Hello 2025: Let’s Make This Our Best Year Yet!

Hi everyone,

Welcome to 2025! As the new year kicks off, I want to take a moment to reflect on where we’ve been, where we’re headed, and why I’m so excited about what’s in store for all of us.

First, let me say how incredibly grateful I am for the hard work, dedication and belief in lifelong learning that both the People Untapped community and all our wonderful clients and partners demonstrated last year. I believe our strong partnerships, trustful relationships and aligned values have been essential in a productive, impactful and fun 2024! And this year, we’re looking to be even better and bolder than before – untapping the many possibilities that lie ahead!

As those of you who work with us will know, we achieve this by taking time to deeply understand the wants, needs and context of the organisations and learners we work with. We design and deliver learning that challenges the forgetting curve and sticks, enabling our clients to form new behaviours, habits and ways of working that have measurable performance impact.

We are and always will be a purpose and values-driven team and we have a few values-aligned priorities for 2025:

  • In January, we are adding to the already fantastic PU internal team and welcoming two new members to our group of Learning Programme Executives (more to follow). Please also join us in congratulating Sinead Bint and Zoe Gallimore on their promotions to Operations Team Managers! #AlwaysGrowing

  • In February, we will be at the World of Learning event in London to connect with peers across industries who are as passionate as we are about leadership, learning, and growth. Our team will be there to showcase our latest product updates, share insights into learning impact and, most importantly, listen and learn from others in the industry. If you’re attending, please swing by and say hi – myself and the team would love to connect! #InsightDrivesAction
  • In our relentless pursuit of learning transfer and ROI for everyone we work with we’re going to embrace digital learning to enhance our human-centred approach, crafting engaging experiences that inspire autonomous learning transfer, create dynamic learning pathways and weave human-centred learning into the flow of work. #MakeItSticky
  • We work hard to deliver exceptional value to our clients through collaboration and innovation and take great pride in finding ways to create even more value through our strategic and trusted partnerships, working closely with Engageli, RiseUp, BrilliantAssessments, TMS & StoryTagger. These partnerships ensure seamless integration and unwavering commitment to the success and satisfaction of our clients. #ThriveTogether
  • Beyond these big-ticket items, 2025 is really about all of us continuing to grow together. It’s about supporting one another, facing challenges head-on and not being afraid to push boundaries. #BeBold

 

So, here’s to a new year full of opportunities to learn, lead, and make an impact. I’m so glad to have you on this journey with us, and I can’t wait to see all the amazing things we’ll accomplish together. Here’s to an incredible 2025!

Warm regards, Marisa – CEO, People Untapped

Marisa Knowles Bio: https://peopleuntapped.com/our-team/marisa-knowles/

 

Marisa Knowles | CEO | UK

Marisa is the heart and soul behind People Untapped. As CEO, she brings 20+ years of HR leadership – from global corporations to scaling start-ups – and is a Qualified Executive Coach, TMSDI accredited, and a Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses UK Programme alumna on a mission to help leaders and teams unlock their full, untapped potential.

🎓 Her expertise spans organisation design, strategic talent management, cultural transformation, and building high-performing teams. Marisa blends big-picture strategy with a down-to-earth, creative style that makes transformation feel thrilling (not terrifying).

💡 Her leadership is equal parts straight-talking and supportive – she’ll ask the tough questions and champion you as you discover breakthrough answers. Expect bold conversations that shift perspectives and drive real change.

Fuelled by coffee, curiosity, and carefully curated playlists that energise any room, Marisa lives for lightbulb moments. Her philosophy? Think bigger. Be bolder. Go further – together. Watch out world!