism (MM) is the dominant worldview behind our polycrisis. Mechanistic: seeing the world as a machine – breaking it into parts to define, categorise and control. Materialism: treating only measurable matter as real, and separating mind from matter until the world feels devoid of meaning or inner life.
By creating a shift in our own hearts and minds, we can up-stretch our consciousness beyond MM and its lens of separateness. In its place, we can cultivate a quality of consciousness which we call Quantum Complexity (QC).
The QC worldview is a profound shift from the MM worldview, it doesn’t happen overnight. It involves a significant death-rebirth journey at a level of Self, and within our systems: organisations, collective systems of education, socio-economic, leadership and governance.
Guiding people and groups through transformational shifts in worldivew is at the heart of our work at the Future-Fit Academy.
Hayley Morris
Co-founder · Coach, facilitator and social entrepreneur
Hayley Morris is a coach and facilitator with 20 years’ experience across business, philanthropy, investing and systems change. A social entrepreneur, prior to Future-Fit Academy she has founded organisations including Sustainable Table, a regenerative food and farming not-for-profit; Climate Zero, a climate tech business; and Barragunda Dining, a farm-to-table restaurant at her family’s regenerative farm. Hayley leads her family’s philanthropy through the Morris Family Foundation and is a director of her family office, The Morris Group.
Giles Hutchins
Co-founder · Executive coach, author and advisor
Giles Hutchins has 30 years' professional advisory and leadership experience, including as Director of Business Transformation and Head of Practice at KPMG, and as Global Director of Sustainability Solutions at Atos. For the past 15 years he has worked as an executive coach, thought leader and advisor on Future-Fit Leadership, and is the author of eight critically acclaimed leadership books and several leadership papers, with his coaching described as 'life changing'.
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Giles is unique in his ability to tune in, and flow between my personal development, that of the leadership team and the organization, and depth of contextual understanding about the world in which we operate.
Gerbrand Haverkamp
Executive Director, World Benchmarking Alliance
I have worked with many facilitators and coaches over the years and Hayley is a standout. Her preparation, personal style and adaptability meant our diverse group’s needs were met with clear outcomes.
Jessica O’Brien
Head of Strategy and Portfolio Performance, CBUS
Giles has been called a wise medicine man for our time and a magician of consciousness. When you are with Giles (either in-person or on-line) you get why these words are apt.
Jannine Barron
Founder of The Growth Experience and Regenerative Business Mentor
At a time when our planet needs people to work at a systems level, Hayley works in an incredibly important and unique way – coaching and holding space for people to listen, learn and collaborate.
Amanda Martin OAM
Founder, Australian Environmental Grantmakers Network