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Shona Wylie

Observer · DISC type ic
Co-Founder at The Future In Mind
📍 Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Shona Wylie is the Co-Founder of The Future In Mind, specializing in enhancing team and leadership performance through psychological safety. With a career spanning two decades in HR leadership at organizations like Volvo Trucks, she focuses on shifting organizational culture from intention to action. Colleagues describe her as engaging and diligent.

Shona brings a creative, honest, and fun approach to her development work. She embraces stepping out of her comfort zone for public speaking engagements and shares her experiences with a sense of humor, including reflections on making bold wardrobe choices for industry events.

During a recent five-minute talk at a DisruptHR event, Shonas presentation on psychological safety made the room full of HR leaders gasp… twice.

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Experience
18 Years
Current Role
Co-Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Personality Overview

How Shona shows up

Value Driven
Curious
Assertive

They are generally strong communicators and are not easy to convince. They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing. They are likely to ask many questions and look heavily for supporting information.

Priorities

Topics Shona cares about

Psychological Safety
This is her core professional focus. She co-founded her company to help organizations build trust and create environments where people feel safe to speak up and contribute fully.
Leadership Development
Her work at The Future In Mind and her previous senior roles at Volvo have centered on developing leadership capabilities and creating high-performing teams.
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Career

Work history

1-2024
Co-Founder
The Future In Mind
10-2020 - 12-2023
Global People & Organisational Development Specialist
Volvo Trucks
5-2019 - 10-2020
People and Organisational Development Director
Volvo Group Australia
12-2018 - 5-2019
Vice President Human Resources
Volvo Group Australia
6-2018 - 11-2018
Senior Human Resources Business Partner
Volvo Group Australia
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
Diploma in Executive Coaching
Academy of Executive Coaching (AoEC)
Postgraduate
Glasgow Caledonian University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Influence (I)

Influence (I) reflects the degree to which a person prefers to work by influencing or persuading others. Those scoring high tend to be people oriented, motivated by social recognition and building relationships.

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