Colin Nelson is a seasoned innovation strategist with over 20 years of experience helping complex organizations establish, embed, and leverage collaborative innovation processes. Specializing in harnessing the collective intelligence of workforces, third parties, and customers, Colin enables organizations to engage large groups, tapping into their collective insights to deliver tangible business value.

Understanding the challenges of demonstrating innovation success, Colin guides his clients in defining meaningful metrics that resonate with executive leadership. He assists organizations in engaging disparate groups to support existing or newly established programs in Continuous Improvement, Innovation, Business Transformation, and Business Improvement. By aligning innovation initiatives with internationally recognized frameworks like the ISO 56000 standards, Colin ensures that measurement practices not only track progress but also communicate the true value of innovation efforts to stakeholders.

Previously, Colin built and led the European arm of Imaginatik, a market-leading collective intelligence company. There, he pioneered approaches in crowdsourcing and collaborative innovation, helping organizations implement processes that drive business transformation and continuous improvement.

Specialties: Innovation Measurement, Collaborative Processes, Innovation Management Systems, ISO 56000 Standards, Crowdsourcing, Collective Intelligence, Business Transformation, Knowledge Management, Strategic Alignment of Innovation Initiatives.