Vaughan Broderick

Innovation coach helping you & your organisation thrive in disruption | Teaching proven practical methods to help people innovate | UC MBA | Follow for posts about startups, innovation & leadership

If you're leading change in your organisation, you've probably seen this pattern:

Smart people working hard, moving fast - and still building things that don't stick, don't scale, and don't really matter.

I know, because I lived it for over a decade.

By 2018, I'd built an award-winning mortgage and insurance brokerage - and was completely burnt out. Brilliant people exhausting themselves on work that didn't last.

That experience changed how I see innovation.

I sold the business, took my family backpacking through 23 countries, searching for a better way.

I found an approach that changed everything:

Stop guessing. Start discovering.
Stop doing innovation to people. Start designing with them.

Today, I help leaders and teams make change work inside real organisations - with real constraints.
I've worked with hundreds of leaders across NZ and Australia - founders, executives, government teams - all asking the same question: "There has to be a better way, right?"

My work focuses on the part most innovation efforts fail at: turning good ideas into implemented change.

My approach is called DUCTRI - a framework that extends design thinking to include Resourcing and Implementation. It combines design thinking, AI tools, and behavioural science for making change work in complex organisations.

I've captured this in Innovation in Action, co-authored with Christian Walsh, including the complete toolkit and case studies from 300+ real-world projects.

What happens when you work this way:
→ Solve the right problems before committing resources
→ Teams align with clarity, not pressure
→ Change actually sticks

If you're tired of workshops that go nowhere, pilots that never scale, and good ideas dying in PowerPoint - I understand.

There is a better way.

I know because I've lived both.

INNOVATION IN ACTION (Book)
A practical system for solving the right problems and creating lasting change.

"The essential playbook for turning ideas into impact."
Jeremy Utley, Stanford d.school

"A book for people tired of innovation theatre."
David J. Bland, Co-author, Testing Business Ideas

“This is a book that helps you not just innovate, but truly change systems for good.”
David Meates, MNZM (Ex NZ Health CEO) 

→ Join the waitlist: https://innovationinactionbook.com

FUTURE-STATE THINKING NEWSLETTER
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CONSULTING · WORKSHOPS · TRAINING
Advisory, workshops, and training to move from stuck ideas to implemented change.
→ Get in touch: https://vaughanbroderick.com/connect/

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Co-authoring academic research papers on innovation and design thinking.

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LinkedIn Top Voice & Thought Leader - I Help Executives Unlock Peak Performance and Lead with Confidence | Expert in Executive Function, Leadership, and Strategic Success | Former Dean & HR Director | 150+ Happy Clients

"The most strategic leaders often failed where emotionally and spiritually intelligent leaders thrived – especially those aligned with universal principles." 

This observation, made during my 15+ years as Associate Dean and HR Director, led me to develop The Missing Intelligence™ – the spiritually-integrated framework that transforms how women lead through higher wisdom and natural laws.

I'm Raquel Kelly Núñez, and I've spent my career witnessing a critical and painful gap in leadership development: We train minds but ignore the spiritual intelligence and universal principles that create authentic, sustainable leadership.

📊 My Corporate & Academic Experience Revealed:
From the Dean's office to HR leadership, I observed patterns that traditional leadership development missed:
• Women abandoning their intuitive wisdom to fit conventional models
• Emotional reactivity due to spiritual disconnection from higher guidance
• Leadership burnout from fighting universal laws of flow and alignment
• The most impactful leaders integrating something beyond IQ – spiritual wisdom and natural principles

🎯 This Led to The Missing Intelligence™ Discovery:
The spiritual integration of Emotional Intelligence (EQ) and Spiritual Intelligence (SQ) that enables:
• Spiritually-aligned leadership presence
• Wisdom-guided decision-making through universal principles
• Values-aligned influence rooted in higher consciousness
• Purpose-driven impact through spiritual alignment

🔄 The Paradigm Shift:
Old Model: Strategy + Experience = Leadership Success
Conscious Model: IQ + EQ + SQ + Universal Alignment = Transformational Leadership

💫 What Changes When Women Access The Missing Intelligence™ Through Spiritual Integration:
• Confidence in their spiritually-aligned leadership style
• Ability to influence through higher wisdom rather than force
• Sustainable success that honors universal laws and serves the greater good
• Leadership presence that inspires through spiritual resonance

🌟 My Mission:
Creating a new leadership paradigm where women lead from spiritual wisdom and universal principles – where The Missing Intelligence™ becomes the foundation for conscious leadership development that bridges ancient wisdom with modern success.

Currently working with spiritually-conscious women ready to step into their highest leadership potential.

Discover your spiritually-aligned Missing Intelligence™.

#TheMissingIntelligence #SpiritualIntegration #ConsciousLeadership #UniversalLaws #HigherWisdom

Raquel Núñez-Alicea, Esq.

In 2019, I began the certification process with the John Maxwell Team to formalize my work as a Public Speaker and Trainer.

The timeline extended.

The years that followed required leadership under pressure, operational focus, and personal stewardship. Priorities were clear.

2025 closed multiple cycles.

This completion is intentional.

It represents disciplined return to a commitment made years ago — finalized at the right time, with full alignment.

Certified Public Speaker & Trainer — John Maxwell Team.

Completion matters.

Raquel Kelly Núñez, Esq.

Executive Consultant & Legal Advisor @ Sagaz Group | Operations Management, Change Management

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