“People Alchemy showed that they considered the whole problem we were trying to solve, and how their products integrated into a wider solution that would work for us. They didn’t just try and ‘sell us’ the Alchemy Learning Pathway. It is this considered approach and their conduct throughout the whole bid process that has shown them to be unique in the market and a pleasure to deal with.”
Paul Matthews founded People Alchemy Ltd in 1999 after a distinguished career in industries as diverse as engineering, travel and information technology. He held many senior posts in sales, customer service and operations, through to a role as Director in a multinational IT company. From those early days when Paul was working on his own as a consultant, the company has grown and now provides online performance support solutions and thought leadership to many organisations.
Over the years, People Alchemy has worked with many blue chip clients like Barclays Bank plc, Credit Suisse First Boston bank, Google, Amey, Philips Semiconductors, General Motors, Roche, Deutsche Bank, Zurich Insurance and Ricoh, as well as many Police Forces, Universities and other organisations in the public sector.
Although most clients are based in the UK, multinational clients or clients based outside the UK such as Axis Bank in India are starting to take advantage of Alchemy products and services. Paul is still central to the work and philosophy of the company.
As our name suggests, there’s a little bit of magic in what we do and that’s because we do things differently. We are focused on people’s capabilities, unlocking potential, increasing performance and generating outputs.
But in order to achieve this, people in the workplace need to be able do the job that is in front of them when they need to do it. And improving people’s capability, and therefore their performance, is what we are all about.
Alchemy is a word that describes both a philosophy, and the ancient practice of seeking to transmute base metals into gold, to create an elixir that would cure all disease, and to achieve ultimate wisdom. It enabled the spiritual and intellectual development of the Alchemist from ignorance to enlightenment.
“We believe learning and development professionals can have superpowers. For the good of your people, we want to help you exercise those powers.”
The name People Alchemy combines our focus on enabling positive change in people and for over 15 years, our philosophy has retained this focus. Central to our beliefs is that everything we do has to work in practice, and we apply this thoroughly pragmatic approach to our products and services.
The focus of our ‘Enabling Capability’ approach began with managers because they are a very big leverage point for helping the world become a better place. The quality of management has a huge impact on the quality of the lives of those who are being managed, and those whom they serve. If you improve the way people are managed by even a small percentage, so many people win.
But now the workplace is changing with many hierarchies becoming flatter. And we have seen the impact of what we do transform all employees within an organisation, not just managers. L&D is also going through significant change and the role of the learning professional is beginning to look markedly different. We embrace these shifts and are here to help you do the same.
People Alchemy unlocks the power of informal learning to improve the performance of your people and the impact of L&D.
“People Alchemy showed that they considered the whole problem we were trying to solve, and how their products integrated into a wider solution that would work for us. They didn’t just try and ‘sell us’ the Alchemy Learning Pathway. It is this considered approach and their conduct throughout the whole bid process that has shown them to be unique in the market and a pleasure to deal with.”
We support a number of charities with donations of time and expertise to assist their operations. And we are delighted to support a growing number of charities with free access to our Alchemy Performance Assistant because…well, we just want to!
See below for some of the charities we are proud to support. This is an offer from us to those small to medium charities who get their funding largely from donations by the general public. For other charities and not-for-profits, please feel free to talk to us. We could still provide you our Alchemy products at very favourable rates.
The “MILE” in The e.MILE Community is an acronym for MOTIVATE: INSPIRE: LEAD: ENGAGE. It is a community of people who believe and actively work towards helping themselves and others to be motivated, inspirational, great leaders and excellent engagers. This community is for those who champion people, individuals, leaders and the teams they lead, and HR Professionals, and understand the best way to achieve great results is through motivating, inspiring, leading and engaging at work.
We provide differentiated services as compared to “BIG” vendors. We combine Lean thinking, Agile practices and a right blend of Onshore-Offshore resources to deliver results quickly and cost efficiently. We attract, develop and retain the best people to solve complex problems of our customers.
