What is Ideation Coaching
We provide creative consulting and coaching services tailored to businesses, organisations and individuals.
Through our visual ideation method, we empower clients to use visual thinking to develop actionable ideas, clear concepts, and strategic insights. This approach helps them gain fresh perspectives, make informed decisions, define meaningful goals and achieve impactful results.
We work with people.
Consulting for Organisations:
Our Creative Consultant, Devlin Shea, customises ideation techniques to meet each client’s unique needs.
By guiding teams through problem-solving and refining their messaging, Devlin helps improve shareholder communication, engage target audiences effectively and drive sustainable growth.
Coaching for
Individuals:
Our coaching method empowers professionals seeking change to visualise their psychological landscape.
This process helps clients uncover patterns, recognise challenges and identify strengths - enabling them to take purposeful and decisive action in their lives.
Our story
“We passionately believe that everyone has the capacity to learn and change through creativity.”
Ideation Coaching started with Devlin Shea & Charles Richardson exploring how Creative Consulting and Personal Development Coaching could overlap and enrich each other.
Devlin Shea's career has been rooted in consumer research and insights for companies and organisations. She became intrigued by the potential for her creative tools to be applied to support individuals. She recognised that empowering individuals would strengthen her consulting with teams, as organisations are fundamentally built on the strength of their people.
Meanwhile, Charles Richardson’s English language coaching business was thriving. Drawing from his experiences as an artist, he saw how creativity had shaped his own growth and wondered how he could incorporate creative ideation tools into his coaching practice.
They brought their shared vision to life, combining their expertise to develop a unique coaching approach that unlocks creativity, drives innovation, and fosters both personal and professional transformation.
Devlin also offers consulting services enhanced by these tools, while Charles continues to lead his independent language coaching business at speakenglishwell.co.uk .
Devlin Shea
Creative Consultant
& Ideation Lead
Devlin is a Visual Researcher and Marketing Strategist with 20 years of experience in Consumer Insights & Ideation. She began her career in the Harvard University Mind of the Market Lab – learning about Neuromarketing and how Metaphors are used in our minds to file thoughts and beliefs.
She has worked as a creative consultant with international brands and organisations throughout Europe, North America and Asia. On projects ranging from branding, creative development and advertising to product design and R&D.
Devlin has also enjoyed a successful career as a painter and visual artist exhibiting her work internationally.
She loves time with friends and perfecting headstands in Yoga.
Charles Richardson
Coaching Lead
& Phonology Expert
Charles is an English Language Coach, specialising in Phonetics and Phonology. He trained as a Professional Development Coach at Oxford University and took a short course in Coaching at Cambridge University.
Charles has worked with business leaders and successful professionals across the world to develop their language skills, professional development, securing promotions and career changes.
Charles is also an artist and filmmaker with work in museum collections across Europe and the United States.
He loves finding hidden gems in charity shops and hiking in nature.