Syntropise
Turn Chaos Into Coherence
Chaos is Inevitable. Coherence is a Choice.
Most people drift. Not you.You’re here because the noise is rising, the stakes are high, and the usual tools aren’t cutting it.It’s time to stop drifting and start shaping.It’s time to Syntropise.
ENTROPY is the slide into disorder
The fog mid-meeting. The team splintering. The fatigue that makes everything feel heavier than it should. Entropy erodes the edge you depend on.
SYNTROPY is the counter force
Clarity returning. Decisions locking cleanly into place. Energy back in your body. The sense that things finally make sense again.
“The insights I’ve gained have transformed how I lead my team each day and how we run our programme.”
STEVE BORTHWICK
Head Coach, England Men’s Rugby Team
Former Leicester Tigers Head Coach and Saracens and England Captain
For people who carry real weight.
CEOs and C-Suite leaders making decisions in full view.
Founders and entrepreneurs building from scratch with no map.
Elite performers and coaches under constant scrutiny.
System shapers wrestling with complex realities at scale.
You’re not here for surface fixes.You’re here for depth, clarity, and the wisdom that actually changes things.
“A life-changing experience that has opened up my perspective and impacted every part of my life, yet is surprisingly light and enjoyable.”
FIONA HOWARTH
Founder & Director, Octopus Electric Vehicles
Investor & Advisor at Treasure Time, former Director of Smart Projects at Octopus Energy, Head of Transformation at OVO Energy, and Head of Product and Commercial at British Gas
Three Paths to Syntropy
Our work is rooted in philosophy: a lived practice of wisdom.
Not abstract theory. Not productivity hacks.We fundamentally believe wisdom is the defining task of human development.A way of seeing clearly and acting coherently in uncertain conditions.We don’t pretend to have all the answers; we help you refine the questions that matter.
There are three ways into the work:
Wisdom Journey
A structured exploration of timeless ideas that build a wiser, steadier way of living.
Wisdom Partnership
A deep, ongoing one-to-one thinking relationship for high-stakes moments and complex decisions.
Wisdom Community
Our long-term practice. A private, curated container built on trust, depth, and belonging.
“Life changing. It has opened my mind and unlocked a whole new room! Not through prescription, but self-discovery.”
LOUISE CHEADLE
Founder, Teapigs & SPILL Tea
From Entropy to Impact
Focus that holds under pressure
A life you actually live instead of endure
Energy that restores hope and vitality
Purpose that pulls you forward
Who We Are
Syntropise was founded by Dr John Stoszkowski and Dr David Priestley. Decades in business, sport, and education have taught us a simple truth:People don’t need more noise. They need wisdom they can live by.We’re not gurus or life coaches.We’re sparring partners who help you build a better compass when the path isn’t obvious.
Ready to Syntropise?
This isn’t for everyone. And it’s not a short-term transaction.We build long-term relationships with excellent people who want depth, honesty, and a way of living that holds up under pressure.If you’re ready to wrestle with the big questions and come out sharper, steadier, and more fully alive, the conversation starts here.
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Contact Us
If any of this strikes a chord, reach out.We’re deliberate about who we work with, just like you are too, because this kind of work only matters if it’s authentic, mutual, and it sticks.If it feels right, we’ll both know.To start the conversation, complete the contact form or send an email to [email protected].
About Us
We’re two straight-talking Northerners who met in 2002. Then life happened. Twenty years later, we reconnected, drawn by a shared conviction: the world doesn’t need more noise; it needs wisdom you can actually live by.That’s why we built Syntropise: to help people, teams, and organisations move from chaos to coherence. It’s the education we wish we’d had.
John swapped the ivory tower for an allotment and somehow made both fertile ground for growth. With a Ph.D. and 30+ published papers, he spent years in academia asking big questions about how people learn and grow, before realising that real change doesn’t happen in lecture theatres or committee rooms.Now, he works with leaders to cut through the noise and face complexity with clarity, courage, and a touch of philosophy.When he’s not cultivating minds, he’s cultivating berries, battling golf courses with less consistency than his philosophy, or dropping beats as a DJ, proving that philosophers can spin both wisdom and bass lines.He lives in Costa del Cumbria with his wife, Hollie, and Dudley, their miniature Dachshund who is very much in charge.
