How we work
We offer three ways to work together, designed to meet you wherever your organisation is, from initial diagnosis through to long-term partnership.
UNDERSTAND - ENABLE - EMBED
UNDERSTAND
Innovation Psychology Audit
FOR WHOM
For leaders who sense something is getting in the way of innovation but can't quite name it.
WHAT THIS IS
A rigorous, psychology-informed diagnostic of the human conditions inside your organisation, what is enabling creative thinking, and what is quietly shutting it down.
Unlike conventional innovation assessments, which measure what leaders say about their culture, our audit investigates the lived psychological experience of people inside your organisation. What does it actually feel like to try to have a new idea here? To suggest something that might not work? To carry an idea past the first meeting?
WHAT YOU GET
A clear, evidence-based diagnostic report and strategic recommendations, typically delivered over 4-6 weeks, with a prioritised set of recommendations for what to change and how.
HOW WE DELIVER IT
Project-based, typically 4-6 weeks. Fixed scope, fixed deliverable. Designed to give you immediate valuable insight and a clear foundation for whatever comes next.
ENABLE
Innovation and Leadership Programmes
FOR WHOM
For leaders and teams ready to build lasting innovation capability, not just attend another workshop.
WHAT THIS IS
Bespoke programmes typically spanning 3 to 6 months and designed to build the psychological conditions and practical capabilities needed for innovation to become a genuine, lasting part of how your organisation works.
Drawing on organisational psychology, design thinking, leadership development and group dynamics, our programmes work on two levels simultaneously: Developing the individual skills and mindsets that enable people to innovate, and building the environmental conditions that make those skills possible to use.
Every programme is designed from scratch for the specific organisation, informed by what the diagnostic has surfaced. We do not apply generic frameworks to your context. We build something that fits what your people actually need.
WHAT YOU GET
Leaders who understand how to create the conditions for others to innovate
Teams with greater tolerance for ambiguity, more confidence in bringing ideas forward, and stronger collaborative practice
A culture that is measurably more able to protect and develop ideas past the first conversation
Measurable shifts in the psychological conditions we identified in the diagnostic
HOW WE DELIVER IT
Programme-based, 3–6 months. Designed collaboratively with your team. Typically follows an initial diagnostic engagement, though we can begin with programme design based on existing insight.
EMBED
Strategic Advisory Partnership
FOR WHOM
For organisations who want a long-term thinking partner and a sustained relationship rather than a defined project.
WHAT THIS IS
A retained advisory relationship, structured around a regular cadence of strategic sessions, ongoing access to our research and thinking, and a direct line to Nicola and the Humans Aspect collective when complex human challenges arise.
Innovation is not a project. The psychological conditions that enable it need ongoing attention, they shift as organisations change, as leadership evolves, as external pressures mount. This partnership is designed for leaders who understand that, and who want a consistent, research-informed perspective on their most complex human challenges.
Partners also receive early access to findings from our PhD research into the psychology of innovation, applied directly to their organisational context, typically before findings are published.
WHAT YOU GET
Regular strategic advisory sessions with on a cadence agreed according to your needs
Access to Humans Aspect research findings and new thinking as they emerge
A trusted external perspective on your innovation culture as it develops over time
Connection to the wider Humans Aspect collective of specialists when specific expertise is needed
HOW WE DELIVER IT
Retained, typically 6–12 months with renewal. Scope agreed at the outset. Usually entered into following a diagnostic or programme engagement, though we occasionally begin at the partnership level for organisations with existing internal insight.
