Science-based tools.
Proven to help you change.

Human Tools™ transform your life from where you are.
To where you want to be.

Human Tools™ work. We measure it.

79%average improvement in five days
81%less worry
75%better mood
80%better problem orientation
99.5%of participants improved
100%would recommend it

253 participants, self-reported and assessed before and after. Cohorts 4 to 11.

What people say
about Human Tools™.

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“Human Tools is truly amazing. I learnt how to figure things going on in my life. Helped change my mindset. Taught me how to train my mind to relax and improve my memory. Ryan is truly awesome.”
@fahmidajagot · on Instagram
“Mind altering. In a way that suddenly you understand the difference between thoughts and thinking.”
@safiyyapatel · on Instagram
“I truly appreciate everything Ryan has taught all of us at the human tools in Cape town. I have now learnt how to better not only my life but my kids lives too. It's been an overwhelming experience which I will never forget. To everyone out there, it's never too late to learn, no matter how young or old you are. Human tools is and will always be a life changing experience.”
@asima_rahim17 · on Instagram
“Human Tools is starting afresh. Thanks to the time I spent in the room, I started hiking (just completed hike #21), playing padel and gymming harder than I'd ever gymmed before. Thanks to the time I spent in the room, I started feeling more comfortable in my own skin. Thanks to the time I spent in the room, I learnt to catastrophize much less. Thanks to the time I spent in the room, I learnt how that whilst I cannot control others, I can control myself. The list goes on and on. Human Tools is starting life all over again but with a brand new brain.”
Experience graduate · on Instagram
“Human tools is exactly what it says it is. Ryan so expertly and effortlessly equipped me, in a short five days, with the tools I needed to "deal" or "cope" with others. The stuff they don't teach you at school, but really need to. Honestly, left on Friday a better human.”
@life_by_tix_ · on Instagram
“It has been a way to circle back to yourself, connect or reconnect with Allah, yourself and people around you. Ryan taught us to silence the voice inside so we can hear the internal and external melody.”
@hafidatalhulu · on Instagram
“Human Tools provides tools to cope with life. There are so many things going to be thrown at you, HT equips you on how to deal with them. How to deal with anxiety, how to be the version of yourself that's in a calm state because nothing can faze you.”
@tasneem2811 · on Instagram
“Human tools is what every person needs to equip themselves on how to live life without expectations and explanations. A simple everyday life tool to avoid confrontations, miscommunications, misunderstandings, misinterpretations and conflicts. Brilliant concept, and I have tried it and it works.”
@yassinsheriffuddin · on Instagram
How it works

The HUMAN method.

5 steps, built from the best-evidenced ideas in psychology: CBT, ACT, REBT and problem-solving therapy. Forty-plus frameworks, twelve primary sources, one curriculum. The H.U.M.A.N. Method.

H
Honesty

An honest look at where you really are. Your problems, your stories, what you keep avoiding.

U
Understanding

Why you do what you do. Beliefs, emotions, values and the roles you play on autopilot.

M
Mastery

The core skills. Control, thinking, deciding and solving problems with a method, not a mood.

A
Acceptance

Letting go of what was never yours to carry, so your energy goes where it works.

N
Navigation

Steering by your values. Goals that survive real life, and a daily review that keeps you on course.

Who it's for

For smart people
who aren't lazy.

01 · The leader

Founders, owners, executives

You make big calls all day, then replay them all night. You want a method for decisions and problems, not another pep talk.

02 · The high achiever

Professionals who look fine

On paper it's all working. Inside it's noise, pressure and a quiet "is this it?". You want to know what's driving you.

03 · The team

Companies that want better thinkers

You want to know how your people think, what to train first, and proof that it worked.

The idea

Most of life's problems are not personal defects.
They are a lack of skills.

What we teach · six skills, tools for life
01

Learn to learn

Pick up any skill you need, fast, for the rest of your life. Including these ones.

02

Critical thinking

Know what is actually true before you act on it. Question your own conclusions.

03

Metacognition

Watch your own thinking while it happens. Catch the bad thought before it takes over.

04

Problem solving

Find the real problem first. Then work through it with a method that works.

05

Decision making

Make the right call when you are unsure or under pressure. Then stop second guessing it.

06

Self awareness

See why you do what you do. Once you can see it, you can change it.

How to learn Human Tools™

01 · Live · in person · 5 days

The Human Tools™ Experience

Five days that change how you see yourself, other people and the world. You leave with your problems worked through, not just understood.

  • Wednesday to Sunday, 10:00 to 19:00, 50 hours live
  • Then 115 days of integration and 8 months in the Human Tools™ Forum: a 12 month programme
  • Measured before and after. Pay on results
02 · Online · 8 hours

Human Tools™ Online

One day, live, online, with a real trainer and a small group. You learn real tools and use them on your own life the same day.

  • One day, 8 hours, live, online
  • Small group, real trainer
  • Book the Experience within 14 days and it counts as your deposit
03 · For HR and leaders

For Teams

The training under every other training. Start at no cost: we measure how your team thinks, then we talk to your people.

  • Free thinking assessment for your whole team
  • Free 3 hour staff talk, plus a free 14 day course
  • Then a pilot team online, or a cohort at the Experience
04

Speaking

"The story we tell ourselves." A 3 hour interactive workshop for your team. Real work in the room, real tools to take home.

  • Interactive, not a lecture
  • Every member leaves with a tool they use that afternoon
05 · Free 4 minutes

The thinking test

Find the number one thinking error behind your problems and your clarity score. Then get tools tailored to your answers and to where you are right now.

06 · Free Live online

The Human Tools™ Class

Role Ethics: live the roles that matter most. Find the gap between what matters to you and where your attention really goes.

What happens in the room

You bring your life.
We bring the tools.

01

Bring your life

You come with everything you want to work out, let go and solve. You work on it live, in the room, guided by professional trainers.

02

Learn the tools

Interactive lectures and exercises teach science-based frameworks. You apply them to your own life, in real time, across five days.

03

Use them for life

You work through so much in five days that you leave with little left to solve. After that, you keep applying the tools.

Ryan Singlehurst, founder and lead trainer of Human Tools
Who built this

Built by someone
who needed it.

Ryan Singlehurst served in the British Parachute Regiment, then spent twenty years building companies. On paper he had everything. Then he burnt out, properly. Therapy, retreats, books: some of it helped, none of it stuck. So he built the tools nobody gave him.

20years building companies
9countries
$150mraised, deployed and spent
1,350+people trained
His past companies, on the record
PAY ON
RESULTS
Our guarantee · The Human Tools™ Experience

If it doesn't work,
you don't pay.

You pay a deposit to hold your seat. We test you before day one and again on day five, with four validated tests for worry, mood, thinking errors and how you face problems. Improve on any one of them and the balance is due. Improve on none, and your deposit comes back in full. Attend all five days and do the work, and the risk is ours.

Good to know

Questions
people ask.

Is this therapy?

No. It is education. Practical skills for thinking, deciding and solving problems. No diagnosis, no treatment. Tools.

Should I start online or go straight to the Experience?

If you already know you want the five days, go straight in. If you want to see the trainer, the tools and how we work first, do the 8 hours online. Most people who do go on to the Experience.

Will I have to share personal things?

No. You decide what you share, when, and with whom. What is said in the room stays in the room.

Where is it held?

The Human Tools™ centre at 317 Albert Road, Woodstock, Cape Town, plus cohorts in other cities. See the event dates. Flights and accommodation are not included.

One more thing

There is nothing wrong with you.
You have a skills gap.

Four minutes tells you where yours is. A twenty minute call tells you how to close it.