Based on the nature of my work since 2002, I define myself today as being three things to design firms – a consultant, a mentor and a coach. In doing so, design firms (and brands) sometimes ask me to clarify the differences in these roles, so here’s a simple description for each which may well be obvious to most but useful to some. Consulting – a consultant is someone accomplished and experienced in their field, offering a great deal of knowledge or skill in a particular area, that is called upon for professional, specialist or technical advice and/or opinions. Essentially, they...

Proud to share fruits of my labour since Sep 2016…http://www.futurefires.co.uk Special thanks to; Simon Pengelly for the referral, to Darrell at Future Fires for asking me to review their needs and lead a repositioning project and to the super-talented team I put together – Lewie, Barnaby, Simon, Lorri and Paul – who deserve so much credit for making the project come to life! A thoroughly enjoyable and rewarding experience for me to get back to running a project like this for a client brand. Who’s next…?

“Simon is a truly excellent business mentor and coach. Over the last 5 years he has been a valuable sounding board in helping me to grow my business. The combination of his commercial acumen, challenging questions and strong listening skills has enabled me to find out more about myself and what I need to specifically work on or change to achieve my desired outcome”….more.

“We worked with Simon for three years (Oct 2012 to Sep 2015) and his mission was to help us grow our business from a consultancy to develop a more design-orientated offer. He was instrumental in setting up, from scratch, a new environmental graphics & wayfinding team and taking our workspace design team into new areas”….more.