About the Authors
Guy
Cognitive Scientist & Author
Guy is a cognitive scientist, education thought leader and prolific author whose work explores the malleability of human intelligence. He is Emeritus Professor of the Learning Sciences at the University of Winchester’s Centre for Real-World Learning and the author of numerous influential books, including The Future of Teaching and Intelligence in the Flesh: Why Your Mind Needs Your Body Much More Than It Thinks.
Across a career spanning several decades, Guy has held academic positions at leading UK universities including Oxford, Bristol, King’s College London and Winchester. His research focuses on how intelligence can be expanded - or constrained - by the experiences people encounter in their families, schools, workplaces and wider cultures.
Alongside his academic work, Guy collaborates with a wide range of organisations interested in learning and human development. He has worked with institutions such as the Royal Albert Hall, the Premier League’s youth coaching programmes, and the South Australian Department of Education. He has also lectured internationally, including at Harvard’s Learning Innovations Laboratory, and is a regular keynote speaker at the International Conferences on Thinking. His work bridges research and practice, helping educators, leaders and organisations better understand how people learn and think.
Embodiment Practitioner & Trainer
Emily
Emily is a Berlin-based embodiment practitioner and trainer whose work explores how physical awareness and movement shape learning, thinking and creativity. Originally from Michigan, she holds a degree in contemporary dance performance and history and has worked internationally as a performer, choreographer and creative advisor.
After beginning her career in the performing arts, Emily shifted her focus in 2004 toward embodiment training. For more than fifteen years she has taught internationally, developing practical approaches that integrate movement, somatic practices and insights from embodied cognition. Her work investigates how the body plays a central role in cognitive processes such as creativity, decision-making and collaboration.
Over the past decade she has created a wide range of training methods and exercises that translate theoretical research into physical practice. Her programmes are used in educational, creative and organisational contexts, helping individuals and teams explore new ways of learning, thinking and working together. With a strong commitment to bringing theory into lived experience, Emily focuses particularly on leadership, relational intelligence and innovation, supporting people to better understand how the body contributes to insight, communication and creative problem-solving.