The Bayswater Institute
The Bayswater Institute provides a range of research, consultancy and professional development services to individuals, groups and organisations as they implement change in our complex, constantly shifting world.
KEN EASON
September 1942 – 13 February 2026
Obituary
Professor Ken Eason died on 13th February 2026, at home surrounded by his family. He was 83 years old. Ken was at one time the Director of the Bayswater Institute and at the time of his death was still very actively involved in the work of the Institute as a Senior Consultant.
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Our Approach
Values
That the rigorous development of methods in social science can assist in understanding and evaluating aspects of the complex world that we live in. That the appropriate use of methods applied in context of real world situations can provide better evidence of real outcomes for people and assist in policy and service development more effectively than mechanised and proceduralised approaches. The goal is to facilitate learning and development that delivers social impact and real outcomes for organisations, people and their families through better utilisation of resources.
Founder
Lisl Klein founded the Bayswater Institute in 1990. Before that she was Senior Social Scientist in the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations and Social Sciences Adviser to Esso Petroleum Company.
Lisl was accepted into the Academy of Social Sciences in February 2010.
She passed away peacefully on 11th December, 2015.
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Sociology & Psychology
“Working with organisations on the dilemma of structure or dynamics, the sociological or the psychological…. You have to attend to them simultaneously.”
Lisl Klein 1990
Innovation and Understanding
“We need to find ways of creating catalytic experiences that provide all concerned with the opportunity to unlearn old approaches and build new ones.”
Harold Bridger 1967
Our People
Priya Davda
CEO
Ken Eason
Executive Director (Operations Management)
William
Maton-Howarth
Executive Director (Project Development)
Simon Bell
Senior Consultant
Corinna Arndt
Associate
Paul Tucker
Intern
