About Leading Intelligence
Where Performance Craft Meets Leadership
Leading Intelligence helps experts, managers, and leaders communicate clearly and lead well. Our methods draw on experiential learning, psychology, and the discipline of live performance.
Founder & Lead Facilitator
Diana Brittain
My work is about growing human potential. I love the moment someone has an insight, discovers something new about how they lead or speak, and starts improving right there in the room.
I spent many years working with children, families, and educators because so many of our core skills and our view of the world take shape early. That work was about empowering young people for life. Now I bring it to adults, because the world keeps changing and the skills we learned early need to grow and change along with it.
Today I work with legal, healthcare, education, and technical professionals, helping them build the skills to lead, present, and solve problems in a changing world.
I'm an award-winning international speaker, and I placed 11th of more than 30,000 contestants in the World Championship of Public Speaking.
Our Approach
Leaders learn by doing, so every session is a rehearsal.
We turn training rooms into practice labs. People work on the real presentations, meetings, and conversations ahead of them, get direct feedback, and leave with tools they use the next morning.
Practice Over Theory
Live drills and rehearsal instead of slides and lectures.
Real Situations
Built around what your people actually face, not generic scenarios.
Tools That Last
Scripts, checklists, and playbooks that keep working after we leave.
Ps Q at the Core
Every program builds the ability to recognize, identify, and manage the real problem.
Beyond the Training Room
Curious, not combative.
More than a survivor
I also bring Margaret "Molly" Brown to life in keynotes and workshops on leadership, speaking up, and creating change. Surviving the Titanic was the least interesting thing about her. As a docent at the Molly Brown House Museum, I've spent years with her real story, and it still shows people how to lead when it matters.
The Denver Philosophy Group
Since 2019, I have hosted the Denver Philosophy Group, a free monthly conversation for curious people of any background. It began as a gift for my mother, who loved philosophy. Today more than 1,000 people follow along to explore questions about consciousness, technology, leadership, and hope. Listening is valued as much as speaking.
Out on the bike
When I'm not in a training room, you'll find me cycling. This summer I rode over 1,000 miles on my Class 1 e-bike.
Questions
About Leading Intelligence
Who founded Leading Intelligence?
Leading Intelligence was founded by Diana Brittain, a leadership and communication trainer with more than 20 years of experience using interactive storytelling and theatre to build social, emotional, and problem-solving skills.
Where is Leading Intelligence based?
Leading Intelligence is based in Denver, Colorado, and works with organizations on-site nationwide and virtually.
Who do you work with?
Legal, healthcare, education, and technical professionals who need to communicate complex work clearly and lead through other people.
What makes the approach different?
Sessions are built as rehearsal rather than lecture. Leaders practice the real conversations and presentations ahead of them and leave with practical tools they can use right away.
Does Diana speak at conferences and events?
Yes. Diana delivers keynotes and workshops with live demonstrations for conferences, leadership retreats, and offsites.
Live or Virtual
Let's Talk About Your Team.
Book a call and we'll shape coaching or a program around the challenges your leaders are facing right now. After the call, you'll get a written proposal with pricing within 48 hours.