If you want innovation, then look to the leaders in your business.
As entrepreneur, corporate advisor and business school lecturer, Charlie combines the practical experience of building a business with deep understanding of the commercial and operational complexities faced by today’s business leaders.
He helps these leaders to create a culture that unleashes innovation, and helps the innovators themselves to navigate the corporate system to deliver value from within.
Innovation Programmes
Are your innovation programmes delivering value?
Corporations and governments spend billions of dollars annually on accelerators, incubators, labs and funds, many seeing little return and frustrated employees. A laser focus on ROI can change this…
Working with an experienced, independent sounding board can be just what you need to ensure that your innovation activity is getting the results you need.
Amongst others, Charlie has helped British Gas to build the structure and capabilities to run an effective B2B innovation pipeline; The Young Foundation to upgrade and re-launch its education accelerator and investment fund with clearer purpose; and Pearson to seed and develop ventures for the customer of the future.
Delivering Corporate Innovations
Are your ideas getting to market?
Corporate structure and stakeholders drown ventures. So the team needs high levels of commitment and ownership to battle through…
Ownership comes from building something you really care about, and commitment from doing the hard yards yourself. Outsourcing your venture development work is nuts, but using the right expert to guide the team to take the right path and avoid the pitfalls can make or break it.
Charlie has guided teams in Barclays, British Gas, Pearson, BMW, Shell, Disney, Scope and Neptune Marine, to launch innovations in inclusive finance, current accounts, home energy, energy efficiency, education, safeguarding, automotive retail, logistics and warehousing, supply chain, digital retail, membership platforms, blockchain, virtual/augmented reality, and underwater welding.
Building Innovation Culture
Are your leaders creating the right environments to unleash innovation?
The world is changing at an unprecedented rate. Your business needs to access the talent and ideas of all the people in the organisation …
…giving everyone permission to improve their own jobs. A bit of guidance can help you build an organisation where staff: feel safe to take risks and explore new ideas; are more agile; and stay closely connected to the rapidly changing needs of consumers.
Amongst others, Charlie has helped Credit Union Australia to build the capability to launch ventures from within; Which? to drive innovation culture and practices throughout the organisation; and RBS to drive a bottom-up change in culture by empowering front line staff to improve their jobs.
Clients
Corporate Innovation
Charlie has worked with business leaders and intrapreneurs in these organisations:
About Charlie
Advised 100s of corporate innovators, generating £100’s millions revenue in UK, USA, India, Africa and Australia
Co-founder of two University of Oxford deep-tech spin-outs: DryGro: grows crops using 99% less water; Origen Power: economic CO2 removal at giga-tonne scale by 2030
Associate Fellow at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
A Network of Partners
Charlie draws on a network of entrepreneurs and specialists to support his work, including: Manifesto; Therapy; Cambridge Data; TIL Ventures; Purpose Done Right; Saïd Business School; Panacea Stars; Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Trust and Harwood Levitt Consulting.
Client Testimonials
Entrepreneurship
Co-Founder
Charlie is the Co-founder of two deep-tech businesses
