Alan Heeks is the founder-trustee of the Wessex Foundation, an educational charity and 132-acre organic farm, set on the Somerset/Dorset borders, and a trained facilitator for The Natural Step. He is a noted expert in sustaining high performance at work and the clients of his consultancy, Working Vision, include 3M, Mercury, Glaxo and BP as well as small businesses and public sector bodies. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School and an MA in English from Oxford University. He lives in Hampshire in the south of England where he enjoys owning a wood.