We increase inclusion,
one STEM team at a
time
And we advance
the thinking
and practice behind it
Winners of the Elektra
Education Support
category
Individuals
We equip individuals with the self-awareness and tools they need to create and sustain an inclusive environment.
Teams
Ready to level up your STEM team? We energise and empower your employees to be better teammates
Organisations
As pioneers in the industry, we’re shifting the conversation. We develop tools, measure progress and consult on
Our Method
Our extensive research found that problem-solving engineers couldn’t make the connection between building inclusive cultures and their study or work, so it all seemed irrelevant. We knew there was scope for a process to help, so we designed our own method. It helps our clients to rationalise around the relevance and put people at the heart of the engineering endeavour.
Rationalise
Step 1 – helping engineers and scientists connect with the relevance of diversity and inclusion to themself and their role.
Internalise
Step 2 – when you see the relevance you start to notice what you could do and what you have control over.
Strategise
Step 3 – there are so many things we could do, we become overwhelmed. Our toolkit helps academics and business leaders prioritise.
Externalise
Step 4 – Small steps get things moving. Showing others what you have achieved helps create cultural shift.
Our Team
Dr Jan Peters MBE Founder and CEO
Helen Shipton Community Manager
Dr Sean McWhinnie Facilitator and analyst
Becca Perl Communications Specialist
What our clients say
Jan Peters of Katalytik Ltd’s contribution to the engineering education curriculum design was invaluable at the configuration and validation of the portfolio of the new engineering provision at Canterbury Christ Church University. Jan helped ensure the curriculum content was fit for purpose to develop student learning in critical engineering practice.
Professor Anne Nortcliffe- Founding Head of School of Engineering, Technology and Design| School of Engineering, Technology and Design
Jan is helping us focus on transforming our cultures for staff and students in engineering. She brings an energizing and innovative approach to diversity, equity and inclusion that is much more engaging than our institutional training material. Jan is shifting the conversation from one which and is able to add things into our modules we’ve not had the chance to do before.
Professor Carol Morris- Professor of Engineering Education
Katalytik supports my work as a Mentor and ensures that my mentees build on their strengths, develop their strategic thinking, relationship building, and execution to become effective leaders who inspire and guide their team toward success. This positive reinforcement contributes to their professional growth.Jan's and Helen's work and vision has proven to be valuable tool for young engineers.
Adrienne Houston- CEO Accuena Ltd
In particular, Katalytik are grandmaster practitioners of CliftonStrengths and have supported me in my mentoring journey, I have seen the benefit at undergraduate to post-doctoral levels. The training done with Katalytik has also helped me in my relationships with work colleagues and allowed me to understand my own skill set, importantly also developing awareness of my own learning blind spots.
Kenny Green, Colt.- Head of Support Engineering, Colt.
Katalytik Ltd has delivered a backbone of CliftonStrengths workshops to our students and industry for the last 10 years. supporting over 700 undergraduate and postgraduate female engineers. Feedback from participants consistently mention transformational mentoring supported by Katalytik. Ffeedback from students and industry mentors who attended a strengths workshop led by Jan - "You were absolutely great. An engineer helping people to reach their goals", "Jan is an amazing presenter and very engaging, she's absolutely brilliant at spontaneous advice and her anecdotes certainly made the day very fun and lively and relatable", "Thank you for a great encouragement and reminding us that all of us are great".
Giselle Hayward, Brunel University- WIBEC Mentoring Manager
Making the Most of You,” has benefited more than 1500 of our engineering doctoral students. This workshop not only fosters connections among students but also introduces an extensive vocabulary to help them understand their motivations, build relationships, and effectively manage their supervisors—a common challenge in many PhD journeys. Jan’s coaching and this workshop have undoubtedly saved numerous PhDs!
Dr Manni Bhatti, UCL Engineering- CDT Leader
Who we have worked with
