Nicola Tyler is known for her ability to bring clarity to complexity, no matter the context. Over her 20+ year career, she has partnered with leaders and organisations across a diverse range of sectors and industries, helping them reimagine strategy, unlock thinking, and navigate transformation with confidence.

Her cross-industry experience is a testament to the universality of her approach: grounded in critical thinking, tailored to each organisation’s needs, and always focused on results.

Below is a closer look at the sectors where Nicola has delivered significant impact

Finance

Finance is a high-pressure, highly regulated sector undergoing constant transformation. Nicola has worked with financial institutions to help leaders navigate systemic change, strengthen their strategic thinking, and lead through complexity with confidence.

Her work in finance includes:

Developing future-fit leadership capabilities
Enabling organisations to adapt to market shifts, digital disruption, and regulatory change
Fostering cultures of accountability, ethics, and innovation
Aligning leadership across large, matrixed organisations

Retail

Retail is fast, competitive, and constantly evolving. Nicola has worked with some of the region’s most well-known retailers, helping them adapt to shifting consumer behaviour, drive innovation, and build leadership teams that thrive under pressure.

In retail, her work includes:

Cultivating agile thinking in leadership teams
Creating alignment across customer experience, operations, and marketing
Facilitating transformation during periods of rapid growth or disruption
Supporting cultural change to embed innovation and responsiveness

Mining

The mining sector demands resilience, long-term strategic thinking, and a deep understanding of operational risk. Nicola has worked with mining companies at both executive and operational levels to support leadership alignment, safety culture transformation, and long-term scenario planning.

Her interventions often focus on:

Strategic foresight in volatile environments
Embedding safety as a leadership mindset
Aligning cross-functional teams around sustainability goals
Developing leadership capacity in remote, high-stakes contexts

Insurance

The insurance industry faces unique challenges—regulatory pressure, emerging risks, and the need to digitise and modernise. Nicola has partnered with insurers to think differently about risk, restructure leadership thinking, and build cultures that are both compliant and creative.

Her experience includes:

Supporting cultural and digital transformation
Equipping leaders to respond to uncertainty with clarity
Facilitating strategy sessions to refocus vision and purpose
Enhancing collaboration in siloed, legacy-driven environments

Non-Profit Foundations

Nicola is passionate about purpose-led work and has supported numerous non-profit organisations in defining strategy, building capability, and scaling impact. In resource-constrained environments, thinking becomes a critical tool—and Nicola helps teams think smarter, not just harder.

Her work with NGOs has included:

Helping leadership teams define and align around purpose
Improving collaboration between board and operational teams
Building critical thinking skills to enhance decision-making
Supporting growth, funding, and impact strategy development

Industrial Manufacturing

In the manufacturing sector, precision, efficiency, and process are vital—but so is the ability to think ahead, adapt, and lead change. Nicola has worked with manufacturing businesses to enhance leadership agility, drive innovation, and align strategic priorities with operational execution.

Her contributions include:

Facilitating strategic clarity for senior leaders and plant managers
Bridging the gap between technical expertise and leadership capability
Driving continuous improvement through a culture of thinking
Supporting integration post-mergers or structural changes

Reasons to Believe

Proven Depth of Experience
Three decades of working with executives and innovators means she’s already navigated the complex challenges you’re facing—probably before you even knew they existed.

No Fluff, Just Results
Nicola’s approach is practical, sharp, and results-driven. You’ll leave with strategies that actually get implemented, not just pretty workshop notes.

Creative Meets Strategic
She’s not just analytical; she’s also an artist. Nicola brings a rare combination of creativity and strategic clarity that sparks ideas and unlocks innovation.

De Bono Disciple, With a Twist

Nicola learned her craft directly from Edward de Bono, the father of lateral thinking. She’s not just about "thinking outside the box"—she’ll help you redesign the whole box.

A Partner Who Challenges You (In the Best Way)
Nicola isn’t here to agree with you; she’s here to push your thinking, provoke better questions, and help you build something worth leading.