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Strategy and OKR Consultant

Outcomes Thinking 

I help product organisations change their focus from outputs to outcomes. 

My typical clients are high-growth tech-oriented startups.  

I coach leadership teams to articulate their strategy, define persistent metrics and set powerful goals. 

Then I work with their teams to employ fast learning cycles to significantly improve their chances of delivering the outcomes the organisation and their customers need.

https://www.outcomesthinking.com/learnokr

Strategy and OKR Coach

Elsevier

At Elsevier I focused on achieving a few key goals. 
* Building organisational alignment through the implementation of OKRs
* Coaching and training product teams in outcomes planning product management techniques
* Managing the organisations largest portfolio of product investments

Achieving this has drawn on my three key work passions
* Through the implementation of OKRs I helped colleague understand the 'why?'
* Collectively we promoted inclusion and psychological safety with the teams we worked in
* I helped strengthen the bond between strategy and execution.

I also learned from working with a rapidly growing and highly capable technology organisation as part of the leadership team. 

And learned from the things I’ve tried that didn’t work and continue to do so!

Senior Portfolio Director

Program Manager

Pearson

In a technical product management role, I pioneered the use of semantic technology at Pearson, with a purpose of connecting data to provide organisational, content and customer insights. Created the strategy for linked data and formed a vision that spanned the key data that drives Pearson. 

Led a team that built the first Pearson tool to utilise semantic technology.

Head of Semantic Technology

Department head, accountable for the solution design, technical strategy, development and business fit of global content related products. Launched an image management product for educational content authors.
Accountable for three significant international digital products. Led a team of c. 45 mixed domain people.

Head of Content Management - Systems Development

Marsh

Brought on board in an interim role to kick-start the implementation of corporate web based content management systems. Accountable for re-focusing the programme and fast tracking a return on investment. Introduced Agile techniques to this inflight programme.

Provided department wide guidance on programme management best practice.

Interim Program Manager

Director level consultant, leading engagements with EMC’s highest profile clients all with budgets exceeding £1m. Consulted on transformation and change management for clients in a range of sectors, including finance, insurance and oil and gas.

Principal Consultant

Interim Project Management of a difficult IT project replacing key systems in insurance and reinsurance functions. 

Successfully re-focused scope of the project and delivered the system to pilot groups within the business.

Interim Project Manager

Envoque

Founding Partner

Strategy and Business Analyst

I am a strategy and OKR coach who helps organisations from household names to hyper-growth unicorns align and focus with OKRs. 

Do you want to connect your work to your strategy? Do you want to  focus on the things that really impact your customers, your employees and your organisation? 

If so, let’s talk.

If you want to know more about what I do, my clients can tell you better than I can.

“Collaborational, easy to work with, reliable, sticks to his words, inclusive, really values including everyone and pays attention to detail and each member of a (workshop) group”
Olivia Hupfeld, EQT Ventures describing a recent on-site workshop

“Pragmatic, hands on, flexible and business oriented expert who can apply OKR principles in a practical way to any organisation” - 
CPO, Insurtech Unicorn.

“With Ian's help we made a huge amount of progress last quarter from a standing start. The OKRs are incredibly clear and specific. We established a really good basis.”   
CEO

“Deep expertise and recognised OKR Leader”
CoS, Unicorn

"Yes, we definitely saw a difference. I would like to thank you a ton for the pro-active collaboration last year – it really helped us move forward!" - COO Unicorn Fintech

”Senior team had a range of complex personalities…. your approach was to build relationships and manage stakeholders carefully which paid off”



“You helped the Leadership Team become outcomes driven”

"Huge amount of progress last quarter from a standing start"

“Ian was particularly good at holding us to account”

“Ian is a terrific facilitator. The right balance of seriousness, knowledge, humour and patience.“

Ian Harvey

Financial services copywriter for SMEs who hate writing. Get conversion copy that puts more £££ in your pocket | Linkedin profile optimisation, blogs, web copy & emails to get you noticed.

Time is money.
And that's never more true than when you're a one-person business trying to wear all the hats at the same time.
When you aren't working directly with your clients, your time is going into tasks you'd rather not be doing:

Content marketing
Sales strategy
Managing finances
Dealing with staffing issues.

The list goes on.

AI can help with many of these areas, freeing you up to work on the bits you LOVE doing.

I've switched from writing using my brain only (OK perhaps with a bit of Google research too) to AI-assisted writing.

What does that mean for me? 

I use AI for planning, structuring, brainstorming, challenging my ideas, outlining, drafting, editing and summarising.

What does that mean for you?

You get more, better quality content than before because I can be more efficient when I work alongside an AI tool.

I'll be launching an AI Success Hub this summer for small business owners who want to use AI tools to become more efficient but don't have the time, knowledge or motivation to learn prompt engineering. The prompt library will contain a range of detailed, thoroughly tested AI prompts across a range of business areas including, strategy, finance, sales, marketing, HR, admin, risk management etc.

In the meantime, ask me for my freebie - 'Work Less, Achieve More: 6 strategic AI prompts to save, time, money and frustration. I'll add you to my email list for future prompts (unless you prefer not to, no worries).

If you'd rather offload your content creation, I offer AI-assisted retainer packages for SEO blogs and social posts starting at £300/m.

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