Professor Kieran Fenby-Hulse
@kieranfenbyhulse.bsky.social
Imagination with Impact | Founder of One Little Spark Training and Consultancy | Leadership | Professor | Cabarets and Keynotes | Coach | Mentor | Facilitator
Thank you to the Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN) for inviting me to talk on Public speaking to Policymakers today and thank you to attendees for a wonderfully engaging session where we talked about audience, storytelling, evidence, emphasis, nerves, confidence, energy, and context.
November 26, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Thank you to the Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN) for inviting me to talk on Public speaking to Policymakers today and thank you to attendees for a wonderfully engaging session where we talked about audience, storytelling, evidence, emphasis, nerves, confidence, energy, and context.
Come and join me in January! (Details below)
November 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Come and join me in January! (Details below)
We talked about change, uncertainty, trends, and signals, and did some immersive creative exercises to explore how to imagine possible, plausible and preferred futures. A great and engaging cohort of students. Thanks Dr Gbemisola Ogbolu for the invitation. It was a joy.
November 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
We talked about change, uncertainty, trends, and signals, and did some immersive creative exercises to explore how to imagine possible, plausible and preferred futures. A great and engaging cohort of students. Thanks Dr Gbemisola Ogbolu for the invitation. It was a joy.
Lovely to be back at Teesside University International Business School today to deliver a guest lecture on imaginative leadership as part of their Future-Proofing Business Module.
November 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Lovely to be back at Teesside University International Business School today to deliver a guest lecture on imaginative leadership as part of their Future-Proofing Business Module.
Layers.
October 17, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Layers.
York and London Connections!
I'll be visiting York on the 14th/15th and London on 16th/17th Oct.
If you fancy grabbing a coffee over imagination, change, leadership, or anything else, do drop me a line!
I'll be visiting York on the 14th/15th and London on 16th/17th Oct.
If you fancy grabbing a coffee over imagination, change, leadership, or anything else, do drop me a line!
October 11, 2025 at 8:19 AM
York and London Connections!
I'll be visiting York on the 14th/15th and London on 16th/17th Oct.
If you fancy grabbing a coffee over imagination, change, leadership, or anything else, do drop me a line!
I'll be visiting York on the 14th/15th and London on 16th/17th Oct.
If you fancy grabbing a coffee over imagination, change, leadership, or anything else, do drop me a line!
As the nights draw in and the kids return to school next week, I'm looking forward to focusing and firing up my imagination. 🎇
Expect thoughts on imagination next week and do check out my new website or drop me a line if you fancy a chat.
www.onelittlespark.uk
Expect thoughts on imagination next week and do check out my new website or drop me a line if you fancy a chat.
www.onelittlespark.uk
August 28, 2025 at 10:25 AM
As the nights draw in and the kids return to school next week, I'm looking forward to focusing and firing up my imagination. 🎇
Expect thoughts on imagination next week and do check out my new website or drop me a line if you fancy a chat.
www.onelittlespark.uk
Expect thoughts on imagination next week and do check out my new website or drop me a line if you fancy a chat.
www.onelittlespark.uk
Can't believe the five year old thinks he's going to beat my army when I have this line up...
August 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Can't believe the five year old thinks he's going to beat my army when I have this line up...
Lovely father's day at RSPB Saltholme with the kids today, with one of my favourite #Teesside views.
Saw a Little Grebe and also learnt how #saltmarshes are hugely important in terms of their significant capacity for carbon capture as well as protect coastal communities.
Saw a Little Grebe and also learnt how #saltmarshes are hugely important in terms of their significant capacity for carbon capture as well as protect coastal communities.
June 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Lovely father's day at RSPB Saltholme with the kids today, with one of my favourite #Teesside views.
Saw a Little Grebe and also learnt how #saltmarshes are hugely important in terms of their significant capacity for carbon capture as well as protect coastal communities.
Saw a Little Grebe and also learnt how #saltmarshes are hugely important in terms of their significant capacity for carbon capture as well as protect coastal communities.
Looking forward to day two of #UKREiif. Starting off with a roundtable on connecting clusters, something that lies at the heart of our approach at Institute for Collective Place Leadership. If you want to find out more about about what we do, or grab one of our new brochures, drop me a line.
May 21, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Looking forward to day two of #UKREiif. Starting off with a roundtable on connecting clusters, something that lies at the heart of our approach at Institute for Collective Place Leadership. If you want to find out more about about what we do, or grab one of our new brochures, drop me a line.
