- stories
The work, and what it
changed
A few brief stories of my work - from a leadership programme inside the NHS,
to a decade coaching one entrepreneur, to the impact the mixtapes have had on people.
Client work - Healthcare
Psychological safety across
an NHS Trust
900 clinicians and managers, over nine months.
THE CHALLENGE
Frontline teams felt they couldn't safely raise concerns - and even if/when they did, they felt unheard by the leadership team.
THE APPROACH
A coaching-led programme: interactive sessions on safety, inclusive leadership and constructive dialogue, built around real cases, not theory.
OUTCOME
Measurable shifts in speaking-up behaviour and a leadership cohort which kept the practices going long after the programme ended.
"Ten years in, Keshav is still the person I call before any big decision. He doesn't give me answers - he gives me back my own judgement."
One to One Coaching - Case study
Coaching one founder for a decade
Some coaching is a season; some is a decade. Tim and I started working together as he started in his journey as a musician, teaching drums in his spare time for a bit of extra income. 10 years on, he and his team have built one of London's biggest drum schools for young people, whilst touring and making music with his band. The work moved through many cycles, of grief, of burnout, of stagnation, and reinvention - never as a programme, but always as a steady, honest conversation that kept pace with his life.
- Words listeners have said about the mixtapes:
"Found it the week my father died. I still listen to it now (10 years later) - a formative part of my growth over the years"
"A friend sent this to me and I listened over and over. It captivated me from the first track and felt like such a deep and personal journey - thank you!"
Coming soon.
🏆 HARVARD UNIVERSITY: GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION · INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTION AWARD
Nominated by classmates, chosen by faculty
On receiving the award for the Ed.M Human Development & Education programme, class of 2024
“To me, Keshav embodies the capacity to practice intellectual rigor while maintaining hope and humor. That's no easy feat.”
Dr. Houman Harouni
Harvard GSE, Lecturer on Education
“Keshav's comments in class were consistently raised from a frame of curiosity and beautifully communicated the respect he had for his peers while unapologetically advocating for ethnoracial equity in our work with young people.”
Dr. Adriana Umaña-Taylor
Harvard GSE, Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot Professor of Education
“A stand-out thought leader whose sense of vision is decorated with intelligence and balanced by intentionality, authenticity, and cultural humility. He exemplifies all that an HGSE graduate is and more.”
Dr. Josephine M. Kim
Harvard GSE, Senior Lecturer on Education
- IN THEIR OWN WORDS
"The first facilitator who didn't flinch or let us avoid the hard conversation about race in our team.
Director of Organisational Development
NHS Foundation Trust
"Our leaders still quote him 18 months later. The change really stuck.
Head of Learning & Development
Global Media Organisation
"He made psychological safety concrete, not just a poster on the wall.
VP People
FTSE-100 financial services
"This course came to me when I needed it most: investigative, thought provoking, therapeutic, motivating.
Lois Portelli
Inner Compass course participant
Keshav Bhatt.
psychology, power and personal
growth
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