The Executive Team

A blend of experts from the fields of science, technology and business.

Charles Fallon

Chairman

Mike Roe

Chief Executive

Dr Mike Carter

Chief Scientific Officer

Sarah Nelson

HR and Operations

Jackie Hutchings

Head of Marketing

Nick Middleton

Head of Client Services

Alan Gater

Head of Technical Strategy and Delivery

Maureen Scott

Head of Product

June 1, 2023

Charles Fallon Appointed to Lead Tensense.ai

Tensense.ai is pleased to announce the appointment of Charles Fallon as its new Chairperson. Charles brings a wealth of experience and expertise, having previously held executive positions in several successful companies. His specialties include M&A and rapid growth/scale up for software and digital companies.   With over 35 years’ experience, Charles will lead this next exciting […]

Sensemaking lessons from Apollo 13
March 26, 2023

“Houston, we have a problem”

On 13 April 1970 astronaut Commander Jim Lovell made one of the great understatements of the last century – “Houston, we have a problem”

Sensemaking Audit
March 20, 2023

The Case for Sensemaking Audits

Creating the right organisational culture and psychological safety necessary to give voice to quiet, diffident and dissenting colleagues is a laudable ambition.

Sensemaking
December 22, 2022

Sensemaking: enabling leaders to see into the future 

‘Given that the commercial environment is awash with risk and uncertainty, few leaders will want to trust important resourcing and investment decisions to gut instinct. Indeed, risk management may be the top priority in times of crisis, but what if business leaders could avoid the crisis in the first place?’  The contention in this piece is […]

Football Leadership
November 22, 2022

England’s Manager Gareth Southgate stands on the brink of …… in the football World Cup (fill in the blank if you dare, – or care!)

Gareth Southgate embodies many of the qualities and characteristics that we would hope to find in contemporary leadership: setting stretch targets, providing support for his players and staff, an emphasis on great communication; and a healthy dose of humility and vulnerability. “As footballers we’re going to lose matches, we’re going to concede goals, but how […]

unseen data
November 9, 2022

Unseen Data is the Most Valuable

It is not surprising that life altering and, in some cases life threatening, events such as the pandemic, global inflation and the new war in Europe are having profound effects on people in and out of work. What is surprising is the size of the gap in the understanding of these effects on well-being between […]

October 17, 2022

Leaders don’t need to be likeable

Most of us will know people who are likeable and often will view them more favourably than the people we know who are less easy to get along with. This human tendency to favour people who are likeable extends to workplace situations such as recruitment. As Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, CIO at ManpowerGroup, points out in his […]

July 12, 2022

Dr Andrew Fox joins Tensense as new CTO

Due to our continued growth we are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Andrew Fox as Chief Technology Officer. A seasoned and successful tech entrepreneur, he comes on board to oversee the continued development of the Tensense platform as we further enhance the powerful data insight capability that helps Senior Leaders improve organisational performance. […]

July 11, 2022

Don’t let the downturn grind you down

Change and transformation in an economic downturn can be a lifeline. Faced with an economic downturn and possible stagflation, companies may decide to batten down the hatches by cutting costs and protecting cash. Given the uncertainty of the current period, notably the availability and escalating prices of gas and oil, such a strategy is understandable. […]