Deep Inclusive Leadership
A 3-Hour Masterclass
This three-hour masterclass is a taster session for our longer programmes, for leaders who are ready to go deeper. Beyond performance, beyond resilience, and into the kind of leadership that can truly hold under pressure.
We’ll explore what it means to lead teams with complex challenges, through change and stress, hold space for others, and stay centred ourselves.
Using the Surface Deep leadership model as our guide, this masterclass brings together neuroscience, behavioural psychology, wellbeing and diversity thinking to create a holistic approach to building deep connection in teams and organisations.
You won’t leave with a toolkit. You’ll leave with clarity, capacity, and a renewed connection to what leadership looks like when it’s deeply human and deeply effective.
Spaces are limited, reserve your place for our in-person session in London on November 18th (2-5pm) or the virtual session on November 20th (10am-1pm GMT)
Details and Booking
In-Person Session - November 18th (2-5pm)
Cost: £60
Virtual Session - November 20th (10am-1pm GMT)
Cost: £40
Deep Conversations
Tired of networking events that feel surface‑level and all form and no substance? You’re not alone. Most traditional mixers leave us stranded in small talk—name, job, handshake—without the real connection we crave.
That’s where Deep Conversations comes in. We’re offering something different: real, guided dialogue with thoughtful people, using Priya Parker’s “magical questions.” These prompts are powerful tools for building rapport.
How do they work?
Priya Parker explains that a magical question succeeds when everyone is interested in answering it—and everyone is interested in hearing everyone else’s answer . By sparking curiosity rather than obligation, these prompts help transform a room of strangers into listeners, storytellers, and co‑learners.
Who’s it for?
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Anyone who’s curious about others’ inner lives, choices, turning points
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Creatives, professionals, introverts, extroverts—just bring curiosity
Leadership That Holds
A Surface Deep Retreat
Our three-day retreat is for leaders who are ready to go deeper — beyond performance, beyond resilience, and into the kind of leadership that can truly hold under pressure.
Held in a quiet, restorative space in the English countryside, this retreat offers time to slow down, reflect, and reconnect.
Over three days, we’ll explore what it means to lead in complex systems, hold space for others, and stay intact ourselves. Expect a mix of guided reflection, facilitated dialogue, embodied practice, and meaningful rest.
You won’t leave with a toolkit. You’ll leave with clarity, capacity, and a renewed connection to what leadership looks like when it’s deeply human and deeply effective.
Spaces will be limited. Subscribe to our email list to receive early access when booking opens.
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Senior leaders navigating complex change
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Professionals supporting others
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Mission-driven founders and change-makers
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Anyone feeling the cost of “holding it all together”
Our Events
Surface Deep is building spaces for connection, reflection, and deep learning.
At Surface Deep, we believe leadership isn’t something you develop in isolation, which is why we’re creating retreats, networks, taster sessions, and communities of practice that support brave conversations and sustainable growth.
Our events will bring together leaders, practitioners, and change-makers to explore what it really takes to build cultures that hold, through stress, scale, and real life.
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