Behave better. With anyone. In any situation.
Human beings are not broken. They are coded. Human Alchemy is the work of reading that code in a person, a team or an organisation, and rewriting the parts that are costing you.
Not self-help. A system upgrade.
30,000+
PEOPLE IN THE ROOM
7+
COUNTIRES AND REGIONS
80+
CLIENT ORGANISATIONS
20+yrs
DOING THIS WORK
WHO YOU ARE HIRING
Drew Knowles
Drew has delivered seminars, courses and keynotes to more than 30,000 people across New Zealand, Australia, the UK, Europe, Asia, Dubai and the United States, and works with leaders, high performers and whole organisations.
He is the author of The Human Alchemy Manifesto and runs the Human Alchemy Series in Queenstown and the Human Alchemy Lab in Auckland.
How organisations work with Drew
Most engagements start with a call and a diagnostic, because most organisations are solving the wrong problem.
START HERE
The diagnostic
Two to three weeks. A written read of what is actually driving behaviour, culture and outcomes — before anyone commits a budget.
45-90 minutes
Keynote or workshop
One session that changes the conversation in the room. Built to your audience rather than delivered off the shelf.
6-12 MONTHS
Programmes and advisory
Leadership cohorts, executive team interventions, and private counsel one to one. Behaviour that holds after the room empties.
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The Human Alchemy Manifesto
The whole method in one sitting. It teaches you to see the conditions shaping you — clearly, compassionately, scientifically — and how to change them. This is not self-help. It is self-seeing.
Next in the room
The Augmented Human Series
With Dr. Simon McKenzie-Nickson. Thinking sharper under accelerating load and the AI age.
JUN - AUG 2026 • QUEENSTOWN
The Human Alchemy Lab
With The Attention Seeker. Small rooms, live problems.
ONGOING • AUCKLAND
The Human Alchemy Immersive
The deep end. Small group, full method, several days.
BY APPLICATION
Let’s rewrite the code.
Tell us what’s happening in your organisation. If Human Alchemy is not the right instrument, we will say so.