
a three-part live masterclass series
understand the game you didn't know you were in
starts May 2026
Cynthia

You're not imagining it. You're not being dramatic. The pattern is real. And so is the damage.
What is also real, and often unbearable to see, is that the people around you who cannot see it are not stupid.
They are operating inside a system that is working exactly as it was designed to work.
Which is precisely where this course begins...

The tools that make you effective: your reasonableness, your evidence, your empathy, your good faith are precisely the wrong tools for these specific situations.
They’re great tools. But this is a different game.
You wouldn't waste your breath trying to persuade someone with one leg to grow another one.
Yet in these scenarios we remain insistent we can persuade certain people to see the error of their ways.
Understanding why that fails is where real strategy begins.

If you've watched someone get away with behaviour so obvious the silence around it seemed deafening...
If you've built the case, found the allies, tried every angle and nothing shifted...
If you've seen the cost to a system or organisation you loved, but not been able to move the dial...
If you're watching what's happening in the world right now and feeling a particular kind of exhausted bewilderment...
There is a place for you here. It comes with relief, understanding, and possibility.
This course will not make you cynical. It will make you accurate.

I spent more than twenty years trying to understand why certain patterns could floor me when almost nothing else could. I've sat on both sides: the person who could see clearly and couldn't shift anyone, and the person who simply couldn't see at all.
The day the pattern became clear changed how I read every room I walked into.
I'm a rigorous researcher and a robust questioner obsessed with human patterns and dynamics. But it's not all theory. I was also a large scale leader with a track record of exceptional results. This is the piece I wish I'd known sooner.
Come with nothing but curiosity and a willingness to look in uncomfortable places.

Jo
Interactive, challenging and rewarding.
Recorded, but best live.
Dates:
18 May 2026
22 June 2026
27 July 2026
Time: 12.30-2pm BST
Cost: £210
- The Map You Were Never Given
- The Cost of Playing the Wrong Game
- The Principles of What Actually Works


The total price for the course (3 sessions) is £210.
If you require an invoice, please email hello@wiserebelacademy.com.
Within 48 hours of submitting payment, you will receive calendar invites to the 3 Masterclasses, complete with online joining instructions.