Cara Turner
Innovation and Organisation Coach
Igniting innovation to build a thriving, future-ready organisation
Innovation Coaching equips your teams to generate creative solutions that align with your business vision. I’ll guide you in implementing flexible methodologies that boost efficiency and responsiveness - key elements in our fast-paced world. With my expertise in managing innovation projects, we’ll ensure your initiatives deliver impactful results, and my software leadership services will streamline your development processes, aligning tech with your overall strategy.
About me
I build teams that thrive. I’m an impact-driven leader, blending innovation, creativity and leadership practices, to create cultures centred on learning and delivering - and having fun doing it.With over two decades of experience consulting across industries, I understand the unique challenges organisations face today.
I've coached, consulted and trained in small and large organisations from media to banking, and even founded a coding academy.So whether you're a startup navigating rapid scaling or an enterprise undergoing digital transformation, I can help you build a future-ready organisation.
How I can help you thrive
Organisations succeed when they build a culture that supports innovation, and the flexibility to learn and adapt while delivering. With a unique blend of strategic vision, operational execution and a collaboration mindset, I'll help ensure that you foster exactly that.If you're looking to enhance your organisation's innovation capability, software leadership or organisational agility - let's chat!
Shift perspective, build thriving teams
Innovation Workshops
You're stuck on a challenge: where to go next, or how to move forward with a stubborn problem.
Sometimes we need some out-of-the-box thinking to get us past the limits of our current approach.
This workshop will get your team exploring new options, and having fun doing it!
Creative problem-solving
This two hour workshop equips your teams with tools for flexible thinking, helping them find new approaches to stubborn challenges.
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Innovation Program
You know change is coming: it's time to start exploring the landscape, and find and test new ideas actually that fit your organisation. Innovation programs replace uncertainty and risk with discovery and learning.
Let's chat about getting you from hunch to innovation and implementation.
The innvoation journey
A short walk through the innovation process & phases, and what to expect for running a design thinking program in your organisation.
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Effective Agility
Adopting and scaling agile practices present different challenges, and your teams need to deliver responsibly & perform at their best through each process. Whether they're onsite or remote, let's explore ways to improve collaboration, develop leaders, and build a culture where team members want to stay.
Introduction to agile practice
A short talk with lots of discussion, helping your leadership team make sense of agile practice and how it can support your teams.
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Latest Thinking
Medium is where I share my reflections on the challenges and opportunities we face as innovators and leaders, along with actionable strategies and useful resources.
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Get in touch
Schedule an introductory talk or a complimentary consultation today, and let's embark on a journey of innovation, growth, and success.Whether you're a disruptive startup, an enterprise undergoing digital transformation, or just want to optimise your operations, I’d love to connect and discuss how we can tackle your organisation’s needs.You can reach me through the contact form or drop me an email at the link below.
I'm available remotely or in person (Cape Town, South Africa).
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Introduction to agile practice
What is agile practice?
Equip your leadership team with the understanding of the problems that agile methodologies and practices are designed to address, how they do that, and where they fit with traditional management.
We'll discuss some of the myths, the WHY of agile and HOW it works, with plenty of time to discuss WHAT that might look like for your organization.Duration: 60 - 90 minutes
Location: Online, or onsite in Cape Town.
Creative problem-solving workshops
See your challenges in a new light, with creative problem-solving!
When we’re stuck on a stubborn problem, everything feels like a roadblock, and creative thinking can be really hard to get too.This interactive online workshop provides a framework to get you unstuck, and generate new ideas that resonate with you!Duration: Two hours
Location: Online, or onsite in Cape Town.
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The innovation journey
What does innovation look like for you?
Even when innovation is on the agenda, managers and leaders are often too absorbed with business-as-usual to find time to explore what innovation would look like for their organisation.
Building this understanding takes time, so this session provides an overview, and plenty of time for discussion.Duration: 60 - 90 minutes
Location: Online, or onsite in Cape Town.