Our team
“With our years of experience in marketing, coaching and within creative industries, we pride ourselves on our self awareness and strong client focus.”
– Charles and Devlin
Devlin began her career consulting for Harvard University’s Mind of the Market Lab, which explores how unconscious thinking drives behaviour. Learning from Harvard Professor Jerry Zaltman - an industry expert and innovator in neuromarketing - she trained in Metaphor Elicitation Techniques used in Zaltman’s patented research method (ZMET). She went on to work with Zaltman’s US-based market research company for 9 years.
After moving to Europe, she worked with consumer insight and strategy firm - Attune LLC - where she was engaged with developing innovative ways to use imagery in ideation. Her understanding of visual thinking developed further when she pursued a Master’s of Fine Art at Slade School, UCL, London.
Being an Artist and Creative Producer, Devlin has always had a holistic approach to learning through experience. She knows firsthand that innovative thinking enables individuals’ resilience and agility in the workplace. Along with her inventiveness and natural emotional intelligence, Devlin is very patient in creative processes; making her ideal as an Ideation Lead and Consultant.
Devlin Shea
Creative Consulting &
Ideation Lead
Charles Richardson
Coaching Lead
Charles’ coaching business formed organically from his many years working with high-end professionals and entrepreneurs in London as a language consultant. His clients, many from some of the biggest global companies and institutions, often commented on his ability to laser in on their individual issues. His eye for detail and commitment to growth is unparallelled.
One CEO Charles worked with suggested he move into coaching, identifying how his personality and integrity were ideally suited for this role. Affirming what he already felt, he was inspired to complete coaching courses at Cambridge University and Oxford University, which emboldened his natural coaching skills and gave him plenty of hours of practical application.
He believes the format of team coaching is essential to creating a 360 perspective of a client. Having been through many ideation sessions himself, he knows how well the Ideation Coaching method frees up the creative unconscious to fully expand one's opportunity for growth and self-understanding.
Recommendations
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"Devlin has exceptional skill in perceiving the needs of individuals and organizations, along with her impressive emotional intelligence. She can quickly identify areas for improvement and offers valuable insights and guidance. Her thought-provoking questions encourage deep self-reflection for growth.
Jiao Zang - Partner @ Attune LLC
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"Charles is an amazing coach and teacher, and definitely a rock star in his field. Besides that, he is a very interesting and creative person with whom time passes by unnoticed and super-efficiently.. Charles has a remarkable ability to inspire, to think and to help you to grow. "
Sergey Zhuravskiy - Head of Dunning and Collection
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"Devlin possess the ability to put words to what others try to articulate and ask those questions that takes you forward in brainstorming and problem solving."
Ellen Sundh - Product Owner @ Kivra, Stockholm
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"Charles has a unique approach which combines many of his skills to provide personally-tailored lessons, advice, and exercises. I'm always amazed by his ability to deconstruct complex concepts and make them understandable on multiple levels, which is invaluable when you're trying to incorporate them into your own life. On a personal note, Charles is a great guy, and appointments with him always seem to fly by really quickly - even when we're working on a deeply challenging problem."
Miloš Mošić - Senior Software Engineer at Prima Assicurazioni
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"Devlin has a deep background in art and part of her work with us was helping respondents (who were not necessarily artistically gifted) render their thoughts using imagery rather than words.…. That process is not easy and it speaks to her ability to perceive what respondents are thinking and feeling, and then bring clarity to that jumbled and chaotic emotional landscape. "
James Forr - Head of Insights at Olson Zaltman
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“I am truly impressed how great a coach Charles is. He created a comfortable and friendly environment during our online sessions. Before taking me on as his client, he conducted a very comprehensive assessment to understand my level, challenges and motivations for the course. After the assessment, he put together a customized study plan for my needs that focused on critical areas of improvement.”
Elif Duran - Senior Consultant at Deloitte UK
