Rolls-Royce

- Led transformation from a low-performing Scrum team to a highly collaborative, performing team using Kanban.
- Product Owner and Agile Coach of two Software teams developing a Data Platform for the business, initially focusing on maximising engine availability which has currently saved over £9 million for the customer. Created roadmaps and led stakeholder reviews to maintain alignment across teams.
- Coached the team to use a Minimum Viable Product approach in line with the Lean Startup methodology. This resulted in delivering a bespoke software solution in 4 months which saves £70k/year and reduces the manufacturing time of a component by 12%.
- Supporting the wider business adopt a more agile approach to product development, facilitating workshops, writing strategy documents and coaching teams in their transformation.
- Qualified Professional Scrum Master and trained SAFe Practitioner.

Agile Delivery Lead

- Technically lead three component teams through New Product Introduction - developing the component method of manufacture and managing the technical risk.
- Managing the programme management for those components, updating project plans (P6), technical risk burndown using PFMEAs and being accountable for delivery of the production technical packages.
- Specialised in Design for Manufacture - balancing the Design ideals against realistic Manufacturing considerations to meet delivery commitments.
- Responsible for building the team. Hiring, performance management, personal development and coaching.
- Built a culture of continuous improvement, hosting retrospectives to reflect and learn from mistakes before the components went into production. Applied Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma principles such as value stream mapping and statistical process control to reduce waste and variation within our manufacturing methods, improving quality and delivery.

Manufacturing Engineering Technical Lead

- Responsible for managing the existing components through manufacture including managing non-conformance and reworks to maintain Design intent.
- Co-ordinated and led major design improvements with stress, thermal and materials engineers as we re-introduced components into manufacture. Reduced non-conformance by over 50% through these improvements.
- Managed operations stakeholders as the primary contact for Engineering as we balanced the risk of progressing with manufacture vs performing detailed analysis on defects. Strong communicator.
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Attained.

Mechanical Design Engineer

Blueprint Leadership Academy

- Coached clients of Small-Medium Enterprises on Transformational Change and business development. Specialised in getting the leaders to empower their teams to achieve ambitious outcomes.
- Focused on setting meaningful goals, using OKRs and aligning the team to collaborate together to achieve them. Supported the planning and execution of these goals through workshops and coaching.
- Devised a goal-setting planner, now available on Amazon.co.uk to help others set personal goals and track progress.

Leadership Consultant

BAE Systems

Spent 4 months on placement in Mechanical Engineering Support. This involved producing solutions to problems with the product. Skills used include; Problem Solving, Engineering Design, Mathematical Analysis and Report Writing.

My second placement on the GDF was in Cost Engineering began in January 2013 and involved working on the bid process for various projects and pricing the labour within the business.

GDF Engineer

Worked as a design engineer as part of the High Integrity Pressure Vessels team within the Nuclear Marine sector. Assisted in the design of a number of components, writing technical reports, working on the design and manufacture of the pressure vessel following ASME codes III and VIII. Techniques used included Design for Assembly/Manufacture, TRIZ and Failure Mode and Effects Analysis. SC Security Clearance attained.

Over my time in the Engineering sector, I have witnessed many examples of both good and bad leadership. In 2021, I started working with clients to help improve their leadership, based on empowering team members with effective goal setting, determining where they decide to focus their efforts and developing a framework to support others to get higher performance.

My background, working in some of the best engineering firms in the world, has given me great exposure to "Operational Excellence" - which is what I can work with you to achieve. Operational excellence is the perfect balance of People, Process and Purpose. I have the tools to help you with all three!

People are at the heart of any good business, but you need to get the right ones, develop them and keep them around. I can help you preparing for interviewing new employees, empowering them to love their role and develop them so they can be at their best more often.

Process is often overlooked in leadership, but a great leader understands their outputs and helps their team by removing obstacles so they can deliver. Are your team bogged down or have inconsistent ways of working, with limited tangible results? I am experienced in Agile, Scrum, Lean, Six Sigma, Quality Management Systems and more to help you fix these problems.

Finally, purpose! Tell your team what you need to achieve and let them figure out how to get there. I can help with goal setting, planning for the future and delivering the mission to your team. Without understanding purpose, your team will never be able to reach high performance.

If your organisation is struggling to develop a high performing culture, get in touch and let me help you achieve your goals.

