Senior Product Leader & Creative Strategist
Transforming irresistible ideas into iconic games and experiences
Senior Product Leader & Creative Strategist
Nicole Thompson
20+ yrs creative, product and people leadership at the LEGO group, Walt Disney Company, Scholastic Media, OceanWise Conservation
Innovative, people first, results driven leader with over 20 years of experience shaping strategic vision, creative direction, and product strategy for high-impact portfolios and studios. Recognized for delivering iconic play and experiences that drives engagement and long term growth across gaming, interactive media, and web platforms. A transformative change agent with a proven track record of empowering teams, fostering innovation, and aligning people, processes, and products for success. Passionate about bringing exceptional products and play to life
creating alchemy of people product and process
People
Process
Process
Together identifying what are the key blockers and guiding solutions to a culture of productivity and pride. The best kind of pride in your work, in your actions and your value to your team and your users
"None of us is as smart as all of us"
Process
Process
Process
Tailored customized operational strategies. Implementing a philosophy of lean and agile processes can help create an environment that supports outcomes while freeing creativity.
" Good Process frees the Creative "
Product
Process
Product
Infusing a data-driven, user-led ethos — connecting creative leaders with the needs, wants, and desires of their customers to deliver exceptional and irresistible products
"DNT 4Get Products are for People"
Let's work together
Strategic sparring
Strategic sparring
Strategic sparring
Engage in collaborative sessions with key leaders to facilitate dynamic discussions and explore various possibilities within the framework of your vision and mission. Through these sparring sessions, we toss ideas in the air, analyzing their potential outcomes and alignment with your organization's goals. Leveraging insights from risks, opportunities, competitive landscape, constraints, research, and big ideas, we collectively craft a distinctive and actionable strategic plan.
Narrative Strategy
Strategic sparring
Strategic sparring
To enable your leaders to drive change, it is crucial to recognize the significance of a narrative strategy in effectively communicating the purpose, necessity, and execution of the change.
We empower your leaders, we equip them with the tools and skills needed to initiate and sustain meaningful transformations that create a lasting impact
Embedded Leadership
Proof of concept/ Beta
Proof of concept/ Beta
It is often challenging to drive change beyond the 'power point' strategy without a deep knowing the people and organization.
Actively leading project initiatives within the organization for a period of time has proven to be highly effective. This approach not only allows for a deeper understanding of the organization's dynamics but also provides a valuable opportunity for mentoring and knowledge-sharing, fostering the growth of internal expertise.
Proof of concept/ Beta
Proof of concept/ Beta
Proof of concept/ Beta
Through collaboration with your internal teams, we can embark on a joint journey of developing a proof of concept or entering a beta period.
This process allows us to validate the strategy we have developed together. Consider this as a defined period with training wheels on, enabling us to guide and support you in navigating the right path towards success