Innovation Strategist | CEO | Speaker | Author

Fiona Stevenson is an innovation strategist, speaker, and founder of The Idea Suite, a research and strategy agency that partners with Fortune 500 and global brands to unlock breakthrough growth.

For more than a decade, she has helped executive teams navigate complexity, rethink stale innovation processes, and build organizations that are not just creative — but commercially effective. Her work sits at the intersection of human behavior, strategic clarity, and bold leadership.

Her upcoming book, Built for Breakthrough: Why Innovation Fails and How Smart Leaders Get It Right, challenges conventional thinking about corporate innovation and offers a smarter, research-driven blueprint for sustainable growth.

The Work

As CEO of The Idea Suite, Fiona leads a team that supports some of the world’s most recognized companies across sectors including consumer goods, technology, healthcare, financial services, and retail.

Her expertise includes:

• Innovation strategy and transformation

• Insight-driven growth frameworks

• Organizational alignment and decision-making

• Executive leadership development

• Cultural and behavioral research

• Brand and business reinvention

She is known for translating complex research into clear strategic action — helping leadership teams move from scattered initiatives to focused momentum.

Why Innovation Fails (And What Actually Works)

After years inside boardrooms and strategy sessions, Fiona observed a pattern:

Innovation rarely fails because of a lack of ideas.
It fails because of misalignment, internal friction, unclear priorities, and leadership blind spots.

Her approach focuses on:

• Building innovation systems that support execution

• Aligning leadership behavior with strategic ambition

• Reducing organizational noise

• Prioritizing insight over assumption

• Creating environments where breakthrough thinking can survive

Her upcoming book expands on these themes, offering leaders a grounded, practical framework for driving meaningful change without burning out their teams or chasing shiny objects.

Speaker & Thought Leader

Fiona is a keynote speaker and facilitator known for her clarity, candor, and ability to challenge leadership audiences in constructive ways.

She speaks on:

• Why corporate innovation stalls — and how to fix it

• The hidden barriers inside high-performing organizations

• Research-driven decision-making

• Leading through complexity and uncertainty

• Building teams capable of breakthrough performance

• The future of human-centered strategy

Her talks combine real-world executive experience, behavioral insight, and practical tools leaders can immediately apply.

Leadership Philosophy

Fiona believes the most powerful organizations are built by leaders who:

• Value depth over noise

• Replace urgency with intentional strategy

• Prioritize clarity over complexity

• Create psychological safety for bold thinking

• Balance commercial ambition with human insight

As a female founder who recently celebrated ten years in business, she brings lived experience to conversations about resilience, scale, reinvention, and sustained relevance.

Her leadership style blends strategic rigor with emotional intelligence — a combination that allows companies to innovate without losing their humanity.

Media Bio

Fiona Stevenson is an innovation strategist, speaker, and CEO of The Idea Suite, a research and strategy agency serving Fortune 500 and global brands. She specializes in helping executive teams overcome the hidden barriers that stall innovation and growth. Fiona is the author of the forthcoming book Built for Breakthrough: Why Innovation Fails and How Smart Leaders Get It Right, and is a trusted advisor to leaders navigating complexity, transformation, and bold reinvention.

Let’s Build What’s Next

Fiona works with executive teams, boards, and organizations ready to move beyond incremental change and build something meaningful, scalable, and breakthrough.

For speaking inquiries, advisory work, or media requests, please get in touch.