Built from experience. Designed for the future of work.
Built from experience. Designed for the future of work.
Everything we've built started with one question.
Why do capable people continue to struggle in modern work despite more training than ever before?
Modern Life Skills Academy exists to close that gap. We help organisations understand people better, develop capability that matters and create workplaces where individuals and businesses thrive.
— OUR JOURNEY
Our story
Modern Life Skills Academy didn't begin with a business plan.
It began with decades spent watching capable people struggle — not because they lacked intelligence or ambition, but because nobody had ever taught them the practical skills needed to navigate modern life and work.
Across construction, engineering, elite sport, leadership and organisational development, we repeatedly saw the same pattern. Businesses invested heavily in technical training. Yet people still struggled with pressure, communication, resilience, leadership, change and wellbeing.
We realised the gap wasn't technical. It was human.
So we built the system we wished existed.
— THE TIMELINE
How MLSA was built
30+ Years Operational Leadership
Leading projects, teams and businesses across the UK.
Academic Research
Advanced studies in leadership and sustainable management.
Published Books
Two books exploring human behaviour, systems and modern life.
2025 Business Wales Accelerator
Selected for the AGP Start-Up Accelerator to scale our vision.
2026 CPD Accredited Provider
Accredited by The CPD Standards Office for quality and professional development.
Today Human Capability Intelligence™ Platform
A workforce intelligence platform built to help people and organisations thrive.
— THE TEAM
Meet the founders
Ian Price CMgr FCMI
Builder. Leader. Researcher. Author.
With over three decades leading projects and teams across construction, engineering and environments where performance matters, Ian has seen first-hand how human factors shape every outcome.
Driven by a passion to understand why people behave, think and perform the way they do, he returned to university to study Sustainable Leadership and completed postgraduate research into the human side of performance.
Ian is the author of two published books and continues to study, research and challenge the way learning is designed and delivered.
Ashton Hewitt
Athlete. Leader. Advocate. Connector.
As a former elite professional rugby player, Ashton experienced the highest standards of performance, teamwork and leadership.
Beyond sport, his work in equality, inclusion and mental wellbeing has given him a deep understanding of what creates belonging, resilience and high-performing cultures.
Today, Ashton helps organisations build environments where people feel valued, communicate openly and perform at their best.
— OUR VALUES
What we believe
People before process.
We start with people, because systems are only as strong as the people behind them.
Learning should change behaviour.
We design learning that is practical, relevant and applied in real life.
Evidence matters.
Everything we do is informed by research, experience and real-world data.
Leadership is learned.
Great leaders aren't born, they develop mindsets, skills and self-awareness.
Prevention beats reaction.
We help organisations identify gaps early and build resilience for the future.
Performance and wellbeing go hand in hand.
Healthy people build high-performing, sustainable organisations.
— OUR DIFFERENCE
Why organisations choose us
— Our Mission
Teach the systems behind the work.
Building in public
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Piloting our diagnostic with leading organisations -
Conducting research with universities -
Developing the next generation of the dashboard -
Creating AI-powered learning recommendations -
Expanding our CPD-accredited course library -
Growing our community of learners and leaders
We're only getting started
— WHAT WE STAND FOR
Our manifesto
Practical systems for modern life, performance, and wellbeing. Books, courses, and corporate programmes built from three decades of real leadership and delivery experience.