Leke Abaniwonda

Hi,

I’m Leke (Lay-k).

I am an Innovation Professional with over 10 years of total work experience. I am outcome-oriented. This means, I start with the end in mind and I’m flexible in my approach to achieve the goal. I work with a mix of methodologies like Design thinking & Sequential backcasting & I engage with time tested principles like VUCA (Vision, Understanding, Clarity and Ambition) and FLUX (Fast, Liquid, Uncharted, Experimental) for this current Era.

My strength lies in my designed methodology which you can find here - https://bit.ly/3RuCjzT. I like to think of myself as a mini-consulting firm. You know, a one man Mckinsey, Board of Innovation or IDEO. I’m the O to 1 guy. This means, I can work across the entire Project lifecycle and take ideas to execution all by myself, from Ideation to Market. I am able to do this because of my bachelors of science degree in economics from Afe Babalola University and my masters in business (Innovation and Entrepreneurship) from the University of Wollongong as well as all my formal and informal education, work and life experiences.

My lived experiences across 3 continents have shaped & equipped me with the knowledge to understand people, structures, cultures, systems, cycles, patterns and rhythms in a plethora of scenarios and situations at work and in life. It has instilled in me the belief and resilience to succeed in the projects I undertake and has built in me the competence to lead myself, a team, an organization and to drive global initiatives.

Because my strength lies in the designed methodology, I am sector and Industry agnostic. This means, I adapt my methodology to accommodate any project in any vertical as consulting firms do, all by myself.

My specialty is working as a global executive in the capacity of a sector and industry agnostic leader in strategy, technology & innovation with a keen focus on driving autonomous, digital and sustainability initiatives while creating blue oceans.