Ideateplus:
the innovation revolution,
open to all
Manifesto
TRUST US. WE’VE BEEN THERE
We've invested countless hours in meetings, workshops, and projects, seeking innovation, recalibrating, and grappling with hundreds of puzzle pieces. We’re envisioning ourselves as the architects of a future world, empowering organizations of all scales to democratize and accelerate innovation. We strongly believe it is the people you know, trust and have by your side who have the endless potential of seeking challenges, creating ideas, designing and testing them, never giving up on dreaming of endless possibilities. They are the most enduring explorers. Who will turn loyalty into growth, who know and understand your organization better than anyone, who know which doors to open and bridges to build. They’re the creative, most deserving explorers to join you in this vibrant and dynamic process. It is us who challenge our and all limits. Who spend time in developing and perfecting transformative and efficient platforms where your teams can learn, play and apply innovative ideas rooted in well-researched market needs. Where they can find the necessary tools and knowledge they need to bring innovation to life in fun, agile, and smart ways. It is you who will build the extraordinary. Play. Cultivate curiosity. Take ownership of your actions. Dare. Save time. Step out of your comfort zone, the world is hungry for your ideas. Work together. Be consistent. Collaborate. Iterate. Innovation is a collective journey. Make sure to enjoy the scenery. One mile, one step, one idea at a time.
THE MOST COURAGEOUS COLLECTIVE
Team forming and
efficient pitch evaluation
Core values
PLAYFUL
a playful, curious approach can lead to unexpected and innovative solutions
IMPACT OWNERSHIP
take ownership of your action, and see it through
COURAGE
if you are not scared, you aren't dreaming big enough
COLLABORATION
don’t do it alone – use your network to continually improve the value proposition to your clients/stakeholders
ITERATION
address the problem in small chunks in order to minimize cost & maximize learning
Together, we engineer
amazing solutions that
impact the world
Rebecca
Digital Marketer and Copywriter
Bio
Rebecca is a digital marketer and copywriter with a BA in Journalism. Rebecca has honed her marketing and writing skills by working with established companies and start-ups in multiple industries including financial services, technology and more.
She is passionate about tackling complex concepts and turning them into easily digestible and engaging content. She has a sphynx cat who causes a lot of mischief and likes going for daily walks, practicing pilates and eating out in London's restaurants on the weekends.
Irina
Senior Product Manager
Bio
Irina has extensive experience in software products, from development to project, product and people management, with experience in Agile transformations and processes optimizations.
For more than 10 years, she’s led and managed a diverse group of R&D product teams and helped them focus on the product goals. Her solid software engineering background is an advantage for both understanding and being able to leverage technical opportunities but also easily negotiate with the development teams.
Irina can easily identify and understand the problems and challenges in order to develop the most effective and efficient solution. Empathy is her ace, helping in product design, mentoring teams, and managing the stakeholders expectations.
Adriane
Visual Designer & Graphic artist
Bio
Adriane is a Swiss visual designer and graphic artist with 12 years experience in the field of communication and visual arts.
She has worked in international companies such as Saatchi & Saatchi in Geneva, Publicis Modem in London and Metropolis Magazine in Tokyo.
She is a productive and versatile creative who supports Ideateplus during the Invent workshops to gather the different inputs into visual forms, whether it is UI design or sketching.
Adriane also cares about creating safe spaces for the workshop players to feel empowered and gain trust in their own ideas and into the process, helping them to discover new potentials and talents.
Alexis
UX, Research & DesignOps
Bio
Alexis has over 8 years of international experience focusing on challenging, innovative digital projects that use DesignOps, Agile Methodology, and Design Thinking.
She has helped teams develop their product and user experience strategies, and then work with those teams to build digital products that people love to use — and that deliver measurable business results. Moreover, she is passionate about learning new things, problem solving, and adapting to new methods and project needs to find the “holy grail” between business and user needs.
Alexis also has extensive knowledge in Scaling Design in Organizations, Project & Program Management, SCRUM and Agile methodologies & People management and development.
Chantal
Product Manager
Bio
Chantal is a Product Manager with 5 years of international experience working with technical innovations. She is based in Lausanne, Switzerland, but is originally from the United States, where she cultivated her passion for the product development process through her work in Technical Marketing and Sales.
A strong empathy for clients' needs and reflecting those needs using agile processes is the foundation of Chantal's enthusiasm for building digital products. As Product Manager at
Ideateplus, Chantal manages the product backlog for clients, serving as an enabler of transparent communication between Product Owners and Technical Partners.
Chantal holds an MBA with a concentration in IT Management, as well as a Bachelor's degree
in Computer Science & International Business from the Claremont Colleges in Los Angeles, CA.
Debi
Sales Director
Bio
Debi Buiaroski is a visionary and accomplished Sales Director with a wealth of global experience in top tier organizations across industries including Telecommunications, Consumer Goods, Manufacturing, and Warehouse Operations.