David lives in Norfolk, where the neighbours still say hello and the postman knows when you’ve ordered too many Amazon parcels. A qualified psychologist with decades of experience, he blends deep psychological insight with a very human, very practical touch.He’s worked with athletes, global businesses, and senior leadership teams who need clarity and resilience, not another 200-page strategy deck or jargon-laden model. His craft is helping people show up with self-awareness, steadiness, and impact that lasts.At home, David is usually cooking curries, brewing the perfect coffee, or being beaten at board games by his kids. He shares life with his wife Elisabeth, their two children, and Digby the dog, a loyal companion still trying (and mostly failing) to master mindfulness.
Our Philosophy
This is deeper work. You’ve done the training. Now you’re looking for what ties it all together. A shift that reaches deeper, into the very operating system of how you see and live.
Your Inner Ripple Effect
The Individual: It starts here. With your energy, your clarity, your presence under pressure. This is the source code for everything else.
The Leader: Your choices ripple outwards, shaping your team, your board, your family, your community. You are a walking, talking cultural force.
The System Shaper: The bigger your platform, the bigger the ripple. Your influence doesn’t just contribute to a system—it creates it, for better or worse.
The Shift From Intelligence to Wisdom
Intelligence values speed, precision, and control. It breaks problems into parts. It seeks mastery over systems.Wisdom values context, complexity, and the whole. It connects the parts. It seeks harmony within systems.As machines take over our cognitive labour, we don’t need more intelligence. We need more wisdom.
If This Resonates, You’re Probably...
Building things others depend on.
Facing high-stakes decisions where there’s no script.
Standing in the spotlight with no safety net.
Craving depth, not another dopamine-hit framework.
Wanting your inner world to finally line up with your outer impact.
Questioning whether today’s systems truly serve people, let alone the planet.
One of the good people, working hard in an often nihilistic culture to hold it all together.
The Journey from Entropy to Syntropy
This work is a choice: the conscious turn from the drift of entropy toward the deliberate creation of syntropy.
It’s Freedom FROM:
Burnout, Regret, Status Games, Fear, Judgement, Empty Careerism, Disconnection, the Quiet Drift of "Is this it?", and the Denial of Your Mortality.
And Freedom FOR:
Joy, Hope, Meaning, Purpose, Vitality, Wonder, Wholeness, Companionship, and Work that Truly Matters in the Only Time You’ve Got.
Ready to Syntropise?
This isn’t a quick fix. It’s a fundamental upgrade to your operating system.If you’re ready to do the work, let’s explore what that could look like.
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Wisdom Partnership
1-2-1 Support for High-Stakes Reality
Deeper than coaching. Sharper than theory.This is high-trust, strategic dialogue that blends big ideas, honest challenge, and grounded experience.We help you navigate uncertainty, align decisions with integrity, and lead with clarity when the playbook runs out.Think of it as part philosophical tutoring, part strategic war room.
Foundational Clarity
We don’t build on sand. Without a clear inner framework, you can get tossed about by every new trend, expert opinion, and reactive demand on your time.You risk becoming a collection of other people’s ideas. F*ck that.We ground this work in three non-negotiables:
Reality: Seeing the territory clearly, not just the map
Truth: Distinguishing signal from noise.
Ethics: Deciding what is right, not just what is expedient.
Getting clear on these fundamentals builds your inner compass for high-integrity decisions and steadiness under pressure.
The Outcomes
Strategic Clarity: Sharper thinking, deeper perspective, and steadier action when it matters most.
Integrity Under Fire: Confidence to make the hard calls, align your decisions with your deepest values, and sleep at night.
Sustained Focus: Someone who’ll challenge with care, isn’t impressed by your title, and is committed to your long-term growth.
If you want hacks or slogans, you won’t enjoy this at all.If you want deeper seeing, wiser choices, and a way forward that’s truly yours, you’ll love it.
It grounds you in who you are and what you stand for, so you can act with head, heart, and hand coherence when the path forward is anything but obvious.
Pricing
Typically in the region of £1,500 to £2,500 per month.The final number is shaped by the frequency and depth of our work together, something we determine together, in conversation.
Begin the Conversation
Wisdom partnership is a significant commitment of time and energy. It begins with a single, confidential conversation to see if we are the right fit to work together.
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The Syntropise Community
Wisdom. Integrity. Belonging.
A sanctuary from digital fatigue and an active antidote to entropy.This is a private, curated space for people serious about the ongoing practice of wisdom, living well, and making a meaningful difference.No algorithms. No sales funnels. No showing off.Just the real work, shared.
