About Us
Quality of Mind explores the often unrecognised role and power of mind, helping people and businesses uncover fresh thinking, resilience, and a deeper sense of ease in life and work.
- Why Us
What Drives Us Forward
Our Mission
In a world obsessed with doing more, fixing more, improving more — we’re here to point to something before all that.
Something most people sense but haven’t seen clearly yet.
Something that changes everything.
We exist to help people see through the greatest misunderstanding of modern psychology and self-development that experience is created from the outside in — and that the mind needs managing.
It doesn’t.
Our Vision
To reveal the overlooked simplicity that unlocks the full potential of the human mind — effortlessly.
We envision a world where peace and performance emerge naturally.
In this shift, stress and struggle are replaced by clarity and flow.
People thrive, not by force, but by understanding how the mind works.
When people realise how their experience really works, an extraordinary shift happens
Our Approach
Quality of Mind is a radically different approach to human performance, potential and wellbeing.
We call this shift Before Psychology. It’s not a method. Not a mindset hack.
It’s a realisation.
And it’s available to everyone
Why This Matters Now
We live in a time of burnout, division, overthinking, and striving. People are doing their best — but it often feels like swimming upstream.
There’s never been a more urgent moment to question the conventional.
To stop managing the noise and start seeing what’s generating it.
To remember:
- The ultimate human hack isn’t about learning more — it’s about realising what’s already true.
This is what Quality of Mind is here to offer.
- About Us
Who We Are
Our team of specialist Quality of Mind experts all bring:
Deep grounding and in-room experience facilitating others to have realisation in the principles behind Quality of Mind.
PLUS Real-world commercial experience and expertise powering change and development in individuals and organisations (never just a theoretical coaching/consultancy background)
Satisfied Clients
Successful Sessions
Years Of Experience
”It is such a revelation when we realise that we’ve innocently and visibly been looking in the wrong direction for decades. The secret source of what life has to offer just opens up”
- Piers Thurston
- About Us
A New Standard in Leadership and Mind Clarity
Piers Thurston
Founder of Quality Of Mind
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Piers Thurston is the co-founder of Making Change Work Ltd and the originator of the Quality of Mind approach, established in 2012.
With over 25 years of experience as a highly respected personal and business coach, Piers has logged more than 24,000 hours working with individuals and organizations worldwide. He is a leading facilitator of innovation, strategic alignment, and leadership development workshops across sectors.
Widely regarded as a thought leader in the field of human potential, Piers is also the host of the Quality of Mind podcast, where he explores transformative insights with global experts. His client portfolio includes renowned organizations such as Unilever, Ford, Coca-Cola, HSBC, Tesco, GSK, Shell, Barclays, NHS, and many more across corporate, public, and government sectors.
Specialities:
Quality of Mind Realisation · Transformational Coaching · Strategic Facilitation · Leadership Development · Innovation Mindset
- Expert Insight
Pioneers of Quality of Mind
Our team of Quality of Mind associates all run their own businesses and come together to collaborate in the understanding and grounding of Quality of Mind that they have developed over many years.
Piers Thurston
Piers Thurston is the co-founder of MCW and creator of Quality of Mind.
With 24 years of coaching and 23,000+ hours of experience, he works with global leaders and top brands to unlock human potential.
Frans Rensen
Frans brings over 25 years of corporate experience across Europe.
Now a Quality of Mind expert, he has held senior roles from commercial director to executive coach, working with clients like Shell, ABN AMRO, and Baker Hughes.
Rena Loizou
Rena is a Quality of Mind expert with 20+ years in retail leadership.
She blends executive experience with deep mind insight to drive transformation for brands like Tesco, M&S, John Lewis, and Fat Face.
Kate Adey
Kate is a transformation coach specialising in leadership performance and maternity transitions. With 20+ years of consulting and coaching experience, she helps clients navigate change in roles, promotions, or returning to work.
Stephen Desborough
Stephen began as a stockbroker at 16, later thriving at Goldman Sachs as a trader and risk manager. Now a coach, he combines 20+ years of financial expertise with deep psychological insight to elevate performance and mindset.
Nick Hall
Nick is a transformational coach helping high-pressure professionals gain clarity and peace of mind. With 20 years in B2B tech sales and five President’s Club awards, he now helps leaders and founders excel without burnout.
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Why You’ve Outgrown Traditional Psychology
Stress isn’t your problem to solve. Performance isn’t about pushing harder. What if the key isn’t managing your mind, but seeing through it?
This isn’t another self-help manual. It’s a field guide to the operating system behind your experience—the one that shapes:
- Why "fixing" thoughts never sticks
- How teams accidentally create culture stress
- Where clarity and innovation actually comes from (hint: not analysis)
