Our Principles and Values
We work with a diverse and expanding range of clients, across multiple industry sectors.
We pride ourselves on delivering excellent client outcomes and learning from every engagement, while having fun too.
It’s important to us to operate by a few key principles in all of our work and projects.
Self-Sustaining
We ask ourselves “what is our exit strategy” from day one, to enable you to run and operate your innovation engine repeatedly and sustainably, without us.
Market-Focused
Our work is always guided by customer needs and market conditions to deliver productivity and value.
Fast and Practical
We don’t believe in classroom strategising. We hit the ground running and are hands-on with real business issues leveraging Agile, Lean Innovation and Design Thinking.
People First
We’re here to build capability and capacity in your teams because all systems are only as effective as the people behind them.
The Team
Jamie Qiu
Managing Director
Chris Baker
Director
Mark Hutchinson
Strategic Advisor
John Simlett
Strategic Advisor
Bella Padt
Manager
Charlotte Carter
Associate
Flora Durgerian
Associate
Manu Mossa
Operations
Tesh Srivastava
Technology Partner
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What our clients say
“Working with Studio Zao was a real pleasure. Not only do they bring diverse and innovative strategic thinking but they also truly partnered with us, sharing insights and taking on feedback to co create a great output. They also understand the importance of talent together with innovation.”
What our clients say
Studio Zao took us through a strategic and immersive venture building process. It was insightful to see how the teams’ propositions transformed through customer engagement and validation, with three propositions going forward into pilots and a number of entrepreneurial talents recognised in the business.
“Working with Studio Zao was a real pleasure. Not only do they bring diverse and innovative strategic thinking but they also truly partnered with us, sharing insights and taking on feedback to co create a great output. They also understand the importance of talent together with innovation.”
Studio Zao worked with us all the way through a complex journey involving academia, large and small business, running two successful workshops and hacks. This has given us a highly engaged network to back our bid for further UK Innovate funding.
“We hosted the most awesome global webinar with Studio Zao on “The Power of Intrapreneurship and Innovation” and it was an exciting journey of an intrapreneur, with practical tools and ideas, inspiring stories and an amazing passion for innovation.”