Who It’s For
This isn’t another networking club or hustle-obsessed group. It’s a carefully tended container, built on trust and commitment, exclusively for Syntropise graduates.Capped at Dunbar's number of 150 people to ensure genuine connection and high-trust relationships.It’s a gathering of like-minded leaders, creators, system builders, and elite performers—people committed to being centred inside and impactful outside.
What You Gain
Connect with Depth: Honest conversations with people who match your drive and understand the terrain.
Continuous Learning: Access to advanced journey content and resources.
Live Salons: Engaging online sessions with world-class thinkers.
In-Person Meetups: Periodic gatherings to get together and deepen the journey.
The Long View: A space to think in decades, not quarters.
Why This Space is Different
We don’t believe in transactional fixes. Nothing worthwhile is built that way.Real change is a way of living, not a one-off event.We deliberately engineer for density, trust, and time well spent.The most powerful catalyst for growth is the community itself and the quality of the people within it.This space keeps you grounded, connected, and clear. It’s an incubator for ideas where clarity strengthens, purpose sharpens, and wisdom is shared.
This is a human-scale community, built for resonance, not reach.
Enter the Community
If you’re ready to continue the work, your place is waiting.
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Wisdom Journey
Big Ideas. Real Change. No Fluff.
In a world rewarding speed, this is an act of deliberate depth.One of the biggest mistakes of modernity is thinking everything good has to be new. We distil timeless wisdom from some of history’s greatest thinkers into practical tools that shift how you think, lead, and live.We integrate the 'software' of profound ideas with the 'hardware' of your brain and body.This isn’t a course to complete; it’s an operating system to upgrade.
Your Starting Point
Two doorways. One path. Choose your entry based on what you need most right now:
For: Navigating systems, teams, and relentless ambiguity.Outcome: Sharper decision-making, systemic clarity, and resilient leadership presence.
For: Questions of meaning, purpose, and authentic direction.Outcome: Unshakeable internal stability, clearer values, and sustainable vitality.
The Path Unfolds
For graduates, the path continues in our Wisdom Community. Access exclusive advanced modules like Trailblaze, Lighthouse, and Praxis, exploring 40+ seminal thinkers.
FAQs
The Format?
Each entry consists of six live, 2-hour sessions. Online.
Weekly Rhythm: Meet once a week on the same day and time over six weeks.
Block Intensives: Compressed immersion, typically over one or two weeks.
Choose a small-group experience (capped at 4) or one-to-one. This isn’t a frictionless Zoom room where everyone nods along. It’s high-trust dialogue blending big ideas, honest challenge, and grounded experience.
The Cost?
What you contribute reflects the value it brings to your life and work, both now and in the future.
Contributions typically range from £3k to £7k+ depending on pace, depth, context, and level of 1-to-1 support. We agree it together.
Time Outside Sessions?
Minimal. No homework. Just real-world application. Our work creates space in your life, not more tasks.
What You Leave With?
A calibrated compass. Sharper judgement. Wisdom that holds up when the sh*t hits the fan.
Need Philosophy Background?
No. You just need curiosity, openness, and the willingness to wrestle with real questions.
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The Modern World Isn’t Simple. Neither Are You.
INTEGRATE is for people navigating layered realities who can’t rely on shallow fixes or one-dimensional thinking.You carry big responsibilities that ripple across people, systems, and futures. This journey helps you build the awareness and flexibility to meet them with wisdom.
6 Thinkers to Light the Way
Each session opens a new way of seeing that’s practical, embodied, and deeply human. We’re guided by thinkers whose work shows how to hold complexity with clarity, balance, and depth.Each of our six sessions is anchored by the core ideas of one of these thinkers, translated into a practical lens for your leadership and your life.
What You’ll Gain
This isn’t a dusty academic seminar; it’s a direct upgrade to your mental operating system. You will leave with not just profound insights, but a set of integrated perspectives that sharpen your ability to lead in an increasingly ambiguous world.
See with Deeper Clarity: Develop the ability to hold multiple perspectives and marry deep analysis with holistic intuition, allowing you to see through complexity and make wiser decisions when the stakes are high.
Build Resilient Self-Awareness: Gain a profound understanding of your own values, motivations, and patterns, giving you the inner steadiness to lead with authenticity under pressure.
