Leigh Biddlecome

I'm a writer, facilitator, and consultant with experience living in eight countries and working across multiple contexts, from international education NGOs to academia and start-ups in the sustainability sector. I bring an artistic and cultural sensitivity, fluency in French and Italian, and deep curiosity for alternative perspectives to my work.
 

Drawing upon various identities and experiences, I am often brought into projects to bridge academics / practitioners, intellectual / spiritual contexts, bodily / verbal intelligence, and Northern / Southern European cultures.

My writing and translations have been published in Europe and the US, and I'm currently working on an audio documentary series on contemporary forms of spirituality in Italy. I'm also developing a facilitation methodology for use in research and artistic residency contexts, building on my dance background and investigations in non-verbal ways of knowing.

As a generalist with graduate training in the humanities and social sciences, I thrive in multidisciplinary problem-solving environments. A taste of the breadth of my recent work: workshop design and facilitation within large international conferences (Inner Development Goal Summit, Stockholm); thought-partner and 'ideas translator' for academics; rebranding consulting and content strategy for a sustainable materials company; panel moderator and speaker coach for an EU-funded Cultural Heritage conference; writer and learning designer for a 3-year Erasmus+ grant on building coherence for European social change agents.