A few examples of the projects we have accomplished with bold and ambitious enterprises at the nexus of leadership, innovation, and systemic change—to drive high-impact transformation from the outside in and inside out.
Example Projects In Leadership Development
Unilever
Global Multinational FMCG Company
Design a scaleable leadership development and culture change program to unlock radical collaboration, empowerment, and experimentation within the top 10,000 leaders worldwide and beyond—blending our transformational leadership and change approaches (incl. upskilling HRDs and spreading transformational tools).
Smucker's
Global FMCG Company (North America Division)
Working with the Senior Leadership Team across the USA to unlock personal leadership purpose and the business purpose of the petfoods division and connect the two together—leveraging elements of our transformational leadership curriculum and business purpose toolset.
Intel
Global High-Tech Company, EMEA
Design and deliver across multiple years a pan-European program for senior leaders across 20+ countries to develop next-level, technology-inspired leadership skills and qualities to maintain market leadership against new competitors—leveraging conscious leadership, purposeful leadership, influential leadership (storytelling), and creative leadership modules of our transformational leadership programs
HSBC
Global Bank International Division
Build the capacity of 30+ HSBC Group CEOs to lead breakthrough innovation in their countries and regions whilst developing their relational intelligence and leadership capabilities to resolve interpersonal and cross-functional conflicts—leveraging our transformational leadership curriculum and elements of our transformational innovation process and toolset.
VMware
High Tech Company (China Region)
Design and deliver experiential leadership and innovation program to reduce interpersonal conflicts, increase senior leadership team collaboration, and unlock regional business transformation.
Zalando
Tech Company (Global)
Design and deliver highly-experiential leadership and innovation program to harness Artificial Intelligence across all functions aimed at emerging leaders and top talent.
Walmart/Asda
Major Retailer (UK Division)
Design and deliver distinct leadership programs to engage and empower top talent across middle management and the senior leadership team in the opportunities and capabilities for innovation, creativity, and digital transformation—leveraging key elements from our transformational leadership programs and curriculum.
Kellogg's
Global FMCG Company (EMEA)
Design and deliver leadership program for the senior leadership team and Board to shift culture, mindsets, and behaviors towards agility and psychological safety—leveraging key elements from our transformational leadership programs and curriculum
Syngenta
Multinational Agri-Science Company (Middle-East & Africa Division)
Designed and delivered a leadership program for Syngenta’s AME Business Unit Leadership Team to unlock transformational leadership and sustainable innovation—whilst deepening self-awareness, self-mastery, and interpersonal communication, trust, and emotional safety.
“Switch On Leadership made a pronounced and profound impact. Exceptional.”
CEO, HSBC
Example Projects In Innovation Leadership & Advisory
Genentech
Global Biotech Company (Silicon Valley)
Working with C-Suite leaders to develop systemic and breakthrough innovations in healthcare delivery in the complex US sector beyond R&D—leveraging our transformational innovation process, toolset, and experiential workshops.
Nesta
National Innovation Fund
Design and prototype a digital social and systemic innovation platform that can engage high-impact changemakers in collaborative action—leveraging our unique transformational innovation process and toolkit.
Lendlease
Construction & Property Company (European Region)
Innovate new business models for commercial property with cross-functional engagement with final deliverable a multi-stakeholder innovation roadmap—leveraging our transformational innovation process and toolkit.
Zalando
Tech Company (Global)
Design and deliver highly-experiential leadership and innovation program to harness Artificial Intelligence across all functions aimed at emerging leaders and top talent—leveraging key elements from our transformational leadership programs and transformational innovation process.
UK Green Building Council
Industry Sustainability Non-Profit
Design and co-facilitate a cross-sector and collaborative systemic innovation lab process to ideate breakthrough, systemic, and sustainable innovations, whilst cultivating and driving collaborative activities between major member companies (e.g. Canary Wharf Group and Marks & Spencers)—leveraging our transformational innovation approach.
Novartis
Global Pharmaceutical Company
Design and facilitate a disruptive innovation process to unlock breakthrough ideas for non-pharmaceutical healthcare solutions bringing together multiple internal functions and external industry partners—and supporting the internal innovation function across the global business to become more influential a change leaders—leveraging our transformational innovation process and transformational leadership programs.
