Enabling organisational transformation since 2016

Humanistic enables organisations to improve business performance by transforming leadership, talent and culture. Drawing on organisational behavioural science and the neuroscience of habit formation, we equip people and teams with the mindsets and behaviours needed to execute strategy, navigate disruption and drive growth. We specialise in making change stick, translating intent into everyday actions that help organisations adapt and thrive in an era of AI, accelerating change and rising complexity.

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Created to make business transformation human.

Humanistic was founded in 2016 on the belief that lasting business change begins by working with people's latent change aspirations.

Designed for change through habit formation.

We build new ways of thinking and working through a gradual rhythm of habit formation, practice, accountability and reinforcement.

Grounded in science and practice.

Our approach combines positive organisational psychology, behavioural science and lived leadership experience.

Based on scientific behavioural studies

We have distilled 60 years of organisational behavioural studies by the most respected scientists into two aspects of our programmes:

The behaviours and mindsets that differentiate the very best leaders

Minimum viable interventions for everyone to replicate easily

Jane Dutton

Jane Dutton

University of Michigan (1951 - )

Pioneer of Positive Organisational Scholarship

Sonja Lyubomirsky

Sonja Lyubomirsky

University of California, Riverside (1967– )

Leading Researcher on Science of Happiness

BJ Fogg

BJ Fogg

Standford University (1963 - )

Founder of the Stanford Behavior Design Lab

John Ratey

John Ratey

Harvard Medical School (1948 - )

Clinical Professor of Psychiatry

Martin Seligman

Martin Seligman

University of Pennsylvania (1942 - )

Founder of Positive Psychology

Adam Grant

Adam Grant

University of Pennsylvania (1981 - )

Organisational Psychologist & Bestselling Author

Ellen Langer

Ellen Langer

Harvard University (1947– )

Founder of the Psychology of Mindfulness

Abraham Maslow

Abraham Maslow

Brandeis University (1908 - 1970)

Founder of Humanistic Psychology

Kelly McGonigal

Kelly McGonigal

Standford University (1963 - )

Health Psychologist Reframing Stress

Barbara Fredrickson

Barbara Fredrickson

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1964– )

Leader in Positive Emotion Research

Richard Davidson

Richard Davidson

University of Wisconsin–Madison (1951– )

Founder of Affective Neuroscience

Amy Edmonson

Amy Edmonson

Harvard Business School (1959– )

Pioneer of Psychological Safety Research

A team passionate about enabling transformation

Founder

Cyrille Kozyreff

Managing Partner

8 years as management consultant with McKinsey & Company. 14 years in India. Leadership Coach. Expert in Positive Psychology.

Core Team

Shaista Dhanda

Client & Programme Management, Paris

Economist turned life coach. Co-founded Humanistic in 2016.

Sujatha Jain

Leadership Coaching & Facilitation, Mumbai

Seasoned HR professional, Former search consultant, Hogan Certified Coach, ICF Certified PCC Coach, Founder of Workbay

Rachna Khanna

Leadership Coaching & Strategic Consultant, Delhi

12 yrs in Media & Marketing, Former CMO WeACE, Strategic Consulting. ICF Certified ACC Coach

Harshita Vats

Client & Programme Management, Delhi

6 years as a customer success partner, mental health expert, formerly with Mitratech. Vedica Scholar

Nupur Chaturvedi

Content & Thought Leadership, Delhi

Former Head Marketing Communications at Burson. Leadership Coach

Kyra Pereira

Design & Video Production, Goa

7 years in communications design, spanning branding, film, graphic design, and illustration

Coach Partners

Amrita Singh

Empanelled facilitator since 2018

Aubrey Nazareth

Empanelled facilitator since 2022

Nidhi Arora

Empanelled facilitator since 2020

Aparna Jain

Empanelled facilitator since 2022

Strategic Mentors

Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar

Co-founder, Potentialife, New Jersey

His course ‘Positive Psychology 1504’ has been Harvard’s most subscribed ever.

Angus Ridgway

CEO, Potentialife, London

20 years with McKinsey. Has served 100+ clients via Potentialife, founded in 2012.

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