Bio

Drawing upon 20 years' experience consulting on innovation pathways for billion dollar blue chips, Kate provides road-tested insights on the technological and human innovations that will change the shape of business over the next five years. As Founder and CEO Kate is the chief story-teller at GDR Creative Intelligence, a retail trend and strategy consultancy working with an impressive roster of brands including Microsoft, Coca-Cola, P&G, Hilton, LVMH, Capital One, Macy’s, Tesco and Lego. She fuses big picture context with carefully curated case studies from the world's leading designers, technologists, marketer’s, architects and thought leaders to illustrate how new technologies and consumer behaviours will impact physical and digital commerce. ‘Innovation almost always starts with cross fertilisation' says Ancketill. ‘Looking outside of your sector and geography at non-competitors is far more likely to lead to disruptive breakthroughs than can be achieved by chasing your competitors'. Specialities: – Board Advisory – Conference Speaking – Thought Leadership