Strategic Consulting
& Innovation
Advisory
Real progress starts with the right thinking.
Let’s rewire how your business innovates!
I’m Cory Nation, an award winning innovation strategist, transformation facilitator, and entrepreneur with a deep background in engineering, systems thinking, and applied innovation and creativity.
For over 15 years, I’ve guided strategic change inside some of the world’s most complex and high-performing organizations. From optimizing processes on the shop floor, cultivating a culture of innovation, identifying opportunities, executing solutions, and launching digital transformation initiatives across global enterprises, I’ve helped teams think more clearly, solve more creatively, and build what actually works.
Entrepreneurially, I’ve also built, scaled, and sold multiple startups – proof that I don’t just advise, I execute. My work blends technical discipline, creative problem finding & solving, and neurodivergent insights to unlock breakthrough outcomes, whether you’re launching something new or rethinking something old.
🔍 Where I Focus
- Facilitating innovation and problem-solving across teams
- Training and equipping workforce groups to think differently about their problems
- Coaching and advising leaders navigating complex change
🏅 Highlights
- 100s of innovation and transformation workshops facilitated
- 100s of successful improvement projects led & 6 granted patents
- Licensed professional engineer & 2x Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
- Serial entrepreneur with multiple SaaS companies launched and sold
From Problem to Progress: Guided Innovation Facilitation
Whether you’re not sure where to begin or you’re stuck midstream, I step in as a flexible innovation partner to help define, guide, and deliver smarter business solutions.
What I Help With:
- Aligning business goals to measurable KPIs
- Defining problem statements and prioritization frameworks
- Facilitating team workshops or 1:1 sessions
- Creating sustainable improvement systems
- Coaching internal teams on how to solve (and sustain) the right problems
Why It Matters:
- Businesses often get stuck because:
- They don’t have clarity on what to solve
- They don’t know how to solve it
- Or they solve the wrong thing and waste time, energy, and trust
I work across that entire spectrum – embedding with your teams as a facilitator, guide, and creative problem solver.
Bold moves need a trusted guide and a clear catalyst.
Innovator in Residence
Ongoing strategic partnership to embed innovation at every level.
- 12-month retainer-based engagement
- On-demand advising for problem-solving, ideation, creative strategy
- Guidance on culture-building, innovation frameworks, team coaching
- Ideal for mid-sized to large companies aiming to scale innovation capacity
Autism at Work Advisory
Traditional corporate structures often miss the brilliance hidden behind different ways of thinking. As an autistic innovator, engineer, and facilitator, I bring both lived insight and professional experience to help companies build environments where neurodiverse talent thrives – not just survives.
This service is designed to help you go beyond inclusion policies and tap into the strategic advantage of neurodiversity in your workforce.
- Assessment of Current Environment
- Custom Strategy Roadmap
- Workshops & Training
- Implementation Support (Individual & Organization)
Workforce Innovation Training
Transform how your team thinks and works. Objective is to guide your team to new ways of discovering business problems and align solutions – on site, hands-on.
- 2 to 5 day training intensives
- Topics: Innovation, Intrapreneurship & Entrepreneurship, Digital Thread/Decision Thread, Design Thinking
- Custom strategy based on organizational goals and team needs
- Outcome: Upskilled workforce with tools to lead transformation
Innovation Workshops & Sprints
From insight to action in just one week.
- 1 to 2 months of strategic preparation & KPI alignment
- 5-day sprint: Define, explore, prototype, validate, and selection
- Customer interviews and real-time solution testing
- Follow-on support to transition from prototype to execution
Best for: Emerging opportunities or solving high-value challenges
Innovator in Residence
Your on-call partner in breakthrough thinking, technology strategy, & innovation management
Autism at Work Advisory
Harnessing neurodiversity for smarter outcomes
Workforce Innovation Training
Equip teams to solve what once felt unsolvable & discover new ways to think about their problems
Innovation Workshops & Sprints
From insight to impact – in just five days
Turn challenges into clarity.
Let's map the path to your future.
Cory Nation
Innovation Strategist | Founder | Your Guide
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