Unlock a Fuller, More Hopeful Vision: Move beyond linear solutions to foster genuine innovation, anticipate what’s next, and lead your team toward a more hopeful, flourishing future.
Why INTEGRATE?
Because “work harder” doesn’t solve feeling lost.
Because complex problems demand more than linear solutions.
Because when you change how you think, everything else shifts too.
The Format
Six deliberate, two-hour live sessions (online).
Choose the intimacy of a small, curated cohort or the dedicated focus of a one-to-one journey.
With the option of dedicated one-to-one support between sessions.
“Incredible. It has helped me answer questions around behaviors that I haven’t been able to answer for years. It’s changed the way I work!”
STUART WEBBER
Head of Sport, RB Ōmiya Ardija
Former Norwich City Sporting Director, Huddersfield Town Director of Football, and Liverpool FC Director of Recruitment
“It gave me the language and tools to understand myself and others more deeply and to spot where my own habits were holding me back.”
JESS TAYLOR
Director, Kraken Technologies
“An amazing mix of views, philosophies, and creative thinking. It’s led me to a much richer and more integrated way of seeing the world.”
TIM JOHNS
Director, Octopus Electric Vehicles
Begin the Journey
INTEGRATE is offered as an intimate group cohort or a focused one-to-one journey. Choose the path that suits you best.
What’s Next?
Drawn to this work, but feel the need to start with your inner landscape first? Explore our other doorway journey: BEING WELL
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Well-being Isn’t a Shortcut. It’s the Work of a Lifetime.
The world sells you hacks, apps, and quick fixes. But real well-being isn’t something you download. It’s how you face freedom, finitude, and the choices that make you who you are.BEING WELL invites you to slow down, think deeply, and wrestle with the questions that actually matter:
Who are you becoming?
What do you truly value?
How might you live well, on your terms?
Why will your legacy matter?
This isn’t about checking off a wellness list. It’s about facing what it means to be fully human.
6 Thinkers to Light the Way
Each session opens a way of seeing that is raw, human, and deeply personal. We’re guided by existential thinkers who wrestled with freedom, finitude, and meaning. Through their work, you’ll explore what it really takes to live fully and authentically.Each of our six sessions is anchored by the core ideas of one of these thinkers, creating a practical space to explore life’s deepest questions.
What You’ll Gain
This isn’t a wellness checklist; it’s a courageous exploration of what it means to be fully human. You will leave with not just comforting ideas, but a more robust and authentic way of being in the world, grounded in the choices that truly matter.
Live With Greater Authenticity: Move beyond performance and external pressures to live and lead from a place of genuine self-knowledge—a life built on who you are, not who you think you’re supposed to be.
Find a Clearer Direction: Develop your own inner compass, grounded in what you truly value, to navigate life’s big decisions with conviction, courage, and purpose.
Cultivate Existential Courage: Learn to face uncertainty, freedom, and life’s inherent limits not with anxiety, but with a renewed sense of vitality, curiosity, and hope—to fear less and engage more fully with life as it is.
Why BEING WELL?
Because well-being isn’t a yoga app or a vitamin pill.
Because the modern world drains more than it feeds.
Because when you grapple with life’s biggest questions, you come alive.
The Format
Six deliberate, two-hour live sessions (online).
Choose the intimacy of a small, curated cohort or the dedicated focus of a one-to-one journey.
With the option of dedicated one-to-one support between sessions.
“An invaluable experience for anyone looking to completely shift their thinking. It was somehow both relaxed and one of the most challenging exercises I've ever done.”
KIEL DOLENCE
Global Vice President, Kraken Technologies
Former COO/CTO at Octopus Energy and Head of Growth at Moixa
“Massive ideas that make you question who you are, how you live, and what actually matters, but you leave energised and buzzing, not overwhelmed.”
OLIVIA BROWN
Global Head of Talent, Octopus Energy
“It challenged me to think in ways I hadn’t before to improve as a person and as a coach. Enriching and highly recommended.”
NICK MATTHEW OBE
3 x World Squash Champion
Winner of 13 World Series titles and 3 times Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist
Begin the Journey
BEING WELL is offered as an intimate group cohort or a focused one-to-one journey. Choose the path that suits you best.
What’s Next?
Feel grounded in your inner life and ready to apply this clarity to the complexities of your outer world? Explore our other doorway journey: INTEGRATE
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