Natalie Turner

Voted by CMO Asia and the World Federation of Marketing and Sustainability, as one of the top 50 female leaders in Asia, Natalie Turner is an experienced innovation and leadership development specialist. She is the Founder and CEO of The Entheo Network, and has worked for and consulted with some of the world’s leading organisations including DBS, LEO Pharma Asia, Kellogg’s, Singapore Airlines and CISCO Systems, helping them build innovation systems, culture and capabilities as well as generating new ideas to help them grow their teams and businesses. Natalie is also an international speaker on innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership and an experienced business facilitator, consultant and innovation coach.

Natalie is the inventor of The Six ‘I’s ® an innovation methodology and assessment tool that helps individuals and organisations measure their innovation strengths and provides a clear step by step guide to make innovation practical and effective. She is also the Author of Yes, You Can Innovate! to be published by Pearson in London in March 2018. Natalie has a passion for women’s leadership development and Founded Women Who Lead as a Retreat, Coaching Service and Community for female executives to provide space to grow their leadership potential from a position of grounded strength. www.womenwholead.net

Natalie has three degrees; a BA Hons in Politics & Legislative studies, an MSc in Economics and Social Psychology and an MBA. She is a Master Practitioner in Group Dynamics and Non-Verbal Communication and a Certified Integrative Enneagram Coach. Natalie is a UK National that lives in Malaysia and works in Singapore, across Asia and in Europe.

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Last month, my business partner and I decided to switch our bank account to DBS (Development Bank of Singapore). I must say, it was truly an exceptional experience. From entering its pod-like lobby at the Marina Bay Financial Centre, which looked like a cross between a five-star-hotel reception and a spaceship, I was mesmerised. Could this really be a bank?

Who owns innovation in your company? Who do you call when you want to talk about innovation strategy and capability building? How often have you come across departments, not just for Brands, R&D or Product Development, but departments that are focused on what I call organisational innovation — building the capacities, skills and structures to help a whole company innovate?  

“Drinking a Glass of Red Wine is as Healthy as an Hour at the Gym”, so announced a popular newspaper in the UK earlier this year.  Sensational headlines draw us in and make us curious. Really, you mean I can ditch my fitness regime and drink a glass of wine instead? Um, no, it’s not as simple as that.

What is grit? It is the ability to pick oneself up in the face of great disappointment or failure, and have another go. Or as psychologist Angela Lee Duckworth says, “grit is sticking with your future — day in, day out, not just for the week, not just for the month, but for years — and working really hard to make that future a reality.”

Do you consider yourself innovative? This question usually elicits a negative response for two reasons. First, people tend to wrongly equate innovation with only technologies, research and development, and new products. Second, innovation is misperceived as the domain of a select creative few.

I often get asked how organisations can build a more innovative culture. It is a valid but difficult question to answer as culture is something that is multi-faceted, involves history and legacy, and includes a set of deeply-held values.

Re-evaluating career decisions? Starting new projects or businesses? Stepping up to a new level of leadership? Join our Women who Lead retreat at the stunning Banyan Tree resort in Bali on 9th-11th October and be equipped with new insights and practical skills to sharpen your professional practice as a leader. 

Next week, I am going to find out how old I am. What do you mean I hear you ask, surely you know your own age? Wrong. Whilst I might be 48 on my next birthday, my real age, the age of the cells within my body may or may not be the same.