Bold &
Brave
Reinvention is a high-level human systems and creative strategy organisation.
As trusted advisors and mentors to business leaders and boards, orientating them to navigate the brave new world with confidence and the courage to thrive.
A team of game-changers. Creatively-intelligent, cognitively-brilliant industry leaders providing our clients with reimagined solutions that get them to ‘see above the clouds’, and view the world through fresh eyes.
We cultivate adaptive, purposeful and empathic cultures, marked by curiosity, ingenuity and that insatiable hunger for learning.
We curate breath-taking learning experiences that transform people for life.
Talk to us about radically transforming your leaders’ mindsets at speed, navigating their way through ever-changing contexts, and allow us to help you introduce psychological dexterity by equipping your leaders with the tools they need for sustained growth and agility.
Meet Our Founder
Vanessa is a globally recognised transformation expert, leadership coach, culture and business strategist and facilitator. Working closely with Boards, CEOs and Leadership teams of Fortune 100 companies, NFP, private equity firms and sporting organisations to build extraordinary leaders, shift culture and create the most excellent places to work.
Regarded as one of Australia’s leading Elite High-Performance Business Coaches – she’s also a leading voice in Organisational Psychology and sought out as an Author, Media Commentator and Keynote Speaker.
As a champion for change and social impact – Vanessa is the thought leader on the most extensive variety of topics concerning the future of work, healthy workplaces, agile minds, moving through change, people and organisational transformation, D&I, leadership, culture, innovation, business psychology and human behaviour.
Vanessa is profoundly engaging with organisations, at a systemic level, to help them navigate through rapid change, unleash creative potential, build strong cultures and accelerate business growth for competitive advantage. She’s face-to-face with senior leaders, executives, boards and teams nationally and internationally – as the catalyst for psychological transformation for sustainable high performance.
Her keynote presentations are transformative and cutting-edge; having inspired and educated thousands of people all over the world, over the last twenty years. Respected for paving the way for progress, and leads with an unorthodox, bold manner on the social issues that matter (and without apology).
She’s a winner of an Innovation Award in HR, short-listed in 2016 for the Telstra Australian Women’s Business Award (Entrepreneurship), and a 2020 Nominee for the Women in Technology Award. Her most significant achievement is a proud mother of two. Vanessa loves to travel, cross-country ski, box, run and write, and she’s inspired by the arts, random acts of kindness and the natural world.
When the work would benefit, we partner with amazing people:
Jeff Melanson
INNOVATION & STRATEGY
Jeff Melanson is one of the most prominent executives in the Canadian arts and culture community. Jeff is known for his inventive approach to meeting disruptive innovation with bold strategy and practical vision. At Stratagem, Jeff co-leads strategic design and innovation for The Stratagem Group while also leading Stratagem’s efforts in workforce development, training and education. Jeff was President and CEO of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, President of The Banff Centre, Dean of The Royal Conservatory of Music’s Community School in Toronto and Executive Director of Canada’s National Ballet School. Jeff holds an MBA from Wilfrid Laurier University. Jeff is also the creative columnist for innovation and business strategy for HuffPost. He was the first arts leader to be appointed one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 for 2009, and in 2010, Jeff was named Wilfrid Laurier University’s MBA Alumnus of the Year. In November 2010, he was appointed special advisor on arts and culture to the Mayor of Toronto. He is a recipient of a Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal.
Dr Marny Lishman
MENTAL HEALTH & WELL-BEING
Dr Marny Lishman is a Health & Community Psychologist, Author, Personal Coach, Keynote Speaker & Media Commentator. She works with professional individuals and corporate groups, and speaks on a wide variety of topics to promote positive mental health and facilitate personal & professional growth.
In her 15+ years of experience, Marny has found that a misalignment in body, mind, soul and spirit underpin the majority of issues people face in their life, and prevent them from stepping up into their full potential. To solve these problems she offers a range of corporate consulting / workshops and personal coaching / mentoring packages that revolve around healing, transforming and thriving both personally and professionally.
Shil Shanghavi
STORY-TELLING & PUBLIC SPEAKING
Shil is a Public Speaking specialist, keynote speaker and a sought-after speaker coach. Renowned for teaching intuitive speaking skills, Shil's methods show individuals how to succeed in business and life by understanding the hidden dynamics of presenting so you can speak with clarity and engage audiences. Shil has also introduced the concept of public speaking in virtual reality which is unique to Perth, and rare to the world. Shil is a speaker coach for TEDxPerth, Board member to Guerrilla Establishment, a presentation mentor with Impact100 WA and a Public Speaking industry expert for WA Leaders.
Nick Leigh
HUMAN CENTERED DESIGN
Nick is a human-experience designer. He is also a strategic, product and service design leader, thinker, trainer and practitioner. From backyard start-ups through agencies, education and the corporate sector, he’s spent over 25 years designing and leading teams to create digital and customer experiences and artefacts across a broad spectrum of industries, platforms and brands. As an entrepreneur and intrapreneur, Nick has delivered design capability for organisational transformations small and large; establishing Bankwest’s Design Chapter, transforming Curtin University’s digital platforms and future student engagement experience, and Transperth’s ubiquitous website experience. Nick is a seasoned facilitator and speaker, delivering design thinking, service design and design sprint training for a variety of companies.
Pat Reed
AGILITY & TRANSFORMATION
Pat is an experienced Agile executive, coach, transformational leader and Adjunct Professor at Berkley. She has proven success transforming large Agile organisations and developing world class enterprise Agile practices (including accounting, PMO, Portfolio Management, Strategy, Release, DevOps, Change, Performance Management and Adaptive career processes and practices). Pat has 40+ years of experience in leveraging cutting edge technology, delivery and project management methods to solve challenging business problems. Her experience encompasses 15 years as Executive Director at the Walt Disney Company and Walt Disney Pictures & Television, five years at Universal Studios Motion Picture Group, a year as CIO at GameWorks, and leading delivery management services as an Executive at Gap Inc for eight years. Pat’s unique skills include transformational leadership, connecting strategy to delivery and solving impossible business challenges by leveraging deep domain knowledge of human behaviour, patterns and design thinking, and empirical (scientific) methods with a razor-like focus on value. Pat regularly speaks at conferences and industry events locally and worldwide.
John Poulsen
EXECUTIVE COACHING & MENTORING
With over 30 years experiences as a seasoned executive and CEO of a global law firm, John has pivoted his career to become a valued-based executive Coach and mentor and has deep ‘hands on’ experience in creating and developing workplaces where people have a shared vision and purpose, are fully engaged and empowered and which results in sustainable organisational performance. John's purpose in life is to help those in his sphere of influence to find deeper purpose, meaning and joy in their life. He now coaches’ leaders and emerging leaders to live without fear and to develop and enhance their people skills, so that they fully motivate, engage and empower their people to succeed in these uncertain times. John also helps leaders to develop and implement cultural change projects. He speaks on leadership, organisational change and has a passion for assisting organisations to build mentally healthy workplaces.
Jo Woodfield
BRAND STRATEGY
With over 25+ years’ experience in management consulting, Jo Woodfield is renowned as one of WA’s most go-to strategic branding specialists. Jo enjoys assisting executives and entrepreneurs build their personal brands and in the process, supports leaders on their quest to reposition, creating healthier businesses and dream companies. She is a published e-Author, national keynote speaker, Non-Executive Director, and through the years, Jo Woodfield has led over 300 different branding programs for important outcomes for clients, which have hailed from almost all industries.