Diageo
Global Drinks Business
Design a multi-stakeholder purpose-led approach to drive social innovation ideas and impact across the supply chain in Brazil whilst growing the value of the brand and business—harnessing our transformational innovation process and systemic change tools.
BBC Knowledge & Learning
Global Content Organization
Design and deliver a multi-stakeholder, participatory design approach to co-create the user experience and personal development journeys of a major multimedia app intended to make available the BBC’s 100+ year content library to all for lifelong learning—harnessing our transformational innovation process and experience design approach.
Tech Nation
Government Technology Agency
Engage innovative start-ups and scale-ups from across the region to form a unique narrative to compete on a global scale for inward investment and high-value customers—leveraging our transformational innovation process and multi-stakeholder engagement approach.
Innovate UK
Government Innovation Agency
Engage innovative start-ups and corporate innovation teams from across an entire system to input their insights and knowledge into a long-term sustainable innovation strategy for the industry—leveraging our transformational innovation process and multi-stakeholder engagement approach.
“Huge impact! Outstanding framework and powerful tools.”
President, Kellogg’s North America
Example Projects In Systemic Change
Green Building Council
Industry Sustainability Non-Profit
Design and co-facilitate a cross-sector and collaborative systemic innovation lab process to ideate breakthrough, systemic, and sustainable innovations, whilst cultivating and driving collaborative activities between major member companies (e.g. Canary Wharf Group and Marks & Spencers)—leveraging our transformational innovation process and systemic change approach.
Oxfam
Major Global Non-Profit
Design, prototype, and implement a social innovation lab for new forms of campaigning, activism, and influencing in the inequality and social justice space across the globe, engaging multiple internal and external stakeholders—leveraging elements of our unique transformational innovation process and toolkit.
Tech Nation
Government Technology Agency
Engage innovative start-ups and scale-ups from across the region to form a unique narrative to compete on a global scale for inward investment and high-value customers—leveraging our transformational innovation process and multi-stakeholder systemic change approach.
Innovate UK
Government Innovation Agency
Engage innovative start-ups and corporate innovation teams from across an entire system to input their insights and knowledge into a long-term sustainable innovation strategy for the industry—leveraging our transformational innovation process and multi-stakeholder systemic change approach.
Genentech
Global Biotech Company
Working with C-Suite leaders to develop systemic and breakthrough innovations in healthcare delivery in the complex US sector beyond R&D—leveraging our transformational innovation process and systemic change approach.
Nesta
National Innovation Fund
Design and prototype a digital social and systemic innovation platform that can engage high-impact changemakers in collaborative action—leveraging our unique transformational innovation process and toolkit.
ECIS
Global Education Non-Profit
Design and deliver a process to support the Senior Leadership Team to engage diverse stakeholders to co-develop a purpose-driven business, brand, and communications strategy to adapt to the fast-changing international education system—harnessing our transformational innovation process and systemic change approach.
EDF Energy
Global Energy Business
Design and deliver a systemic and disruptive innovation process to develop electricity-driven products and services for consumers— leveraging our transformational innovation process and systemic change approach.
Green Building Council
Industry Sustainability Non-Profit
Long-term partnership to co-create an “Emerging Leaders” program blending leadership development, peer-to-peer coaching, and sustainable innovation project fieldwork for future leaders and high-performing talent across the built environment system—leveraging key elements from our transformational leadership programs, transformational innovation process, and Leadership Coaching Kit
Oxfam
Global Non-Profit (Africa)
Design and deliver a leadership program for Oxfam's corporate and program leaders across Africa to accelerate innovation and impact—harnessing our changemaker capacity-building curriculum and our transformational leadership approach.
Rockefeller Foundation
Global Non-Profit
Facilitate a multi-stakeholder Innovation Forum and Summit around tech-driven solutions to scale impact—harnessing our transformational innovation process and systemic change approach.
World Wildlife Foundation
International Environmental Non-Profit
Design and deliver a systemic innovation process to ideate, conceptualize, and communicate to stakeholders and influencers low- and zero-carbon public transport ideas— leveraging our transformational innovation process and systemic change approach.