I bring clarity and structure to chaotic situations.
I can help you reveal possibilities and paths to move forward.
You can choose to build a beautiful business.
I can help you achieve that by delivering these cross-domain outcomes:
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Communications |
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Clear, considered and engaging vision, strategy and goals. |
Purposeful, organised, calm, and empowered work. |
Clear, appropriate and authentic conversations. |
Simple, useful and appropriate tools. |
Beautiful things that authentically reflect who you are. |
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Brainstorming sessions Brand and actions alignment – authenticity Business concept development Creative direction Problem identification and solving sessions Strategy and vision development and clarification sessions |
Business processes improvement Business requirements gathering Instruction manuals Process documentation |
Banners, signage and posters Brochures and flyers Graphic design Information architecture Information design Logos Message planning Taglines |
Content management systems and blogs Web application prototyping Web application user interfaces Website navigation design and planning Web design |
Books Display stands Exhibitions Packaging Product styling |
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Every outcome I deliver is always in context of the bigger picture of your whole business.
The high-level intrinsic benefits for your business are Innovation and Authenticity.
Innovation is being uniquely you.
INNOVATION = YOUR UNIQUENESS + YOUR INDUSTRY KNOWLEDGE + YOUR CREATIVITY + YOUR DRIVE TO EXCEL
Innovation means consciously creating and recreating the future of your business.
It is not about inventing the best mousetrap, following your competitors or producing grandiose PR.
Authenticity is being real.
AUTHENTICITY = WHO YOU ARE + WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN + WHAT YOU SAY + HOW YOU ACT
Authenticity means integrating your business personality into a consistent whole.
People want authenticity. Authenticity attracts the right people (customers, employees and suppliers), and keep them around.
Can one person really deliver such a variety of outcomes?
I have been doing it for over 10 years.
Visionary universities are starting to train people to do exactly what I do, by providing integrated training in business, design and the soft skills of listening and empathy – just like what I have been doing with my own training.
- See this BusinessWeek article about the IIT Institute of Design in Chicago, the largest graduate school of design in the US, where “graduates of ID know how to design business processes as well as products and services.”
- The University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management’s designworks™ programme partners with design consultancies like Continuum to infuse business students with design thinking so as to enable innovation.
- Open Universities Australia, in conjunction with RMIT University, offers a Masters in Design programme with business-oriented units such as Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
- An MFA (Masters of Fine Arts) is the new MBA? on IDblog. “Businesses have come to realize that the only way to differentiate their offerings is to make them beautiful and emotionally compelling — which explains why an arts degree is now a hot credential in management.”
- The Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) at TISCH.