Charismatic, resourceful, and inspirational, with particular strengths in leading strategic, multi-disciplined change programmes, managing multi-million-dollar budgets and delivering new business global partnerships with some of Vodafone’s most prestigious global clients, including Unilever, AON and Prudential.
With a Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing & Management from the University of Sydney, Australia as well as certification in Prince 2 Project Management and as a Six Sigma Black Belt, Debi is a member of the institute of Directors and has completed their Non-Executive Directors course.
Marina
Scientific Advisor
Bio
Marina is a scientist with a diverse educational background, holding a Bachelor's degree in Biochemistry, a Master's degree in Chemistry, and a Ph.D. in Physical/Theoretical Chemistry with a focus on multiscale modeling of biological systems.
With a portfolio spanning from the development of cancer digital twins to the creation of biohybrid robots, Marina has consistently sought out innovative projects that push the boundaries of scientific exploration.
She is committed to providing a platform for aspiring innovators to explore their passions, exchange ideas, and access the resources they need to turn their visions into reality.
Thomas
Qualitative Research Professional
Bio
Thomas is an experienced qualitative research professional who has helped many clients with customer-centric product and service development.
Thomas founded As We Are Research to provide marketing research services to organisations who strive for a better future for people and planet. He is keen to help organisations align their vision with their audience’s desires. As such, he helps organisations in research inspired innovation and design trajectories, with:
- Discovery research: understanding your target's habits, desires & decision making.
- Product & service design: testing your ideas to fit your target’s needs & expectations.
- Experience optimisation: understanding your customer’s real life experiences.
Thomas supports Ideateplus in the research phase to formulate problem statements that are derived from the needs and aspirations of internal and external audiences. Thomas’ wealth of research experience with B2B and B2C clients make him an excellent candidate to discover what really matters to all stakeholders involved.
Thomas also supports Ideateplus as a facilitator in the invent workshops. He excels in making participants feel at ease and in control, whilst making sure they achieve the goals set within the sprint framework. A successful design sprint is a joyful design sprint for all involved.
Dan
UX Designer
Bio
Dan is a seasoned User Experience designer, design thinker, product designer & human-loving introvert.
For almost a decade, He’s collaborated with a diverse group of product teams from various industries like R&D, Financial, Logistics, Social, Health, Telecom, to create insight led, human-centered products. He worked as a User Experience designer at Nestlé, along with Kev D’Silva and helped shape the global intrapreneurship program (InGenius).
His approach towards design and facilitation is with a focus on people, establishing empathy for both the people who make and the people who use the products he helps bring to life.
Shaping his design practice throughout the years to combine design thinking, user research and experience strategy, all with a relentless focus on the user.
Tib
Research, Innovation
Bio
Tib is a researcher and innovator. He joined the Ideateplus team as an innovation and design advisor.
In 2013, he created the Geometry Matters project, a platform that delivers a variety of resources on the topics of geometric cognition and cognitive geometry, amongst others.
He has a broad spectrum of research and interests, from innovation and foresight to data and philosophy of science. These allowed him to identify and build upon specific niches and trends, which further led to the development of a geometric framework for cognition: The Polynons.
Nicholas
Researcher
Bio
Research, Ideateplus and Founder, FrontLine Advisory.
Nick is an ethnographer with fifteen years of diverse, global experience. He has provided research and consulting support to governments, NGOs, and private companies, with a focus on how organizations understand the context in which they operate—and how they adapt to change.
Working with corporate clients from the United States to Saudi Arabia, and in conflict zones from Ukraine to Nigeria, Nick has a long track record of understanding challenges and developing solutions. At Ideateplus, he ensures that innovation is grounded in a clear understanding of each particular client’s objectives, challenges, and resources.
As a social scientist working in the private sector, Nick has also held fellowships at King’s College London and the Modern War Institute at West Point. He has Ph.D. and M.A. degrees from King’s College London, and a B.A. from Yale University.
Kev
Founder
Bio
Kev is the founder of Ideateplus and Nestlé’s employee-driven innovation program (InGenius).
Ten years as a serial intrapreneur within a complex corporate landscape resulted in insights that helped inspire others to kick-start or persevere in their enterprise innovation journey. His latest endeavor, Ideateplus provides a rapid innovation process that accelerates an organization's ability to achieve customer-validated experiments, while developing the competence of their employees. Ideateplus provides tangible results to enterprise innovation while creating a functionally diverse and fun learning environment.
Kev has spent the past 24 years as an IT professional in a variety of executive management roles ranging from Procurement, Vendor Management, Strategy and Innovation. He has primarily worked in a corporate environment within the sectors of FMCG (Nestlé), Pharmaceuticals (Merck Serono) and Telecommunications (Vodafone, Orange).
