Dr Tony Bradshaw set up Biosocius in 2015 and MyFuturePlan in 2018 and has since worked with more than 1000 individuals across around 100 organisations in biotechnology, academia and the wider bioscience ecosystem.
Bioscience Career Development Grounded in Self - Awareness
Biosocius helps people working in bioscience understand how they can make their best contribution, develop in their current role and decide what they want from the next stage of their career.
I established Biosocius in 2015 and MyFuturePlan in 2018. Over the past 15 years I have coached and supported the development of more than 1,000 people across around 100 biotechnology and bioscience organisations.
MyFuturePlan combines career coaching with behavioural insight and psychometric profiling to help people understand their strengths, development priorities and career possibilities.
Make more of where you are — and work out where you want to go next.
Different thinking matters in science
Science and innovation need people who see things differently.
One area I am increasingly interested in is how different ways of thinking, including neurodiversity, contribute to R&D environments — and how career development and workplaces can better recognise those strengths.
This develops naturally from my work over many years using behavioural profiling to explore individual differences, collaboration and innovation.
I approach this as a coach with extensive experience of bioscience careers and development. I am not a clinician or specialist neurodiversity practitioner, and this work is not intended to provide diagnosis, therapy or clinical support.
It is also an area in which I want to continue learning, and I am interested in connecting with researchers and others exploring neurodiversity, careers and innovation in scientific environments.
Making career development more accessible
Access to good career support should not depend entirely on who can afford it.
Alongside differentiated rates for self-funded and organisation-funded coaching, each year I offer 10 fully funded one-hour career development coaching sessions to early-career bioscientists who might otherwise struggle to access specialist support.
These are genuine coaching sessions, not introductory sales calls, and there is no obligation to undertake further coaching.
I particularly want these sessions to be accessible to neurodivergent bioscientists and others who may face additional barriers to career development.
What is MyFuturePlan?
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MyFuturePlan is a career and personal-development approach designed specifically for people working in bioscience.
It starts with self-awareness: understanding how your behavioural preferences, technical capabilities, experience and ambitions combine to shape the way you work and the contribution you can make.
The aim is not necessarily to change jobs.
You may want to become more effective in your current role, prepare for greater responsibility or promotion, explore other possibilities within your organisation, or decide that the time is right for a bigger change.
MyFuturePlan helps you think those questions through.
Other Services
MyFuturePlan
Individual
Expanding upon the main MyFuturePlan programme, MFP Individual provides a deeper dive into areas such as emotional intelligence and personal resilience supported by psychometric tools. The sessions often follow MFP1 & 2 but you can access directly individual coaching which is delivered online.
An important part of the business has been working directly with CEOs of small biotechnology companies to develop staff engagement strategies. This work draws on the combination of bioscience-sector knowledge, coaching experience, organisational insight and an understanding of the challenges facing growing biotechnology companies.
Staff Engagement Strategy
Coach Approach
My approach to coaching was formed during the Henley Business School Certificate in Coaching in 2012 (Grade A+). I have subsequently trained with Nancy Kline in Time to Think and am a Firework licensed coach.
Everyone brings a different combination of strengths, experience, personality and ambition to their work.
My role as a coach is to help you understand that combination more clearly and use it to make better decisions about your development and career.
I have worked in bioscience for nearly 40 years and have coached and supported people across the biotechnology sector for the past 15 years. I particularly enjoy working with people in the earlier stages of their careers, when relatively small increases in self-awareness and confidence can have a significant and lasting impact.
Psychometric assessment is used where it adds value, particularly to explore personality, behavioural preferences, emotional intelligence and personal resilience.
10 Fully Funded Sessions Each Year
I offer 10 fully funded one-hour career development coaching sessions each year for early-career bioscientists who might otherwise have difficulty accessing specialist coaching.
I particularly welcome interest from neurodivergent early-career bioscientists and others who may experience additional barriers to accessing career-development support.
These are genuine one-hour coaching sessions, not introductory sales calls.
No psychometric is included and there is no obligation to undertake further coaching.
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