Dan Webb

I work with owner led service businesses that look successful on the outside but feel fragile underneath.

The kind where growth has happened fast, the team is busy, clients are demanding, and the business relies on one exhausted person holding everything together.

Usually, the founder.

I recognise this pattern because I’ve lived it, and I’ve seen what happens when organisations depend on heroics, memory, and goodwill rather than clarity, ownership, and structure.

My work is focused on one thing:

building organisations that are stable by design, not dependent on their founders.

I don’t start with technology.
I start with reality.

I read between the lines, surface where fragility is hiding, and design clarity into how the business actually runs, so decisions don’t bottleneck, issues surface early, and leaders can step back without everything wobbling.

This is the thinking behind PULSE™, the operating model I use to stabilise growing businesses, and Oriana360™, the visibility layer that shows leaders what’s really happening before problems become expensive.

I lead calmly, human first, and without theatrics.

Experience, grief, and hard lessons have shaped how I show up.

I no longer chase perfection or scale for its own sake.

I work with leaders who are committed to building something that lasts, without sacrificing people, values, or themselves.

I don’t work with everyone.

Just the right few.

That’s enough.

If you want to be among the few, then take my quiz and see if we are a match. 🙌

https://equinoxpulse.scoreapp.com/

Dawn Coupe

Don’t let anyone tell you that you need more tools. You already have a shed full of them.


All you need is a clear view of how your business actually runs.

You have probably seen a lot of noise recently about AI, systems, and how you should be working. 

The pattern I see again and again is this:

As a founder, you end up making decisions in fragments.

One tool at a time.
One problem at a time.
One “fix” layered on top of another.

Not because you’re doing it wrong.

But because no one has ever given you the space to step back and see the whole system.

That’s exactly why I created PULSE: the Business Clarity Review.

PULSE: Business Clarity Review is a fixed price systems and decision clarity review designed to give you a joined up view of how your business actually operates. And a clear, practical plan for what to do next.

It includes:

✨ A structured review across finance, systems, processes, and ways of working
✨ Input from the founder and selected team members
✨ A clear, prioritised, actionable plan
✨ Focus on where friction, duplication, and unnecessary pressure live
✨ Guidance on where technology or AI will genuinely help, and where it won’t

For January clients only, PULSE: Business Clarity Review also includes a 90 minute private working session with me, where we walk through the findings, answer questions, and plan next steps with confidence.

No hype.
No selling.
No ripping everything up.

Just clarity, perspective, and better decisions.
I am only opening a small number of PULSE: Business Clarity Review slots for January.
If this resonates, message me “PULSE” or apply via the link in the comments.

Ending founder dependence with the PULSE Operating System Founder & CEO, Equinox | PULSE™ | Oriana360™

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AI is not going to save your business.


Not unless you pause and get a clear, holistic view of how your business should actually run day to day.

I am not anti-AI. Used well, it can absolutely support and grow your business. But without slowing down first and deliberately deciding how things should work, clarity never gets a chance.

Decisions end up being made in fragments.
One tool at a time.
One problem at a time.
One “fix” layered on top of another.

That’s when things start to feel more chaotic, not easier.

This is exactly why I built PULSE.

Not as another piece of tech.
Not as an “AI solution”.

But as a structured framework used to step back and review:

✅ How your business really operates

✅ Where friction and duplication live

✅ What genuinely needs fixing

✅ And where technology or AI will actually help, rather than add noise

You don’t need more tools.
You need clarity to choose the right ones.

PULSE creates that pause.
That perspective.
That confidence to decide without panic.

And once that clarity exists, everything else, including tools like Oriana360 Cashflow, finally has solid ground to sit on.

#femalefounders #BusinessClarity #FounderLeadership #TechForHumans #CalmLeadership

Really Chat? 



I love AI.... but sometimes 🤔💭

Today, ChatGPT made me LOL; it used a phrase for some "very important" work that I'm doing, which means something quite different in the UK.

So, I challenge you to share your last AI prompt, as mine was


"Could you rename as "follow through" in the UK means you pooped yourself"

So come on share your funny AI moments.... lets lighten up LinkedIn a little.

Just because it is Tuesday, and we need a little fun. 
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#AIFun #AIHumor #LanguageBarriers #CulturalDifferences #LOLmoments #LinkedInLaughs #TechJokes #WorkplaceWit

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