ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jonathan Hoban is the founder of Sensitivity Management, a framework designed to help individuals, teams, and organisations transform sensitivity from a perceived weakness into a conscious strength. As a workplace wellbeing specialist and expert speaker, Jonathan works with leaders and teams to improve confidence, resilience, communication, focus, and leadership in high-pressure environments.
He is a published author with Hodder & Stoughton and has been featured across major national media, including BBC London News, ITV, and leading publications such as The Times, The Telegraph, The Guardian, and Psychologies.
Jonathan has delivered impactful talks and workshops for organisations including Warner Bros, the Department for Transport, Chubb, RSA Insurance Group, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Block Recruit, and Foundever.
His expertise has been featured by BBC London News, ITV, and leading publications such as The Times, The Telegraph, The Guardian, and Psychologies, among many others. He is also a published author with Hodder & Stoughton.
Through Sensitivity Management, is redefining how organisations recognise, reframe, and harness sensitivity as a strategic advantage, strengthening well-being, performance, and connection.
MY STORY: WHAT LED ME TO DEVELOP SENSITIVITY MANAGEMENT
After a period of loss, bereavement and burnout, I uncovered an underlying factor that amplified every setback.
MY SENSITIVITY.
The truth is that many of us still do not fully understand our sensitivity, or the impact it has on our lives. Many of us struggle to name it and openly admit, “I’m sensitive.” Because of this, we often fail to recognise the influence it has in ways that either hold us back, or prevent us from thriving.
I came to realise that without a deeper understanding of our sensitivity, it disempowers us. We feel powerless when we lack knowledge of its makeup. But by connecting with it, fully embracing it, and learning how to manage every aspect of it, we become empowered.
AND IT WAS THIS REALISATION THAT LED ME TO DEVELOP SENSITIVITY MANAGEMENT.
Sensitivity may be suppressed, hidden, and pushed out of sight, but it is always ours to reclaim. There is a power within its evolutionary design that we can learn to harness, making it work for us rather than against us.
Through my research into sensitivity and the development of this framework, I have helped many individuals, including myself, let go of residual shame attached to it. Sensitivity Management has been designed to empower us to recognise and embrace its hidden strengths, bringing them to light and equipping us with the tools to navigate its challenges.
More than anything, I have learned that when we shift our perspective on what sensitivity means, it stops being a hindrance and becomes one of our greatest assets.
RESEARCH
My research on sensitivity draws on evolutionary psychology, attachment theory, sensory processing, allostatic load, differential susceptibility, interoception, and polyvagal theory.
This framework is grounded in clinical observation and professional practice, developed over many years of work as an integrative psychotherapist. From this experience, I have seen firsthand how sensitivity influences mental and physical health, and shapes emotional balance, regulation, behaviour, and resilience.
I re-examined established psychological models that explore interpersonal dynamics, focusing on how sensitivity, when managed effectively, strengthens connection and communication within relationships.
I also explored the effect self-regulation and energy management have on the parasympathetic nervous system, vagus nerve, and sensory systems, a central part of this framework. This made clear why sensitivity must be prioritised to improve wellbeing, focus, confidence, resilience, and sustained performance.
When sensitivity is named, rather than overlooked or hidden, only then can it be managed effectively. At that point, the benefits that come with this awareness become transformative in both personal and professional life.
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