About Jamie McAnsh
I’m Jamie McAnsh. A keynote speaker, inclusion consultant, and Head of Inclusion at Champions UK PLC who helps organisations build stronger people, healthier cultures, and more resilient leadership.
My work sits at the intersection of lived experience and organisational change. I don’t speak from theory alone. Everything I do is shaped by what it takes to adapt, rebuild, and lead when life does not go to plan.
I work with businesses, leaders, and teams who want more than inspiration. They want conversations that land, behaviours that shift, and cultures that actually work for the people inside them.
My story
In 2014, I woke up paralysed from the waist down.
There was no warning. No preparation. One day I was living a full, active life. The next, everything had changed. I was later diagnosed with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, a a life-changing disability and a condition that reshaped not just my body, but how I experienced the world.
Recovery was not a straight line. It required resilience, patience, honesty, and a willingness to adapt again and again. Progress came in small, often invisible steps. Learning how to get back up became a mindset, not a moment.
That experience fundamentally changed how I see people.
I understand what it feels like when control is taken away. When confidence is tested. When systems don’t quite work for you. And when the support around you makes all the difference.
Those lessons now underpin everything I do professionally.
Turning lived experience into impact
Over the past decade, I have worked with organisations across the corporate, education, and public sectors. I’ve translated my experience into work that helps organisations become more human and more effective at the same time.
As a keynote speaker, I talk openly about resilience, teamwork, culture, self-development, and leadership under pressure. Not as abstract ideas, but as real-world skills people can use immediately.
As a consultant, I work with organisations to audit, develop, and strengthen engagement, inclusion, and people strategies. I help leaders move beyond good intentions and into practical action that improves how people experience work.
Alongside this, I partner with businesses on CRM and relationship strategy, because at the heart of every organisation are people: staff, teams, leaders, suppliers, and customers. Strong cultures are built on strong relationships, supported by the right systems.
Inclusion, culture, and leadership
Inclusion is not a policy.
Resilience is not motivation.
Culture is not a poster on the wall.
They are lived, daily experiences shaped by leadership behaviour, systems, and trust.
As Head of Inclusion and through my consultancy work, I support organisations to embed inclusion in a way that is practical, measurable, and human. That means helping leaders understand people better, communicate more effectively, and create environments where individuals can perform, contribute, and belong.
My approach is honest, grounded, and outcomes-focused. I don’t offer quick fixes. I help build foundations that last.
Why I do this work
I believe organisations are strongest when they recognise the humanity of the people within them.
After more than a decade of navigating change, rebuilding confidence, and adapting my own goals, I now use that lived experience to support others: individuals, teams, and organisations facing their own moments of challenge and transition.
Whether on stage or in the boardroom, my aim is the same.
To work with organisations and help people get back up, move forward with clarity, and build cultures that support both performance and wellbeing.
Let’s talk
If you’re serious about developing people, strengthening culture, and leading with intention, I’d love to explore how we can work together.
Speaking.
Consultancy.
Long-term partnership.
Let’s start the conversation.
Recent Blogs
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Get Back Up: A Real Conversation About Resilience, Inclusion and the Power of Change
Behind every job title, every shift pattern and every email signature is a person with a story. Often, the moments that shape us most are the ones nobody sees coming. That belief has shaped my work for years, not just as a motivational speaker, but as someone who lives the reality of resilience and inclusion…
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HubSpot Contacts Setup: The Foundation of a CRM That Actually Works
Why is the HubSpot contacts setup the foundation of your entire CRM build? If your CRM is a house, the contacts section is the ground it sits on. Get this wrong, and everything else cracks later. Get it right and the whole system works with you, not against you. When I build CRMs in HubSpot, the…
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When to Use a CRM: Why Starting Early Saves Time, Money and Data
When to use a CRM is a decision that should be made at the very start of a business, not when the cracks begin to show and the data is already working against you. so When is the best time to set up a CRM? Here is the honest answer.You need a CRM far earlier…