Going through change? The centre is here to help

The Centre brings together structured programmes, practical application and expert insight - grounded in Grant Thornton’s experience delivering complex transformation - so the people driving change in your organisation build real capability, not just knowledge. Through programmes, masterclasses, thought leadership and a growing practitioner network, the Centre helps organisations build capability, apply it in practice and access the expertise needed to deliver transformation.

For individuals

Build skills to lead innovation and deliver change with confidence. Gain a CMI qualification, apply your learning to real work, and join a growing network of practitioners.

For organisations

Use your apprenticeship levy to develop cohorts of leaders, scale up to an enterprise-wide academy, and embed capability that outlasts the programme.

Training and skills

Our programmes combine structured, work-based learning with deep expertise in innovation, service design and transformation.
Delivered in partnership with Estu and shaped by Grant Thornton’s experience supporting complex transformation, participants apply new skills to real organisational challenges from day one. The majority are Levy-funded – providing valuable training at little to no extra cost.

For organisations with a clear transformation strategy, but without the internal capability to deliver it. Participants work on live projects while building the skills to lead change at scale.

  • Work-based learning, applied to real organisational challenges
  • Builds leadership in service design, systems thinking and change
  • Delivered in partnership with Estu

Turning structural reform into better services for local authorities under financial and delivery pressure.

  • Cross-functional change leadership
  • Service design and citizen outcomes
  • Applied reform through real projects

 

Sustainable transformation depends on capability at every level, not just leadership. The Innovation Academy develops early-career talent through applied, practical learning.

  • Early-career talent
  • Practical innovation skills
  • Embeds improvement culture

Whether you are developing future talent, building capability across teams or supporting complex transformation, the Centre for Innovation & Change is designed to meet your organisation’s needs.

Drawing on Grant Thornton’s experience delivering transformation across sectors, we shape tailored solutions that combine structured learning, real-world application and expert insight-helping you build capability, accelerate change and deliver measurable impact.

Masterclasses

The Centre for Innovation & Change runs masterclasses to bring innovation and transformation to life.

Many of our sessions are led by Grant Thornton practitioners and clients, bringing together advisory experience and real-world perspectives from across industries.

Hear directly from people leading transformation, with your own questions answered live. You'll learn what worked for them, what didn't and what they'd do differently.

Sessions span everything from design-led thinking and service transformation to building an entrepreneurial mindset in constrained environments.

  • Insight masterclasses – leaders discuss the change projects they’ve worked on and the lessons that came out of them.
  • Technical masterclasses – see the tools and methods in action, through live demonstrations you can put into practice straight away.
Thought Leadership

Why transformation programmes stall

and what to do about it

    “In an environment where uncertainty is the norm, organisations can no longer treat change as something to manage around the edges. The leaders who succeed are those who approach change management with the same strategic discipline as any major investment - aligning people, culture and execution. That mindset sits at the heart of our approach”
    Carolyn Hicks Head of Business Transformation and People Advisory