Nicholson Innovation was formed in 2018 by Ian Nicholson. Ian noticed many people were seeking out his industry based practical advice on how to effectively use innovation to grow their businesses.  


Ian complements his knowledge with a team of experts who have extensive experience across a wide range of industries and disciplines. We can provide integrated solutions on Insights, Customer Development, Design, Advertising, Digital, Shopper Marketing and Supply Chain.

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Ian Nicholson Principal

 

Ian Nicholson is a global Innovation Leader with over 25 years hands-on Innovation experience in leading consumer goods companies. He has extensive experience in Australia, United States, Latin America and running large Global teams


Most recently he was Worldwide Director for Strategic Innovation and Technology Alliances with Colgate Palmolive, based in New York. Prior to this he ran Home Care Innovation for Colgate in Latin America, delivering over $1B of Innovation annually. 


He has also worked in Innovation and Marketing at Kellogg’s, Nestle and Procter & Gamble.


 Ian has developed his own proprietary Innovation Growth Process, based on the combined experience he received at Colgate Palmolive, Kellogg's, Nestle and Procter & Gamble. 


Ian has extensive expertise and passion in areas like


  • Upscaling Innovation, ensuring new products account for over 30% of total sales
  • Using Innovation to develop growth strategies, branding and communication programs
  • Embedding a consumer first culture, based on deep human understanding
  • Ensuring Innovation is firmly on the agenda in the C-Suite level
  • Helping mainstream business to embrace new Innovations & Innovation techniques
  • Assembling & scaling up highly productive cross functional Innovation teams 
  • Developing global best practice Innovation Competencies to get teams productive faster
  • Creating Colgate’s most advanced Innovation Center, located in Mexico City
  • Bridging gaps between startups and established companies
  • Measuring Innovation outputs and identifying gaps / duplicate efforts