Jarell Bempong is a transformational leader, intersectional therapist, cultural futurist, and the visionary founder of Bempong Talking Therapy™—a trailblazing approach that fuses psychotherapy, systems coaching, cultural strategy, and AI ethics to redesign the very architecture of inclusion.
As a Black, gay, neurodivergent man raised at the intersection of ancestral truth and institutional exclusion, Jarell’s lived experience is not a footnote—it’s the force. After confronting the limitations of conventional therapy and performative DEI models, he stopped shrinking to fit colonial systems and began crafting entirely new ones. From this decision emerged the Inclusive Culture Initiative™, a multi-award-nominated, framework-led transformation programme that helps organisations restructure from the inside out—strategically, systemically, and soulfully.
His signature framework, Intersectional Cultural Consciousness™ (ICC™), now serves as a diagnostic and redesign methodology for organisations across corporate, public, and educational sectors. ICC™ doesn’t just uplift representation—it reconfigures power. Powered by Sage™, Jarell’s ethical AI Liberation Engine built with no-code tools and ICC training data, organisations are now able to measure bias, burnout, and belonging in real-time—making inclusion tangible, relational, and transformational.
Client impact includes:
Havas – 38% drop in burnout; 22% increase in BIPOC staff retention
HN Wines – 76% rise in DEI engagement; 41% reduction in recruitment bias
Alstom UK & I – 90+ leaders ICC-trained; culture redesign across six regions
Transformative tools include:
The Power Pyramid™ – leadership privilege diagnostic & transformation map
The Intersectional Superpowers™ Atlas – turning identity into strategy
Choose Your Spiral™ Map – trauma-responsive transformation roadmap
Soul Technology™ – workplace healing that roots in culture, not pathology
The 14D Identity Matrix™ – helping individuals and institutions decode intersectional identity with nuance
The Monte Carlo Superpower Simulator™ – applying probabilistic modelling to leadership growth and decision-making
Spiral Feedback Reports™ – turning therapy and coaching data into cultural insight and systemic redesign
These tools are now embedded in boardrooms, therapy rooms, and learning environments—shaping the future of well-being, systemic leadership, and inclusive design.
Jarell’s influence extends beyond direct practice. As the bestselling author of White Talking Therapy Can’t Think in Black, the creator of the Spiral Loop of Liberation™, and the founder of Sage™—the world’s first AI-Augmented Liberation Engine—he’s redefining how we think about healing, leadership, and cultural redesign at scale.
Recognition includes:
🏆 UK Enterprise Awards – Winner: Most Transformative Mental Health Services
🏆 SME London Business Awards – Winner: Businessperson of the Year
🏅 Barclays Entrepreneur Awards – Finalist: Innovation in Health & Science
🏅 Black Tech Achievement Awards – Finalist: Entrepreneur of the Year
🏅 Inclusive Awards – Finalist: DEI Tech, Social Mobility, and Consultancy
🏅 UnderOne Awards (Warner Bros. Discovery) – Finalist: DEI Innovation
🏅 UK StartUp Awards – Finalist: Social Enterprise of the Year
He is a graduate of the NatWest Accelerator and Immerse Early Stage Incubator, selected as one of the UK’s next-generation founders driving national innovation.
Yet awards are not his metric of success. His proudest moments are quieter: when a client whispers, “I finally feel seen,” or when a CEO finally realises inclusion isn’t an initiative—it’s integrity in motion.
At the heart of it all is this truth:
Inclusion is not performance. It’s return.
Return to safety. To truth. To shared power.
And through ICC™, Sage™, and Spiral Systems, Jarell Bempong is building that return—into the very DNA of the future.
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