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The Accidental Rebel

Talks and Programmes: The Emperor Is Wearing No Clothes

Founder | Speaker | Actor (BBC, iTV + Film)

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The Root

Every Saturday, aunts, uncles, blood, and chosen family gathered around my mother's kitchen table. Some loud, some quiet, some still finding their way. Everyone was different, and everyone was entirely allowed to be. Belonging required no performance, no masks, and no hierarchy, just distinct personalities; one collective PULSE.

Years later, I recognised echoes of that same spirit in Nordic cultures. Their flatter, more egalitarian approaches to hierarchy have long interested me, particularly alongside their international reputation for innovation and quality of life. I love the idea of environments where less energy is spent navigating status, and more can go into the work, the thinking and the enjoyment of being together.

The Work

At 53, I walked away from a 20-year corporate career and into acting, without drama school training or industry connections. At 59, I became an entrepreneur again. I had ideas I wanted to bring into the world, and I followed them.

But beyond the freedom I'd known around my mother's table, I began to notice the psychological cages that can remain long after the physical ones have come down on paper.

That tension has stayed with me. On screen, on stage, through speaking, in the studio or around a table.

Looking back, I see that my life hasn't been a corporate ladder or a traditional career path. It has been a series of unexpected creative choices.

I don't have a blueprint for how anyone else should live. I'm interested in what happens when we give ourselves the freedom to question the script, follow an idea and create from the pulse.

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THE EMPEROR IS WEARING NO CLOTHES VIDEOS

Free six-part series

How it all began | Part 1

COMING SOON: Which Character Are You? | Part 2

The Emperor is wearing no clothes - The Work

Programmes

An old story with a very contemporary message.

In the fable, we celebrate the Child for speaking up. But in real life, being the Child can come at a considerable personal cost. The person who states the obvious can become the outsider, risking their social standing, relationships and even their livelihood simply for saying what others can already see.

A culture that requires people to be heroic just to point out reality is a broken culture.

My work isn't about training people to take bullets. It's about creating more egalitarian environments where status and hierarchy don't muzzle contribution, and saying what you see becomes socially weightless.

Where people can question, disagree, change direction or follow an unconventional path without having to defend their right to do so.

Because when we're no longer preoccupied with protecting our position or managing impressions, more of our intelligence, creativity and energy can go into the things that matter.

Not another performance. A different way of being.

PULSE Leadership: Enterprise programmes to release the intelligence, creativity and energy that get lost when people spend too much time managing impressions and navigating unwritten rules.

PULSE Personal: One-to-one guidance to recognise the unwritten rules shaping your choices and choosing your own path.

PULSE Lab: Experimental workshops building low-ego, high-trust team dynamics.

PULSE Keynote (and Speaking): Keynotes on dismantling workplace scripts and making plain truth weightless

Interactive Installations: Spaces that break performance.

My Mother's Kitchen Table Events

Actor Spotlight Profile: BBC & iTV

Words From The Room

To Ingrid Marsh, thank you for reminding me that I have a voice. Your support enabled me to build up my own power that somehow was already inside of me but had been neglected. Thank you for everything you do for women.

Dr. Andrea Jiménez

Always love listening to the wonderful Ingrid Marsh.

Rob McCargow - Director of AI at PWC

I always looked forward to Ingrid's workshops - Ingrid is present and got us to be present and show up for ourselves.  The workshops were fun and there was a lot of learning and transformation in the room.  
Ingrid's style of delivery as a trainer is powerful - she is an honest and vulnerable communicator in sharing her own journey.  Ingrid is knowledgeable and sensitive and her infectious laughter helped us to navigate our own journey. If you want to be challenged and stretched, Ingrid is the person to facilitate your growth and inspire change.

Andrea from Battersea

Ingrid is fire!! Innovative, Engaging, Raw. 

Lanre Atijosan - Entrepreneur

"Ingrid Marsh is a remarkable coach taking you to places that you could never imagine you could."

Christina Georgalla, Career Coach

Really Good Session. What a Legend.

Sam Carrick - Creative, Born Social

Ingrid embodies the rarely seen professionalism and subject matter expertise. Complete openness and an infectious energy. She had our team totally hooked from the first second and everyone came away buzzing. Truly empowering and I would recommend to anyone. 

Georgie Hazel - The Eleven Start Up

Thank you for your fantastic workshop yesterday! The guys were still talking about it in the evening. The awards they got that night really reflected the people who stood up, made awesome speeches and made people cry.

Louise R - Youth Empowerment Coach

Ingrid Marsh is a phenomenal and captivating speaker! Ingrid gave our Closing Keynote and not only did she capture our audience, she also related to each and every one of them. This in itself is a characteristic of a phenomenal speaker. Ingrid carried the audience along on her journey AND actively made them a part of her delivery. She bravely shared her most personal struggles and showed vulnerability which truly inspired and connected with the audience. She was truthful, blunt and 100% transparent as she spoke to the audience of Career minded Women in Business. 

Jessica Ajayi, Event Organiser  - Get Supply Ready

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