Katy Murray and Catalyst Collective team offer consulting and facilitation services in the nexus of leadership, equity and wellbeing.
We equip workplaces to shift the dial on equity, inclusion and diversity.
We resource compassionate, talented, change making leaders (psst...that's YOU!) to lead with integrity, grit and compassion, co-creating a more inclusive world, without burning yourself out.
We’re kind but we don’t collude - expect compassionate challenge!
Who are Catalyst Collective?
Catalyst Collective exists to equip your organisation with tools, skills and mindset shifts to co-create a more inclusive and actively anti-racist workplace, where everyone can thrive and feel they belong.
We work with Inclusion and Diversity leaders to step into your influence as internal change agents, sustain momentum and see through the culture change you dream of.
We support senior teams to engage in the equity conversation, shift mindsets and create space at the table.
We’re on a mission to create a more inclusive world - join us!
Arrange a call via email katy@katycatalyst.com to discuss your needs.
Our Vision:
Our vision is a world of liveable futures for peoples and planet. Workplaces are diverse, dynamic, joy-filled and thriving, all people are able to bring their best, enjoy their work and live balanced lives. We see a world where marginalised experiences and wisdom are centred.
Our Values:
We value:
Inclusivity: Aware of our own privilege and bias, we choose to centre a diverse range of lived experiences. We take an intersectional approach in our offerings, seeking out perspectives and wisdom from a diverse range of people and sources. We see your individuality and potential, we also acknowledge the systems you’re operating within. We’re seeking to be actively anti-racist in our work and lives.
(We’re always learning here. Please call us in where we can do better.)
Curiosity: Equity and Leadership work can create defensiveness. We aim to choose curiosity over judgement. We stay curious about our own biases and barriers and encourage conversations that stay curious.
Kindness: We’re compassionate but not colluding. We hold a brave space for your growth and development. Our kindness may mean that we confront you at times, as part of activating you into your best future self.
Cheering you on: We believe in your potential, your ambition, your talent - the world needs it! We’re cheering you on to step up into your fully expansive leadership.
Collaboration over competition: Let’s take up space together and create more room for others, together. If you see an opportunity to collaborate, let us know!
Small Steps: We share practical plus research-based wisdom. All the practices we teach are tried-and-tested in our own lives, and work with 100s of leaders 1-1, and 100s of organisations across multiple sectors and cultures. We know that deep, real, lasting change happens over time, with consistent intentional practice. We provide simple and powerful resources, prompts and nudges which will create transformations when you consistently apply them over time.
System: We see the wider ‘systems’ that you’re part of, and we work systemically with our clients. We see where systems are broken and how we can act courageously and collectively to co-create new ways of being together. This means there’s no ‘one size fits all quick fix’ solution (sorry!) and we work on multiple levels, with the nuances of context, culture and lived experiences.
Playfulness: Life can be painful and we all face adversity. Shifting the dial on equity, inclusion and anti-racism can be complex, messy, lonely work. We choose to nurture friendships, lean into enquiry and community, spot beauty, find joy, choose hope, live life in all its fullness.
Some of our clients:
Our Team:
We collaborate with a phenomenal team of diverse humans, each one is skilled in supporting you 1-1 and equipping your organisation for transformational change.
Abi Long
Abi is a researcher, OD consultant and whole person coach with over eight years of experience in the refugee and civil society sectors. She specialises in lived experience, anti-racism, inclusion, equity and belonging — working with organisations navigating culture change, DEI governance and systemic transformation.
Her consultancy work spans organisational development, inclusive communications strategy and leadership development with a focus on structural barrier removal. She supports organisations to embed lived experience practice and drive meaningful inclusion from governance to culture.
As an Association of Coaching accredited coach, Abi works holistically with current and emerging leaders across the public and private sectors — supporting clients to understand systemic barriers, engage honestly with power, and move with compassion and courage towards their personal and professional ambitions. She often works with clients outdoors, drawing on nature as a thinking partner and space for deeper reflection.
Abi's practice is grounded in the understanding that the most powerful work happens when people are free to show up as they truly are. She brings both personal and professional insight into what it means to navigate systems not built for everyone — and a deep commitment to creating the conditions where authenticity isn't the exception, but the norm.
