Natalie is an experienced innovation specialist having spent over 25 years working as a corporate innovation director, a business consultant and entrepreneur. She has worked for and consulted with some of the world’s leading organisations including Cisco Systems, GSK, LEO Pharma Asia, Edgewell, and the Singapore Government, helping them build innovation systems, culture and capabilities as well as generating new ideas to help them grow their teams and businesses. As Founder of The Entheo Network, based out of Singapore, she has made her passion for purpose and people driven innovation practical as well as inspirational to elevate people’s thinking on not only what they can create, but how - the mind, skill sets and cultural environments - that make everyday innovation happen.

She has been featured in The Sunday Times, British Airways Inflight Magazine, Blomberg TV, and many other media, and is an Award-winning author for her book Yes, You Can Innovate and a contributing author to Unleash Your Voice - Powerful Public Speaking for Everywoman. Natalie is the inventor of The Six ‘I’s®, a Model that helps people measure their innovation strengths so that they can harness diversity and have a greater impact from new ideas. It also provides a clear journey map to help navigate uncertainty, develop new solutions and make them real.

As an international Keynote speaker, she has inspired audiences on the human side of innovation – the mindsets and skills we need to harness diversity - and has spoken on leadership, change, and PURPOSE at some of the top speaking engagements in the world, including TEDx Singapore, Singapore Women’s Congress, Harvard University's HPAIR, BLINK live (Mediacom), Innov8rs Bangkok, ISPIM – The International Society for Professional Innovation Management - and numerous corporate and governmental organisations. She is member of Keynote Women, a professional speaker's organisation that promotes diversity on the stage. 

Her core vision and message is the need for PEOPLE and PURPOSE centred innovation that will elevate and provoke our thinking to create a more sustainable world. She believes that we are on the cusp of transformational change, not just digital disruption, but deep psychological change that will determine our future, and that it is only when human beings align their personality and strengths around a core positive purpose, they are unstoppable in doing good for themselves, their organisations, and the world around them. 

Natalie has a marketing strategy and commercial background, has three degrees: a BA Hons in Politics & Legislative studies, an MSc in Economics and Social Psychology and an MBA.  She is a UK National who has worked extensively across Asia for the last 12 years. She currently lives in Lisbon, Portugal with her husband and business partner Carl Hinds.  

The Six ‘I’s® of Innovation has been used at organisations including The Singapore Government, Edgewell, Singapore Airlines, CISCO Systems, Danone, GSK and other corporates as well as a variety of Universities including The National University of Singapore, Singapore Management University and DUKE NUS.

Natalie has created a Certified Practitioner Network of Six ‘I’s® Professionals around the world to help organisations embed innovative ways of working as a core capability.