Graham Allcott
Build high-performing workplaces with kindness at their core with Graham Allcott, speaker, and culture and productivity expert. Founder of the global consultancy Think Productive and author of KIND, Graham works with global organisations to enhance leadership effectiveness and performance, delivering award-winning insights for clients including Amazon, Disney, and British Airways.
Brighton, United Kingdom
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Graham founded Think Productive in 2009, which now operates across the UK, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the UAE, and the Netherlands. It delivers training and consultancy in productivity, leadership, and workplace culture for organisations including Amazon, British Airways, Disney, eBay, and the British Red Cross.
Graham's work brings together two forces that are often treated as opposites: kindness and performance. His approach shows how trust, psychological safety, and compassion create the conditions for people to focus, collaborate, and do their best work. Through frameworks such as the 8 Principles of Kindfulness at Work and the 9 Characteristics of the Productivity Ninja, he helps organisations move beyond busyness towards cultures that are both supportive and effective.
Graham delivers keynote talks and workshops to corporate audiences, providing practical ways to reduce overload, improve everyday interactions, and embed kindness into how work actually gets done. Teams gain tools that strengthen wellbeing while also improving clarity, engagement, and results, delivered with warmth, insight, and humour.
Book Graham to transform how your organisation approaches culture and performance, with strategies that deliver measurable results whilst prioritising people.
Topics, Sessions And Talks
Graham Allcott highlights the often-overlooked power of kindness in the workplace. He challenges the belief that a kind environment compromises high performance, demonstrating instead that kindness is essential for success. Attendees will discover the eight Principles of Kindfulness at Work, gaining practical strategies to foster kindness within their teams. Ultimately, they will learn how kindness can enhance productivity, creativity, and happiness, contributing to a thriving, high-performance culture.
Join Graham Allcott to tackle information overload and enhance productivity. Graham shares his insights on agility, calmness, and preparedness, equipping attendees with essential tools to navigate change effectively. Participants will learn the nine characteristics of a Productivity Ninja, discover practical techniques and apps, and identify actionable strategies to boost personal productivity and wellbeing. By the end of the session, attendees will leave inspired with tailored action plans to cultivate lasting productivity skills.
These sessions bring leadership teams together to explore how culture, behaviour, and strategic priorities shape performance. Graham Allcott combines kindness-based leadership principles with practical planning tools to help organisations clarify direction, strengthen collaboration, and address underlying cultural challenges. Designed for away days, strategy sessions, or leadership off-sites, the format creates space for honest conversation, aligned decision-making, and meaningful progress.
Looking for a custom keynote or workshop designed around your company’s goals and culture? The expert will create a tailored, interactive session that aligns with your objectives, values, and strategic priorities. From leadership and innovation to wellbeing and collaboration, each experience is built from the ground up to deliver measurable impact and lasting change.
Featured Projects
Kind: The Quiet Power Of Kindess At Work
How To Be A Productivity Ninja
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