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Ready to Unlock Your Next Level of Innovation?

Ready to Unlock Your Next Level of Innovation?Ready to Unlock Your Next Level of Innovation?Ready to Unlock Your Next Level of Innovation?
Start Your Innovation Journey

Every organisation has another level to unlock.

 Together, we master the whole innovation process — aligning leadership, culture, systems and strategy — so you achieve results today and keep unlocking your full potential for tomorrow. 


Escaping The Innovation Circus


Innovation isn’t about chasing trends — it’s about clarity and alignment:


  • Defining your next goal and gaining full commitment. 


  • Structuring the path while staying agile and measuring impact 


  • Mastering the process of unlocking your organisation’s potential at every stage.
     

Yet many organisations get caught in the innovation circus — pouring resources into disconnected initiatives, pilots that never scale, or “innovation theatre” designed for optics, not outcomes.


The cost? Wasted resources. Disillusioned teams. Stalled growth.


The alternative: a clear strategy, embedded leadership, and a process that delivers genuine transformation.

HOW WE WORK TOGETHER

 I don’t innovate for you — I co-create beside you.  

Yes, I can design a powerful innovation strategy and run successful projects. But the real transformation comes when you and your teams master the process yourselves.

That's why together, we:

Clarify the type of innovation that fits your next goal.

Build the skills, mindsets, and systems that make progress possible.

Ensure you can continue scaling innovation independently — with me always available at your next stage of growth.

The Proven Path to Innovation Mastery

  

Every organisation’s journey is unique — but the path to innovation mastery follows five essential phases: 


  1. Diagnose — Understand your readiness and ambition.
  2. Align — Build leadership and cultural cohesion.
  3. Design — Co-create the structures and processes to innovate effectively.
  4. Activate — Move from ideas to experiments and pilots.
  5. Embed — Make innovation part of your DNA.

👉 This journey is tailored to your starting point. Whether you’re defining your first innovation goals or scaling a mature program, the path adapts to your needs. 

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Embedding Innovation for Lasting Impact

Too many innovation efforts fade once the initial project ends. To make innovation truly stick, I use the Four Quadrants of Leadership Accountability Framework at both the strategy design stage and throughout the entire innovation journey:

  • Mindset – the beliefs and assumptions leaders hold about innovation.

 

  • Behaviours – the daily actions and habits that set the tone. 


  • Culture – the shared environment where innovation flourishes or fails. 


  • Systems – the processes, structures, and incentives that sustain it. 


By addressing all four quadrants from the very beginning and reinforcing them at every stage, innovation stops being a one-off initiative and becomes part of how the organisation thinks, acts, and operates — ensuring long-term impact.


Tools That Create Clarity

 

To avoid the innovation circus and instead achieve real results, I use two diagnostic tools:


  • The Innovation Archetypes — a quick discovery of your innovation “identity.”

  • The Innovation Readiness Matrix — a deeper diagnostic of strengths and gaps across leadership, culture, process, capabilities, and ecosystem.

Together, these tools give you both a story you recognise and data you can act on. 

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Why Work With Me

I’m Marilena Timotheou — an Innovation Specialist and Change Consultant who works beside leaders to turn ambition into lasting capability. With experience as a startup founder, Innovation Manager, and Head of Product at a Venture Clienting Saas and consultancy, I’ve seen firsthand what makes innovation succeed — and why so many initiatives stall in pilots and theatre.


My approach blends practical innovation expertise with a coaching-based, transformational change strategy. I unlock the potential of leaders and cultures to align, embed, and sustain innovation — so progress doesn’t just start, it sticks.

Read my full story

 "Marilena is a powerful creator and entrepreneur. Her ability to take along stakeholders while tackling complex problems always impressed me. And will be a great asset for any leadership team. Marilena is also able to work in and across different contexts allowing her to connect the dots and think in systems. Full package!"


Fabien D., CEO @ GlassDollar


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