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Flip the Learning. Reignite your Purpose.
Why Novel Solutions?
Most leaders today are wrestling with impossible demands and dwindling resources. The old playbook isn't working anymore.
At Novel Solutions, we see you – accomplished yet exhausted, committed yet questioning, powerful yet running on empty. We don't try to fix you with another leadership theory; we offer the transformative renewal you're actually seeking.
While conventional leadership programmes keep recycling the same Western approaches, we take you directly to the resilience and innovation frontier – India.
Why India?
Experience a global innovation powerhouse.
India ranks 4th globally in AI ecosystem development and 1st in AI skill penetration, surpassing both the US and Germany
India processes more digital payments than any other country worldwide, powered by interoperable, consent-based, and open API-driven digital infrastructure—setting a global standard for scalability and inclusivity.
Indian start-ups focus on using technology to solve local problems at scale rather pursuing global solutions – a distinctive approach compared to developed nations.
India's resource efficiency is legendary. The Mars orbiter Mangalyaan cost just $74 million, and the historic Chandrayaan-3 moon mission was completed for $75 million—less than the $100 million budget of Hollywood's sci-fi thriller "Gravity.
2026 Leadership Journeys
Mumbai Immersion: A Journey with Changemakers
Mumbai, India – 8th- 13th Feb 2026
Six life-changing days with India's most inspiring social innovators: energy revolutionaries, education disruptors, and dignity architects who've turned India’s biggest challenges into solutions using frugal tech and resourceful innovation. Return with new frameworks for scaling impact, powerful networks, and proof your "impossible" problems aren't impossible at all.
Women’s Leadership and Community Immersion
Bangalore, India – Nov 2026
Calling women community champions and activists from the UK: This is your invitation to step beyond familiar boundaries. Journey to the heart of India and connect your grassroots experience with leadership principles that don't just sound powerful—they create real, tangible change. Transform your local insights into global impact.
Bespoke Journeys
Inside India- Now planning 2026 & 2027
Get in touch to explore your bespoke journey. We design powerful leadership experiences through immersive storytelling that turns challenges into breakthroughs. Our practical frameworks equip your leaders with adaptive strategies, real-world insights, and the confidence to tackle impossible problems.
Ready to explore if we're a good fit? Let's chat.
Booking a conversation with us is simply that—a conversation. There's no pressure, no commitments, just an opportunity for us to get to know each other and see if our approach feels right for you.
We understand that reaching out can feel like a big step. That's exactly why we always start with a relaxed chat where you can ask questions, share what's on your mind, and get a genuine sense of how we work together.
What Will you gain?
The Global South Advantage
Our approach comes from a place most leadership programmes ignore – the Global South. Together we will learn from award-winning leaders and entrepreneurs who design solutions that must work for millions across vast socioeconomic spectrums. They give a whole new meaning to resilience and scale-thinking. This isn’t just a perspective. It's a way of seeing the world that can completely reshape how you lead.
Beyond Skills to Mindset
Stop collecting leadership tools that gather dust. What you need is a fundamental shift in how you see challenges. The immersive experience will provide you the space to evolve not just your capabilities, but your entire outlook. You'll master the art of creating extraordinary results with ordinary resources – the ultimate leadership superpower.
Reignite Your Purpose
Remember why you started this work? That spark still exists. Our journeys create the space for you to rediscover your original passion and purpose. Previous participants consistently share the same revelation: "For the first time in years, I feel alive with possibility again. I've remembered not just what I do, but why it matters."
Leadership Reimagined: Meet THE Founder
Noel Mathias brings a revolutionary Global South lens to executive leadership development, challenging the
conventional North-to-South knowledge flow that dominates the sector. Over the past decade, he has created ground-breaking programmes supporting over 500 microentrepreneurs across Scotland and beyond, proving how community-based economic models can drive sustainable transformation at scale.
With a Master's in Media & Communication from Westminster University, London, and degrees in Philosophy,
Theology, and History from India, Noel bridges Western leadership paradigms with innovative thinking from the Global South. His cultural fluency spans both worlds, offering leaders profound perspective shifts that reshape how they approach challenges long after their initial engagement.
"What makes Noel truly unique is his genuine approach to power sharing. He knows how to lead change and enable change in others without needing to own it. His global perspective aligns multiple cultures for shared learning all delivered with remarkable humility. Noel has a natural ability to enable people to see and own the greatness within themselves. He walks alongside them, keeping them moving forward using their own unique talents and skills. His gift for asking the important questions brings people into conversations that matter."
Lynn Hendry, The Hunter Foundation
Hear From Previous Adventurers
Rachel Ross, CEO Elevator UK
Vicki Sellick, Chief Experience Officer St. John’s Ambulance
Fash Fasoro, CEO Data Kirk
Join other curious minds exploring new models and frameworks inspired by the Global South.