Aidan O'Dea

Innovation isn’t about flashes of inspiration or brainstorming harder—it’s about thinking clearly, communicating effectively and identifying the right problem to solve.

I help people master these skills.

Aidan O'Dea

Design a Foresight Organisation

Johnson & Johnson

J&J wanted to establish a new function within their supply chain.

"The best way to predict the future is to create it." -Peter Drucker


Reimagine How a Research Centre Operates

SFI- Enable

In the face of intense pressure to support everyday life, this project was about reimagining the role of a smart city research centre, when smart isn't enough.


Set a Vision for The Factory of the Future

Johnson & Johnson

The factory of the future is not just an isolated box in which things emerge. it is part of a flexible, autonomous, always on network.


Facilitate the Evolution of Technological Research

SFI- Confirm / Johnson & Johnson

say something about the TRL spectrum


Design the Future Football Fan's Remote Experience

Manchester City Football Club

The key insight was about facilitation. The fan club owners to manage the fan club, and the intital engagement of a new fan into the network.Metcalfe's Law is the key reference for this project.


Aidan O'Dea

About

I’ve spent 11+ years working in strategic innovation with some of the world’s biggest brands, and here’s what I’ve learned: most people don’t really know how to innovate.Innovation isn’t about flashes of inspiration or brainstorming harder—it’s a process. At its core, it requires three things: clear thinking, effective communication and the ability to identify the right problems to solve.I help people master these skills.Too much of today’s professional world is stuck in cycles of jargon, buzzwords and surface-level thinking. My work is about breaking that cycle. By combining strategy, facilitation and systems thinking, I build structures and frameworks that replace confusion with clarity—because clarity is what drives real progress.


Aidan O'Dea

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