SUSIE BRAAM
Susie Braam is a highly accomplished leader and expert in corporate transformation and innovation, specialising in advising and coaching executives and leadership teams on driving organisational change and fostering a culture of innovation.
With a distinguished career in UK National Security, Susie has held pivotal roles as Head of Innovation, leading groundbreaking initiatives and delivering exceptional results.
Regularly sharing insights through blogging and speaking engagements, Susie is a recognised contributor to the ongoing discourse on innovation, strategy and leadership.
WORK WITH SUSIE
Susie works as an independent advisor and coach with leaders and leadership teams seeking organisational renewal. Her work includes: the development of strategy, innovation portfolios and pipelines; establishing innovation governance and coaching investment boards; and innovation culture and leadership alignment.
Susie’s approach is collaborative. She works alongside her clients as a thinking partner, critical friend, and coach - drawing on her experience while recognising that her clients know their organisation far better that she ever could. She sees her role as accelerating her clients’ progress and helping them to avoid common pitfalls, not to impose solutions from outside.
Susie's easy and engaging style is perfect for formal and informal events, such as corporate events or dinners, conferences, guest lectures, podcasts and panel discussions. She can talk about any aspect of leadership and innovation, as well as sharing more personal reflections from her unusual career.
Speaker topics include:
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Innovation is High Risk, Right?
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Corporate Inertia and the Silent Killers of Innovation
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Finding and Nurturing your Organisational Catalysts
Susie’s speaking engagements are managed by Chartwell Speakers. Enquire here.
Susie Braam and Katie Careless established Yellow Cat Innovation to help innovation teams who are transforming their organisations from within. Yellow Cat provides training and coaching to innovation teams and leaders who want to adopt a more disciplined approach by learning more about innovation methodologies. Topics include: experimentation, customer discovery, innovation risk, business and mission model thinking, value proposition design. Learn more.
Susie is experienced in working with executive and leadership teams to make sense of, and improve, their dynamics and alignment. As an ICQ Global certified practitioner, Susie combines specialist tools with appreciative enquiry and coaching to help shift teams into high performance and growth. Please get in contact to learn more.
