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BIG HUMAN ENERGY
/bɪɡ ˈhjuːmən ˈɛnədʒi/ noun (workplace)
A practical, contagious force in teams and leaders that makes work feel clearer, calmer and more effective. Big Human Energy is the combination of presence, purpose and positive momentum - the ability to bring people with you, turn complexity into shared direction, and get great work over the line without burning everyone out. It shows up as commercial sharpness with human warmth: confident decision-making, honest conversations, and delivery that’s both ambitious and grounded.
Signs of Big Human Energy:
* People feel safe to be direct (and kind) — fewer politics, more progress.
* Meetings end with clarity and ownership, not confusion and follow-ups.
* Teams move with calm momentum under pressure (no panic, no drama).
* Leaders communicate a clear narrative people can repeat and act on.
* Stakeholders are aligned early, so delivery runs smoother and margins survive.
* The room has warmth and high standards — energy you can feel, outcomes you can measure.
Synonyms: aligned leadership, calm momentum, human-centred performance
Antonyms: chaos charisma, performative busyness, strategy theatre
CLEARER DIRECTION.
STRONGER TEAMS.
BETTER LIVE EXPERIENCES.
BIG HUMAN ENERGY helps agency owners and in-house event and experience teams turn ambition into work that lands.
For agency owners: a sharper proposition, stronger pitches and leadership teams pulling in the same direction.
For in-house teams: aligned stakeholders, clearer briefs and calm, commercial delivery of complex live programmes.
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VISION SET. CULTURE BUILT. RESULTS DELIVERED.
Vision & Strategy
People & Culture
Growth & Partnerships
A clear direction, a sharper proposition and agreed priorities your team can act on.
Leadership habits, honest conversations and team rhythms that turn shared values into everyday action.
A sharper pitch story, stronger client relationships and a focused plan for business growth.
Experience Delivery
An aligned brief, a clear audience story and a practical plan for delivering complex live experiences.
WORK IN PRACTICE*
A successful agency. A clearer next chapter.
Helping the founders of an independent UK events business connect positioning, growth priorities and leadership responsibilities—while protecting what made the business good in the first place.
Vision, culture and commercial growth for live experience teams - strategy with sleeves rolled up.
FOUNDER.
I’m Patrick Howells, founder of BIGHUMANENERGY. I’ve spent my career building and leading teams in the UK events and brand-experience world, helping agencies and in-house teams create work that lands commercially and feels human.
As an MD, I set vision and strategy, grew revenues, and built people-cultures where ambitious standards and good humour could coexist, and performance could scale.
Today, I partner with leaders who want clearer direction, stronger propositions, better pitches, calmer delivery and teams that pull in the same direction.
I bring boardroom-level thinking with sleeves-rolled-up pragmatism: aligning stakeholders, sharpening messaging, and turning complex programmes into confident, well-run experiences that deliver measurable results.
Think: big standards, big clarity, and the kind of BIGHUMANENERGY that makes teams and clients want to work together again.
