About Cris

Does your senior team have the right leadership skills to design and embed a culture of innovation?

“Only 32% of employees identify board-level employees as taking the lead in driving innovation in the workplace.”

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Cris doesn’t do ‘off-the-shelf’ as invariably every client has a different starting point, challenge and context but his pragmatic approach is based on genuine thought-leadership, bespoke methodology and experience working with some of the world’s most successful CEOs, leaders and organisations.

Being completely focused on flexibility in order to meet client’s needs and exceed their expectations, Cris is happy to engage with clients at any stage of their innovation maturity. From an initial innovation maturity assessment right through to executive innovation coaching or an innovation capability, culture or leadership development programme Cris prefers working alongside internal teams and resources allowing him to focus on the specific areas where he can add the most value.

Helping clients to build a culture of innovation in the fast-paced world we operate in requires multi-disciplinary expertise so Cris works with hand-picked, world-class experts in management consultancy, strategy, leadership development, HR, change management, organisational culture, employee engagement, customer experience, design and executive coaching who have all held CEO or senior level positions in national and/or global companies so understand first-hand the challenges and complexities of leading modern-day organisations.

Originally trained as a product & industrial designer, Cris spent over a decade as a successful entrepreneur & CEO building an award-winning design group. He is now recognised globally as a thought leader on strategic innovation and creating innovative organisations.

Cris is the Founder of thought leadership website The Future Shapers, Director of Innovation Consulting at Culture Consultancy, Strategic Advisor on Innovation at Wazoku and a Visiting Fellow at Cranfield School of Management and the Centre for Customised Executive Development.

Cris has also delivered executive education programmes on innovation for leading UK business schools such as Henley Business School, Southampton Business School and Cranfield University’s Centre for Competitive Creative Design as well as international business schools such as Synergy Business School in Dubai and Icesi University in Columbia.

Cris is also the author of the book ‘The Road to Innovation’ and co-author of ‘Building a Culture of Innovation’. As well as authoring numerous white papers Cris has also contributed to articles for The Times, Financial Times and The Sunday Telegraph to name but a few.

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