Nilufer Erdebil — CEO
I was first introduced to Design Thinking when I was working in an innovation lab where we brought in customers as we were prototyping and testing solutions. It was amazing to hear first hand the thoughts and ideas they had as they saw our prototypes. I fell in love with the concept of bringing customers along as you build, and truly understanding the problem a customer is trying to solve. This led me to founding Spring2 Innovation. As the founder and CEO, I lead a team that provides Design Thinking and innovation training, coaching and consulting to businesses and governments. Our goal is to empower our clients to unlock their creativity, knowledge, and empathy. This approach to solving complex problems provides the clarity needed to create innovative solutions, structures, and methodologies. Design Thinking enables teams and leaders to achieve optimal performance in everything they do, delivering increased revenue, better services, future-ready policies, and more timely and targeted products. The Spring2 Innovation Design Thinking methodology can help organizations and governments in all facets of their operations, including: User-Centered Services and Design - Understand the true problem you need to solve - Include your users in your journey - Prototype and test real world solutions Employee Retention - Use empathy to understand your employees - Create an environment of trust and curiosity - Give employees a sense of belonging to your organization and their team members Changing Customers - Understanding how customers have changed - Delight customers and increase customer loyalty - Create a plan with your employees to create better products and services and sell more I enjoy meeting new people and learning about the challenges they are facing in their work environments, and how Design Thinking can help. Reach out to me if you want to talk about employee retention, Design Thinking and change management, or figure skating!
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Design Thinking and Innovation Consultant specializing in organizational change and strategy.
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Experience: 28 yrs 10 mos
Skills
- Design Thinking
- Innovation Consulting
Career Highlights
- Founder and CEO of Spring2 Innovation.
- Expert in Design Thinking and innovation methodologies.
- Award-winning speaker and author on organizational change.
Work Experience
Canadian Women in Communications and Technology
National Board Member - Chair of Regions (5 yrs)
Chair of National Capital Region (1 yr 7 mos)
Spring2 Innovation
CEO and Design Thinking & Innovation Consultant (14 yrs 11 mos)
Queen's School of Business Ottawa Alumni Board Member
Board Member (4 yrs 1 mo)
Canadian Women in Communications
Vice Chair of National Capital Region (3 yrs 5 mos)
Bell Canada
Associate Director - SMB Access (1 yr 7 mos)
Innovation Centre Program Manager (3 yrs 4 mos)
Associate Director IT (1 yr 11 mos)
Marconi Wireless
Senior Software Engineer (1 yr)
Crosskeys
Software Designer (2 yrs)
Procter & Gamble
Business Development Team (4 mos)
General Dynamics
Software Engineer (3 yrs)
Education
MBA at Queen's University
B.Sc. at Queen's University
at windsor park