EVIDENCE BEFORE ANSWERS
Most organisations know what they want to say about equity. Fewer know what is actually happening inside their own structures, or which of their existing commitments are working.
We start with evidence. Qualitative research, evaluation and honest diagnostic work, translated into strategy that senior leaders can act on and practice that holds up under pressure.
That work has taken us into government departments and a combined authority, a Royal College, national cultural institutions, private banks, publishers and grassroots organisations, across the UK and Jersey, with international commissions by arrangement.
Mindset Matters UK was founded in 2019 by Jade Ecobichon-Gray, a funded doctoral researcher at the University of Birmingham and a published author on safeguarding and race equity in education.
WHAT ORGANISATIONS COMMISSION FROM US
Commissioned research
Qualitative research design, fieldwork and analysis, delivered as a publication-ready report.
Cultural Humility Training
Our most commissioned programme. A research-informed full day for staff teams and leadership groups, tailored to the level.
Evaluation & learning partnership
Evaluation frameworks and reflective learning for programmes and multi-organisational initiatives.
Organisational culture assessment
Diagnostic work on how equity, power and culture operate in practice.
Strategy & policy advisory
Advising senior leaders and boards on equity strategy and long-term cultural change.
Leadership development
Cultural humility and equity-focused leadership programmes for senior teams.
Programme design & facilitation
Bespoke design and expert facilitation of complex and contested conversations.
Jade Ecobichon-Gray is a funded PhD researcher at the University of Birmingham, exploring belonging, becoming, and the cultural politics of care within education and public institutions. As founder of Mindset Matters UK, Jade has spent over a decade translating critical social theory, cultural humility and reflective pedagogy into practice, working with schools, universities, government bodies, professional institutions and civil society organisations to support genuine, sustainable change.
Jade’s work sits at the intersection of race, power, care and institutional change, with a strong focus on social justice. Clients have included the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, The British Library, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Imperial College London, the Government Legal Department, the Government of Jersey, Greenpeace, Santander International, and the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, where Jade delivered anti-racism training for public sector leaders and officers.
Alongside facilitation and consultancy, Jade has led and contributed to funded research of national significance. Working with King’s College London, Jade explored safeguarding, adultification and the racialised vulnerability of Black girls in educational settings, producing practice-focused reports for schools and policymakers. As learning partner for the Ubele Black Systemic Safety Fund, Jade led reflective inquiry and evaluation across a multi-organisational race equity initiative in UK education. Jade has delivered doctoral seminars at the University of Bath and facilitated EDI and Allyship in Healthcare sessions for over 100 academic staff at Imperial College London.
Jade’s approach is grounded in cultural humility, restorative practice, and a commitment to creating learning environments where people can engage honestly with power, identity and change. Underpinning everything is a belief that equity is not a compliance exercise. It is relational, ongoing and deeply human. Jade brings warmth, critical depth and genuine accountability to every project, building long-term partnerships with organisations ready to do things differently.
Jade holds an MSc in Health Psychology with Distinction and a BSc in Psychology, both from City University London, and is a PhD candidate at the University of Birmingham, 2025 to 2029. Jade sits on the ITV Granada Diversity and Inclusion Panel.
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WE PUBLISH OUR WORK
Our recommendations are traceable to evidence anyone can read. Two reports published in 2025:
WHAT CLIENTS SAY
"Highly recommended" would be an understatement.
I was delighted to work with Mindset Matters UK on the development of a workplace wellness strategy for my organisation. I was immediately impressed with Jade's knowledge, experience and passion for the subject, which convinced me to engage her company.
The work she led was well-organised and thoughtful, adjusting where necessary for our specific needs. Jade is an inspiring speaker and staff enjoyed her workshops and training sessions, several contacting me afterwards to say how much they had enjoyed them.
Mindset Matters UK proposes a whole new way of thinking about how to lead teams and manage people and provides the practical tools to make change happen.
Mark Egan, Chief Executive Officer
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
On a programme of research, strategy and training
“Jade’s workshops are skilfully crafted.”
Working with Mindset Matters has been constructive, challenging, insightful and meaningful. Jade's workshops are skilfully crafted. They explore power, privilege, social justice, and belonging in very deep, real, personal, pertinent ways; ways that allow managers from different experiences to connect and discover more, whatever their individual and professional lens may be.
Jade brings an elegant and open atmosphere to group conversations, fostering dialogue rather than debate. Together the content and the delivery provide a forum for colleagues to share their own identities and cultures, as well as delving into how those manifest in society and at work.
The result has been a cohort that is engaged, empowered, empathetic and more acutely aware of different experiences.
DK highly recommends Mindset Matters.
Lisa Jane Gillespie, Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
DK Publishing
"I personally attended all sessions."
Mindset Matters designed an 8-week training programme on a number of important wellbeing topics. Our staff benefitted from this training, and I will continue to use Jade moving forward.
I had extremely great feedback from Kleinwort Hambros staff, and I personally attended all sessions. Professional, well presented, and able to adapt to changing requests quickly.
Susy Collins, HR & Training Manager
Kleinwort Hambros
TELL US WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND
Describe the problem rather than the solution you think you need, and we will tell you honestly whether we are the right people for it.
