The Wyrd Team

Broughton Sanctuary has been Roger Tempest’s family home for 32 generations. With over 900 years of history resting on his shoulders he has one main mission in life: to secure its future.

In the late 1980s, aged 25, Roger unexpectedly took on the role of custodian, ending his blossoming career on Fleet Street. Working to make a success of the Estate, Roger created a plan that blended conservation, enterprise and innovation to regenerate not just Broughton Hall but the community around it.

His appointments range from executive chairman of a national infrastructure development project in Libya, on a board of an international homeless charity to being a joint founder of Wyrd Experience and running a group of companies within Rural Concepts Group specialising in rural regeneration.

He has co-founded a number of organizations including Wyrd Experience, Wyrd Technologies, Science and Consciousness conferences, Ubiquity University, the Center for Human Emergence (Netherlands), and Engage!. He trains and supports government ministers and CEOs in transformative leadership.

He has facilitated integral change processes in multinational corporations, government ministries, and in multi-stakeholder initiatives with global players. He has been an environmental activist and spent many years in the non-profit sector including leading international youth training programs for the Council of Europe.

He is a recognized expert in the field of evolutionary systems dynamics and Spiral Dynamics Integral in particular. He has published four books: Evolutionary Leadership, Why Work?, Leading from the Field and Volution. He has a PhD from Ubiquity University’s Wisdom School in Volution Theory, and a MSc from the University of Edinburgh in Human Ecology. See https://petermerry.org.

He is the software lead for the Wyrdoscope and part of the research team, looking into psi phenomena and consciousness in general. He is a senior specialist for mission control systems and satellite test systems and has worked in various aerospace companies for several missions from ESA (European Space Agency) and DLR (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt). He holds a MSc in computer science and is a member of the British Computing Society.

He holds a teacher degree (Shidoshi) in Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu (japanese martial arts), which he trains in since 2001, and in the associated medicine Amatsu Ryoho. He has qualifications in western therapies (massage, NLP master practitioner) and has worked with psycho-kinesiology, EMDR, systemic therapies and several shamans.

 

He came into contact with Integral Metatheory in 2007, which is now an important backbone and framework for living, research, teaching, treatment and work. He gave several workshops and talks about Integral Metatheory and together with a friend created the Amatsu Tatara Shinden system, which combines the Integral with the japanese martial arts and medicine knowledge and which is the basis for the Science & Consciousness of the Self course on Ubiquity University, where he is a core faculty member.

His mission is to be a part of healing the fractures in today’s methodologies, from science to holistic wisdom, from technology to consciousness, from splintered, fragmented knowledge to fully integral (w)holism.

 

She is a PhD psychology candidate and consciousness researcher focused on psi phenomena and sensitivity.

On a mission to promote the innate ‘magic’ of highly sensitive people, she blends cutting-edge science and depth psychology with esoteric wisdom.

Chief Research Wyrdo

Kirsty actively researches with both children and adults exploring psi phenomena (psychic) experiences, in relation to altered states of consciousness, creativity, empathy and wellbeing. Her mission is to leverage this vantage sensitivity to establish reliable and accessible practices for a range of applications supporting healing, transpersonal understanding and ethical decision-making. She is a certified professional coach to highly sensitive people, therapist, has published a self-help book (IF) and is the founding member of The IF Crowd.

He is a seasoned technology leader with over 20 years of IT experience, specializing in AI integration and scalable web solutions. As Chief Web Wyrdo, he oversees the web ecosystem of Wyrd, managing all web-based integrations, device data synchronization, community platforms, e-commerce systems, and cloud infrastructure that powers Wyrd’s applications.

With extensive experience in cloud architecture and distributed systems, Richard brings deep expertise in building high-performance, scalable solutions that can grow seamlessly with user demands. His approach combines Lean methodologies with practical problem-solving, ensuring robust and efficient systems that deliver exceptional user experiences while maintaining technical excellence.

 

His mission at Wyrd is to create a powerful, interconnected web ecosystem that seamlessly unites users, devices, and data. Richard designs and implements cloud-native architectures that enable real-time data processing, secure device integration, and scalable community platforms, supporting Wyrd’s expanding global community and growing suite of innovative tools.

Jericca Cleland is an independent writer-director, cinematographer, and CCO of award-winning Danish animation studio Nørlum Entertainment and Canadian IP development studio Oridian Entertainment. She began her film career at Pixar, where she designed camera and staging for Toy Story 2 and Finding Nemo. She left to pursue writing and directing her own projects, which has led her to work in a wide range of media and formats including computer animation, 2D animation, live action, mixed media, documentary, short film, series, and feature. She also contributed to the Oscar-nominated films Wolfwalkers and The Breadwinner.

Known internationally as a narrative alchemist and story-driven filmmaker, Jericca’s primary intention is to create rich worlds and entertaining stories that touch the heart and shift our relationship to nature and to each other. She joins Wyrd to contribute to all things story and lore related, weaving in some magic and delight into the experiences.