Really looking forward to attending #UKREiiF this week. If you're there and want to hear more about what we are up to at Teesside University and at our Institute for Collective Place Leadership, drop me message on here or on the app.
May 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Really looking forward to attending #UKREiiF this week. If you're there and want to hear more about what we are up to at Teesside University and at our Institute for Collective Place Leadership, drop me message on here or on the app.
You see. All I've got is this...
March 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
You see. All I've got is this...
Bringing in the new year with one of my most enjoyable hobbies: ironing. And with my new Christmas iron too.
January 1, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Bringing in the new year with one of my most enjoyable hobbies: ironing. And with my new Christmas iron too.
I've just seen Su Pollard sing I will survive at the pantomime and I have inadvertantly completed my gay bingo card.
December 28, 2024 at 4:31 PM
I've just seen Su Pollard sing I will survive at the pantomime and I have inadvertantly completed my gay bingo card.
It's that time of year where we watch the Judy Garland Christmas Show for the eighth million time as we wait for the kids to go to sleep.
December 24, 2024 at 9:11 PM
It's that time of year where we watch the Judy Garland Christmas Show for the eighth million time as we wait for the kids to go to sleep.
I'm off to the North Yorkshire Pole!
December 22, 2024 at 12:53 PM
I'm off to the North Yorkshire Pole!
What a whirlwind of a year it has been! It certainly hasn't been an easy year, but I have had wonderful conversations with fantastic people and have the privilege of working with an incredible team.
For now, out of office is on, blanket is on, Christmas film is on, and snuggled up with my two boys.
For now, out of office is on, blanket is on, Christmas film is on, and snuggled up with my two boys.
December 20, 2024 at 6:25 PM
What a whirlwind of a year it has been! It certainly hasn't been an easy year, but I have had wonderful conversations with fantastic people and have the privilege of working with an incredible team.
For now, out of office is on, blanket is on, Christmas film is on, and snuggled up with my two boys.
For now, out of office is on, blanket is on, Christmas film is on, and snuggled up with my two boys.
I have new followers I don't know and have been a little quiet of late, so here is a ramen I've just made because I hadn't realised I had ran out of baked beans.
December 7, 2024 at 1:04 PM
I have new followers I don't know and have been a little quiet of late, so here is a ramen I've just made because I hadn't realised I had ran out of baked beans.
Decorations are up. But the big question is: which Father Christmas portrait are you?
1. Santa Saxes
2. Santa Smiles
3. Santa Swings
1. Santa Saxes
2. Santa Smiles
3. Santa Swings
December 1, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Decorations are up. But the big question is: which Father Christmas portrait are you?
1. Santa Saxes
2. Santa Smiles
3. Santa Swings
1. Santa Saxes
2. Santa Smiles
3. Santa Swings
So what is that exciting Mancunian dinner you planned, I hear none of you ask. WELL, it's the first Christmas dinner of the lextended season!
November 19, 2024 at 7:55 PM
So what is that exciting Mancunian dinner you planned, I hear none of you ask. WELL, it's the first Christmas dinner of the lextended season!
Last night I was at the Middlesbrough Football Club Foundation Dinner. Great to hear about some of the brilliant work happening across the region. And I even got a picture with Rory.
November 16, 2024 at 9:44 AM
Last night I was at the Middlesbrough Football Club Foundation Dinner. Great to hear about some of the brilliant work happening across the region. And I even got a picture with Rory.
I am completely humbled, excited, and definitely delighted to announce that I have been awarded a Professorship and am now a Professor of Civic Imagination, Engagement, and Impact!
October 7, 2024 at 3:59 PM
I am completely humbled, excited, and definitely delighted to announce that I have been awarded a Professorship and am now a Professor of Civic Imagination, Engagement, and Impact!
Sun waking up *fierce* today.
October 6, 2024 at 6:31 AM
Sun waking up *fierce* today.
I was reminded of something incredibly important at the weekend while watching Guys and Dolls.
There are NO small roles.
There are NO small roles.
September 16, 2024 at 7:22 PM
I was reminded of something incredibly important at the weekend while watching Guys and Dolls.
There are NO small roles.
There are NO small roles.
Wise words from the train tray table today.
May 7, 2024 at 7:08 AM
Wise words from the train tray table today.