LUCIDITY - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Director of Income Generation Shelter
Job Titles:
- Managing Partner, Visceral Business
Gary is an expert listener when it suits him and always has a fresh perspective on a problem. He's excellent at sniffing, sleeping and making people laugh when they've had a difficult day. He's great at taking minutes and collecting post.
Gary prides himself on having the longest face, and the jauntiest walk of the Lucidity team and loves being involved in early stages of projects. He enjoys tummy tickles, scratches behind the ears and barking at horses.
I love coming to meetings with Gary Gower, he's always pleased to see you. Gary wears his heart on his sleeve (if he wore sleeves) and he doesn't hold back on letting you know what he thinks about a situation. He often has a different perspective that helps to combat group think and drive innovation. He's a sociable member of the team, he helps to break the ice and he makes people smile just by being Gary.
Helen is an experienced leader and strategic thinker having successfully developed, supported and managed both individuals and teams through times of significant change for the last 14 years.
As a qualified development coach, Helen specialises in leadership coaching, helping individuals with their challenges and next steps - within their current roles and beyond. In particular, Helen works with people to develop their emotional intelligence skills - vital for creating, and leading successful change.
Ian has a background in both anthropology and statistics. He's spent years in senior roles with some of the largest market research companies, managing multi-million pound accounts, conducting specialist analytics and hands-on research.
Ian has built a global on-line purchasing behaviour segmentation, taken employee data to develop meaningful/quantitative sentiment analysis, discussed voting habits with swing voters, interviewed sufferers of chronic arthritis about their condition, and worked with digital agencies to enhance their culture.
Lucinda has held senior management roles in the voluntary sector, including Director of a start-up, for many years. Specialising in fundraising, and with a particular interest in effective management and team leadership, Lucinda now combines both by working as a consultant and coaching both individuals and groups. Lucinda is also a member of the Leadership Trust faculty, facilitating on their flagship course, Leadership in Management.
Lucy is founder and director at Lucidity. She is a coach, trainer and facilitator specialising in giving people the confidence and tools to think creatively, develop ideas and make their innovations happen.
She is bestselling author of The Innovation Workout and a global speaker on innovation. Lucy is passionate about helping people unlock their creativity and get the important work done. She enjoys working on projects with the potential to make a positive impact on the world.
I started my career as a textile designer and accidentally fell into fundraising through an introduction from a friend of a friend. I worked for several charities, raising significant money from Trusts, individuals, companies and events. I joined the NSPCC, one of the UK's largest children's charities in 2006. Not long after that I had a career defining moment when I got the role as their first innovation manager.
I'd found a subject area I loved and an opportunity to work with different teams to help them turn their good ideas into action. Creativity and innovation are simply a strategy to solve problems that need solving. In my experience the biggest barrier that stops individuals, teams and whole organisations from innovating is lack of confidence.
In 2012 I left the NSPCC to set up Lucidity because I wanted to make a bigger difference by building confidence for creativity and innovation for many individuals and organizations.
When it comes to helping people gain their confidence to think differently there is value in not being part of ‘how we do things here' and bringing a different perspective. Since 2012 I've worked with hundreds of organisations. I help leaders and teams to build their confidence, work together, think creatively and get powerful results.
‘I'm passionate about helping people and organisations with the confidence needed to unlock their creativity to problem solve and make their good ideas happen' Lucy Gower, founder and director, Lucidity
Lucidity founder Lucy Gower is a regular keynote speaker at conferences and events around the world. She will inspire your delegates to unlock their creativity, tell powerful stories and build their confidence to ensure that their good ideas happen.
Job Titles:
- Product Development, Fundraising, Marketing and Strategy Specialist
Vicky is a product development, fundraising, marketing and strategy specialist with 20 years of experience working with large and small organisations to develop and deliver new ideas and re-energise current products and strategies.
She has a very solution orientated and positive approach, combining experience, insight and careful listening to both develop and deliver successful projects.