The people behind the practice.
Our mission is to help 1,000,000 leaders around the world live and lead from their heart as well as their head most days, so they can make a bigger positive impact in the world.
Three values, in every room we run.
Take the best, leave the rest
Integration is the goal. Push through surface conflict and paradox to include every perspective and find win-win outcomes.
Open eyes, mind and heart
See what's coming, plan for the worst, then expect the best. Hold ourselves and others accountable with compassion.
Win with integrity
Results matter, and so does how we get them. Tell the truth, keep our word, and leave people better off than we found them.
Andrew Ramsden
I help senior leaders work out what AI means for their organisation, and then lead the change that turns that decision into how people work.
For twenty years I have worked inside large organisations while they changed, in government, banking and superannuation, as a program director, an enterprise coach and an AI specialist. Along the way I have mentored general managers and executive general managers on AI and agentic automation, and through Peak State I have trained more than 400 client staff in AI strategy and capability, across legal, superannuation, property management and clinical psychology.
The hardest part of AI is rarely the technology. It is a culture of risk aversion, stakeholders with a lot to lose, and the struggle to make room for new work on top of the day job. I have spent twenty years leading that kind of change, including four director and program roles in the Queensland Government. I also build AI systems myself: one of my builds cut video production from 40 hours to under two, and paid for itself in five weeks.
- Leaders trained or coachedMore than 6,000, over twenty years
- AuthorLead author of the Amazon international bestseller Wholehearted Leadership Revolution
- SpeakingKeynote speaker in Australia and internationally
Decades in the hardest rooms.
Peak State is founder-led and delivered by a hand-picked faculty of senior practitioners: coaches, facilitators, psychologists, futurists and strategists, each of them still doing the work they teach.
Martin Krippner
Collaboration, negotiation and facilitationElite facilitator, trainer and negotiator with extensive delivery across Australia. Drawing on a background in theatre and education, he specialises in helping executives navigate conflict and high-pressure communication with clarity and confidence.
Steven Gould
Strategic foresightProfessional futurist and facilitator with a background spanning military, corporate, government and higher education. A member of the Association of Professional Futurists and an institutional member of the World Futures Studies Federation, with work published in the Journal of Futures Studies.
Cameron Aggs
Leadership psychology and mindfulnessClinical psychologist and mindfulness expert who helps organisations work through psychological and communication barriers. He provides C-suite executive coaching and improves team dynamics to lift staff engagement.
Andrew Francois
People and culturePeople and culture expert with a deep facilitation and coaching background. His work focuses on building high-performing, empowered teams: the conditions under which people do the best work of their careers. Based in Brisbane.
Craig Thomler
Digital strategy and innovationInternationally recognised digital, social media and Government 2.0 leader, and one of Australia's leading digital media strategists, with twenty years in the online industry, including five in the Commonwealth Public Service.
Andrew Low
Transformational leadership coachingTransformational coach who helps leaders and executives unlock their potential by releasing limiting beliefs and aligning their vision with powerful new mindsets and values.
Michael Urness
Critical conversations and negotiationsBrings extensive experience with merger negotiations, conflict and strategic relationship management, and teaches others the mastery of negotiation and conflict resolution.