How can leaders unlock innovation?

David Colgate, NKD’s Chief Innovation Officer, shares his perspective, offering three core ideas for how leaders could shift innovation up a gear and invest in meaningful change.

When your people know how to access, own, and apply the best of themselves, it fosters innovation. Personal Effectiveness is a win-win for both your business, and its people.

But how?

Explore more below.

With many businesses imposing strict RTO mandates, often at the cost of employee engagement, how can leaders bring nuance to the conversation and prioritise outcomes over office hours?

As 2025 gets underway, it’s not just resilience, adaptability and innovation that leaders will need to thrive. From navigating the ‘EX Winter’, to putting happiness on the agenda and building sustainable supply chains – discover how senior leaders can rise to the challenges of the future.

We want to make the world of work better for you, your people, your customers and your business. That’s why we’re offering you and your team an opportunity to work together with NKD consultants to get under the hood of your people problems.

Find out how a Discovery Lab can do just that.

Facilitation skills can be a total game-changer for employees and their businesses.

Much more than just learning how to host – facilitation skills teach people to empower their teams, positively resolve conflicts, foster inclusivity, and build environments where creativity and innovation can thrive.

The hashtag #QuietQuitting has recently exploded on social media. While quiet quitting may be a social media trend, declining employee engagement is a real issue with significant impacts on wellbeing and company performance. In our new blog we explore some causes and solutions to improve employee engagement.

At NKD we’re motivated by making the world of work better, but we also know that this can’t happen without taking care of our planet first.

Explore what leaders can do to embed sustainability at every touch point.

A survey from Gallup revealed that 86% of employees think their bosses are uninspiring… yikes. Yet, managers who adopt a coaching approach are consistently rated highly by their peers.

Learn more about coaching and why it’s the superpower your managers might be missing.