Her practice is rooted in a breadth of disciplines: a BA (Hons) in Film Studies brought an early grounding in narrative, power and representation; an MA (Hons) in Politics, Development and the Global South sharpened her systems lens; and a PhD programme beginning in October 2026 will deepen her research into lived experience leadership and systems change. She specialises in intersectional spaces — and works with the complexity they hold.
Carol Tavernier
Carol Tavernier is an experienced Learning and Organisational Development professional with a strong creative approach, who’s been practicing her skills for over 20 years. Her early career and interests began in the creative fields, studying as a contemporary dancer and actress and working for several years in the television industry as a prop buyer and assistant art director. Carol has a strong creative and conceptual mind enjoying and skilled at constructing conversations utilising OD knowledge and frameworks for better collaboration and informed outcomes. Her experience has been gained in large complex organisations in the education, charity and public sectors working across the employee life cycle. This has involved process improvement, culture and engagement work, skills gap analysis, mentoring, leadership and succession planning, coaching and mentoring to name a few; working closely with key stakeholders such as Diversity and Inclusion, HR and strategic planning for alignment to the business.
Katy has held strategic OD and global leadership development roles and designed award-winning development programmes for international humanitarian organisations and global commercial companies. She’s coached senior and emerging women and men, in settings as diverse as arts, financial services, retail, manufacturing, engineering, education, campaigning, international development, voluntary sector.
She has worked in 35 countries with groups from boards, to senior teams, to talent development programmes, to whole-system culture change programmes, senior team development interventions, large scale conferences and learning events, to online programmes combining live, group and individual learning elements. She holds a safe/ brave/ bridge space to support her clients to explore systemic barriers and enablers, engage with power, use our voices and experiences to help dismantle bias inside organisational systems, and co-create more inclusive workplaces. She works with senior teams to engage with anti-racism and inclusion work. She’s hosted multiple bespoke change makers programmes across business and community spaces.
Throughout these varied contexts her style is consistently energizing, challenging, engaging and purposeful.
Katy holds a MA (Hons) in Individual and Organisational Development and a MA (Hons) in Social and Political Sciences with specialisms in gender, diversity and inclusion and international development. She is a INLPTA Master Coach Practitioner and accrediting with PQ (Positive Intelligence).
Katy is a conference speaker and convenor, named one of the UK's top 50 influential D+I Leaders by Hive Learning. Her thought leadership is featured in the Chartered Management Institute, iPaper, Metro, Grazia, Economist Intelligence Unit DEI report, Thrive Global and D+I Leaders.
Katy's first book 'Change Makers' was published in April 2022 with Kogan Page and shortlisted for a Business Book Award in 2023. Katy hosts the podcast RESIST: Joy Filled Stories for Dystopian Days.
Katy volunteers with Anti Racist Cumbria, is the mum of 2 teens and lives in the UK’s Lake District.
Katy is the Director of Catalyst Collective.
What clients say:
“Catalyst Collective have been a true partner in our Inclusion journey. They’ve brought expertise and experts to help design solutions on Inclusive Leadership skills, Race/Ethnicity linked Reverse Mentoring programme and in creating safe spaces for leaders and colleagues to be their true selves and share experiences. which helps bring the change that in turn enables us be more inclusive as an organisation.
Catalyst Collective bring in a consultative approach and not only do they offer their expertise, they’re a trusted advisor always thinking about the impact we’re looking to create through our Inclusion programme and facilitating the same.
It’s a real pleasure to partner with the team.”
“Katy’s been a fantastic critical friend, ally, facilitator, coach and idea co-creator working with the Start Network over the last six months. Katy holds space beautifully, enabling colleagues to really listen and engage with one another.
Katy helped me to dial up our diversity and inclusion work in light of the Black Lives Matter awakening. This included a design jam session for all staff to be involved in discussing issues and mapping the complexity. We’ve begun to have courageous conversations. We’re now co-creating a pathway to lead from conversations to commitments, whilst allowing space to keep listening and adapting.
I’d highly recommend working with Katy if you want someone to challenge your thinking, ask probing questions that get to the heart of issues rather than dancing around them, and to enable supportive spaces”
“This programme was an empowering experience with a great cohort of participants that I hope will continue to support one another in the future! Great to have curiosity sparked and encouraged with time for thinking and reflection. ”
