Work With Naomi

Helping leaders navigate growth, transformation and uncertainty.

A critical thinking partner for founders, CEOs and leadership teams making the decisions that matter most. Ongoing strategic relationships, specialist market entry engagements, board advisory and facilitation.

Evolve · Flagship Engagement

Your Critical Thinking Partner.

The higher you climb, the fewer people you can think out loud with.

Founders and CEOs rarely need more advice. They need someone who will challenge assumptions, simplify complexity, offer perspective, spot the blind spots, help them make better decisions, hold them to account and stay calm when everything around them isn't.

This is not coaching. It is not mentoring. It is strategic thinking, in the room with you, over the long arc of a business.

Typical conversations

The real questions founders bring to the room.

Sessions are shaped around the decisions in front of you, not a fixed curriculum.

·Should we raise investment?
·Is now the right time to expand internationally?
·Should we hire a leadership team?
·How should AI change our business?
·Why has growth stalled?
·Are we solving the right problem?
·Should we acquire another business?
·What am I missing?
·How do I stop becoming the bottleneck?
·How do I prepare for exit?

What working together looks like

A considered, ongoing rhythm.

·Two 90-minute strategic thinking sessions each month
·Unlimited voice note and email support
·Honest challenge and accountability
·Strategic introductions when they genuinely accelerate the business
·Dedicated thinking time between sessions
·Support across leadership, growth, partnerships, AI, market entry and strategic decisions

Why founders work with me

You're not buying consulting.

You're buying perspective, pattern recognition, judgement, challenge, calm, experience and strategic thinking.

You don't need someone to run your business. You need someone who helps you think better about it.

Who this is for

Deliberately small. Genuinely close.

Founder-led businessesCEOsLeadership teamsAmbitious scale-upsOrganisations navigating significant change

I deliberately work with a small number of organisations at any one time. This allows me to think deeply about each business, remain accessible when important decisions arise, and become a genuine strategic partner rather than simply another advisor.

For this reason, I typically work with no more than six organisations at any one time. Availability only opens when an existing engagement concludes.

Investment

From £3,000 per month

Three-month minimum engagement.

Most clients stay significantly longer because the relationship evolves alongside the business.

Enquire about availability→

Expanding into a new market? See Market Entry & Ecosystem Strategy.

Every founder eventually reaches decisions they shouldn't make alone.

If you're navigating one of those moments, I'd love to help.

Start a conversation→

How We Can Work Together

Five ways to work with Naomi.

Explore: Strategic Clarity Sprint

Ideal for founders, universities, innovation organisations and leadership teams navigating growth, change or complexity.

A focused strategic engagement designed to bring clarity, prioritisation and momentum.

What's included

·Pre-engagement diagnostic
·Stakeholder interviews (up to 5)
·Half-day strategy workshop
·Opportunity mapping
·Prioritised recommendations report
·90-minute debrief session

Outcomes

·Strategic clarity
·Clear priorities
·Identified opportunities and risks
·Actionable roadmap

Investment

From £7,500+ VAT

Discuss Your Challenge→

Evolve: Your Critical Thinking Partner

Ongoing strategic thinking, challenge and perspective for founders, CEOs and leadership teams navigating growth, transformation and complex decisions.

This is not coaching or mentoring. It is a considered, ongoing strategic relationship for leaders who need somewhere to think properly about the decisions that matter most.

What working together looks like

·Two 90-minute strategic thinking sessions each month
·Unlimited voice note and email support
·Honest challenge and accountability
·Strategic introductions when they genuinely accelerate the business
·Dedicated thinking time between sessions
·Support across leadership, growth, partnerships, AI, market entry and strategic decisions

Investment

From £3,000 / month

Three-month minimum. Most clients stay significantly longer as the relationship evolves alongside the business.

Explore a Critical Thinking Partnership→

Connect: Ecosystem & Partnership Sprint

Ideal for universities, innovation districts, combined authorities and public sector organisations.

Helping organisations strengthen innovation ecosystems, partnerships and stakeholder engagement.

What's included

·Ecosystem review
·Stakeholder mapping
·Partnership strategy
·Recommendations workshop
·Roadmap and next steps

Investment

From £12,500+ VAT

Start a Conversation→

Board Advisory & Non-Executive Support

Supporting organisations navigating innovation, AI, growth and transformation through strategic challenge and external perspective.

What's included

·Non-Executive Director roles
·Board advisory
·Strategic challenge
·Innovation and AI oversight
·Ecosystem connectivity

Investment

By discussion

Discuss Board Opportunities→

Speaking, Chairing & Moderating

Experienced conference host, moderator and keynote speaker creating conversations that inspire action.

Topics include

·Innovation ecosystems
·AI and the future of work
·Founder growth
·Women in technology
·Regional growth
·Leadership and resilience

Investment

Speaking from £2,500

Moderating from £2,000 · Workshops from £3,500

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Strategic Facilitation

Helping leadership teams make better decisions, faster.

Naomi is an AJ&Smart-trained facilitator with over 15 years' experience designing and delivering high-impact workshops, innovation programmes, accelerator sessions, founder bootcamps, leadership offsites and strategic interventions.

Her facilitation work combines proven workshop methodology with deep experience in innovation, entrepreneurship, ecosystem development, AI adoption, growth strategy and board-level challenge.

This is facilitation designed to create clarity, alignment and action, not simply conversation.

When This Helps

Leadership teams struggling with competing priorities

Founders needing clarity on growth, positioning or direction

Universities and innovation teams designing programmes or partnerships

Public-sector and regional partners aligning stakeholders

Organisations navigating AI, digital transformation or innovation strategy

Teams that need to make decisions and move forward quickly

Signature Facilitation Offers

Four ways to design and run the right room.

Strategic Clarity Sprint

Format: Half-day or full-day session
Ideal for: Founders, leadership teams and innovation teams
Outcome: Clear priorities, sharper decisions and a focused action plan

Indicative investment

From £7,500

Executive Alignment Workshop

Format: 1–2 days
Ideal for: Senior leadership teams, boards and partner groups
Outcome: Alignment around strategy, roles, priorities and next steps

Indicative investment

From £12,500

Innovation Sprint

Format: 1–2 days
Ideal for: Universities, corporates, public-sector teams and innovation organisations
Outcome: New opportunities, validated ideas and a practical roadmap

Indicative investment

From £15,000

Transformation Offsite

Format: Bespoke
Ideal for: Organisations navigating change, growth, restructuring or strategic reset
Outcome: Shared direction, better decisions and stronger execution

Indicative investment

From £20,000

Why Naomi

Trained methodology, real-world innovation.

Naomi brings a rare combination of trained facilitation methodology and real-world innovation experience. She has worked with hundreds of founders, designed and delivered accelerator and scale-up programmes, facilitated rooms across business, universities and public-sector ecosystems, and is recognised as Computer Weekly's Most Influential Woman in UK Tech 2025.

Her value is not just in holding the room. It is in asking the right questions, spotting the patterns, challenging assumptions and helping people move from complexity to action.

Need to get the right people aligned?

Whether you are planning a leadership offsite, innovation sprint, founder workshop or strategic reset, Naomi can design and facilitate a session that moves the room forward.

Discuss a Facilitation Brief→

Selective by design

Who I Typically Work With

I work selectively with ambitious organisations, leadership teams and founders who are serious about growth, innovation and impact. My clients are typically growth-stage businesses, universities, public sector organisations, innovation bodies and boards navigating transformation.

Growth-stage businessesFounders & leadership teamsUniversitiesInnovation bodiesPublic sectorBoards in transformation