about us

We're not here to tick boxes.

We're here to build organisations that actually work

Inclusive Change is a workforce transformation and change management consultancy. We work at the intersection of organisational change, neurodiversity strategy, and AI governance - helping leaders build organisations that are ready for the future, not just compliant with the present.

Our story

Where we started - and what we kept learning

Founder Lucy Smith started Inclusive Change in 2018 after years working inside complex organisations law enforcement, finance, further education, retail, community media, and noticing the same pattern: capable people struggling because systems and change programmes weren't built with human complexity in mind.

As a parent of two autistic young adults, Lucy brings lived experience alongside deep change management expertise.

As AI reshapes the workplace, that founding question has grown sharper: how do organisations adopt AI without creating new exclusion, make better decisions under pressure, and build genuinely inclusive cultures, not just compliant ones?

Our mission

What we're here to do

Our mission is to help organisations build the future of work - with change management, AI governance, and neurodiversity built in from the start of our work with you.

We work with leaders navigating restructures, digital transformation, AI adoption, and culture change - people who need more than a training session or a policy review. They need a thinking partner who understands how organisations actually work, what derails change programmes, and what it takes to bring people with you through complexity.

We work with HR directors, boards, transformation teams, and operational leaders across the NHS, higher education, technology, and professional services.

We also work with individuals - usually neurodivergent people navigating workplaces that don't quite fit, who need practical mentoring and support from someone who genuinely understands their experience.

And underpinning all of it is a conviction we return to constantly: inclusion needs structure, not just good intentions. Decision-making needs frameworks, not just instinct. And change needs to be designed around real human complexity - not just announced from the top.

Three core values

What we believe

Change has to be designed around people.

We believe inclusion needs structure, not just good intentions.

Decision making needs frameworks, not just instinct.

Who delivers this work

Lucy Smith

Founder, Inclusive Change

Inclusive Change Ltd is led by me Lucy Smith, Founder and Managing Director. I am a change expert, facilitator, and AI risk strategist with a career spanning law enforcement, finance, further education, retail, and community media amongst other things. I bring all of it to every client engagement, the operational experience, the change management frameworks, the lived experience of neurodiversity, and the strategic thinking that comes from having worked across genuinely different sectors.

I'm currently completing a Level 7 Senior Leader Apprenticeship at the University of Exeter - because I believe in practising what I preach about continuous learning and organisational capability. I've also authored Anchoring Change in the Age of AI, which sets out the strategic and ethical framework that underpins our work on AI governance and workforce transformation.

Behind me is a team of associates, trainers, and facilitators who share the same values and bring deep specialist knowledge across training delivery, mentoring, change facilitation, and support. We work with a partner network that includes workplace needs assessors, specialist coaches, menopause support providers, and technology platforms, so that whatever an organisation or individual needs, we can connect them to the right expertise.

We also run Future Voices - a programme for young adults, including neurodivergent young people, navigating their first steps into work. And we partner with organisations including the West of England Mayoral Combined Authority on workforce programmes that create real, supported opportunity - not just placement statistics.

Ready to talk?

Let's start with a conversation.

A thirty-minute discovery call - no obligation, structured around your challenge.
We'll work out together whether and how we can help.

the work we do

What organisations come to us for

CHANGE MANAGEMENT

  • Restructures and transitions

  • Digital transformation programmes

  • Change programme design

  • Leadership facilitation

  • Resistance mapping and engagement

  • Culture and performance change

NEURODIVERSITY STRATEGY

  • Neurodiversity strategy and policy

  • Reasonable adjustments frameworks

  • Manager capability development

  • ERA 2025 compliance support

  • Lived experience trainer development

  • Oliver McGowan Experts By Experience

AI & FUTURE OF WORK

  • AI workforce risk advisory

  • Board-level AI governance briefings

  • AI accessibility and inclusion audits

  • Decision-making frameworks (Decidr)

  • AI ethics and workforce impact

  • Future of work scenario planning

Inclusive Change

Change management and

future of work consultancy.

Bristol-based, working across

the UK.

FOR LEADERS & mANAGERS

Workplace Needs Adjustments

Neurodiversity Audit
Resources

FOR INDIVIDUALS

Mentoring
Coaching
Support Worker

Access to Work

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