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Debbie Jenkins
Award-winning author and publisher who has helped hundreds of experts get published. Author of 18. Ghostwriter of 20. Publisher of hundreds.
Inconvenient ClaritySave my place
Live · Session 1 · Wednesday 21 October 2026
Your people heard the change speech. They're not buying it.
They nodded in the meeting. Then they went back to their desks and carried on exactly as before. Forty-five minutes, two authors, no slides, and some clarity you probably won't enjoy.
Save my free placeFree · 45 minutes on Zoom
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- Wednesday 21 October 2026, 5:00pm UK / 6:00pm Spain
- Where
- Zoom, link sent by email
Same problem. Two angles.
Most change programmes don't fail in the boardroom. They fail in the gap between "yes, makes sense" and anyone actually doing anything differently.
Amale Ghalbouni's book is about the conditions that make teams ready for change in the first place. David Pullan's is about getting people to believe in it, through story rather than another all-hands. Put them in a room and you get both halves of the answer.
Who it's for
Senior leaders, consultants and coaches whose change programmes stall because people nod in the meeting and then carry on as before. If you've ever given the speech twice, this is for you.
How it works
Inconvenient Clarity is a live series from Debbie Jenkins. Each session, Debbie chairs two published authors from her imprint, Intellectual Perspective Press. Fast-paced, no slides, and halfway through Debbie will tell you the best way to thank the guests: buy their books.
On the panel
The conditions
Amale Ghalbouni
Amale Ghalbouni helps leaders and teams act before they’re ready, after two decades of transformation work with Visa, Microsoft, UBS and the BBC.
Experimental
The Restless Leader's Field Guide for Building High Performing, Change-Ready Teams
The belief
David Pullan
Former West End actor David Pullan helps leaders become Unignorable®, and has helped clients win more than £1 billion of work.
The DNA of Engagement
A Story-Based Approach to Building Trust and Influencing Change
The 45 minutes
- 0:00
The uncomfortable bit
Debbie opens with why your people nodded in the meeting and then carried on exactly as before.
- 0:05
Conditions: are your teams even ready?
Amale on the conditions that make teams change-ready, and the ones that quietly kill it.
- 0:20
Belief: getting people to actually buy it
David on why the change speech fails, and how story builds the trust that a slide deck never will.
- 0:35
Straight answers
Debbie puts your questions to both guests. Fast, unscripted, no slides.