Innovation Through Design Thinking 

Academic Focus

Learn from one of the globe’s top 50 thinkers in the field of Management. Professor Birkinshaw is a leading authority on disruption and renewal in established firms, consulting to executives around the world.

Recent Clients

Rio Tinto, ABN Amro, UBS, Tata Group, Exxon.

Experience

He has written 15 books, including the recently published Fast/Forward with Jonas Ridderstrale, which offers companies a set of guidelines for how to respond to disruption. He is regularly quoted in international media outlets, including CNN, the BBC, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post, Businessweek and The Times. His combination of academic prowess and real-world experience as a world-class consultant and practitioner will give you unparalleled insight into the world of disruption. Professor Birkinshaw’s other areas of expertise include the strategy and organisation of large corporations, specifically corporate entrepreneurship, strategic agility and headquarters-subsidiary relationships.

Experience

Mary is a strategic consultant, specialising in innovation and brands. Her independent consultancy, Innovation Kinetics, helps clients spark growth at the front end of innovation, from strategy to idea generation and concept development. She spans multiple sectors from food, healthcare and travel to education, public sector and Not for Profit. Repeat clients include multibillion-pound global companies like GSK Consumer Healthcare and Givaudan. She is a Trustee on the board of an International Development charity.

Prior to consultancy, Mary held the position of Innovation Director at AkzoNobel (formerly ICI), the world’s largest paint and coatings company, where she worked across Europe, Asia, USA and Latin America. As Head of Innovation for Dulux in the UK, she launched a portfolio of new products and services, including many multimillion-pound global successes. Her academic education includes a first class degree in Chemistry from Trinity College, Dublin and an MSc.

Mary is an experienced facilitator and has worked with LBS since 2013, contributing to LBS Executive Education programmes on strategy and innovation.

Experience

Nathalie is an experienced facilitator working in Executive Education at London Business School since 2014. Her experience at LBS includes the Senior Executive Programme and Executing Strategy for Results, as well as a number of Custom Programmes including ING, Ericsson and ETISALAT.

Over the last 18 years, Nathalie has specialized in facilitation of Leadership Development programmes and Executive Coaching. She regularly facilitates and coaches senior teams up to Board level on organisational challenges such as strategy development, change management and leadership. She facilitates learning groups on several online Leadership programmes on the EMERITUS School of Management. She is lead facilitator for Women Returners, helping senior professionals navigate the challenges of resuming their careers after a significant break in Top 250 UK companies, including investment banks, government organisations and multi-nationals

Nathalie’s earlier career was in management consultancies Arthur D. Little (UK and Singapore) and Andersen Consulting (UK and Australia) where she focused on strategy and organizational change. Diploma in Clinical Organisational Psychology and an MBA, both from INSEAD.