Frontline Innovation Advisor and Speaker.
Creator of Game of Inches®

Frontline Innovation
Advisor and Speaker
Creator of Game of Inches®

What if innovation and growth are a Game of Inches®,
not giant, disruptive leaps?

What if innovation is a Game of Inches®,
not a giant, disruptive leap?

Nigel Collin works with senior leaders to align frontline innovation with strategy, so fit‑for‑purpose ideas get implemented and employee ingenuity turns into measurable results.

Most organisations don’t have an ideas problem, they have an alignment problem. Innovation fails when strategy lives in the boardroom and ideas stay at the front line. Nigel bridges that gap, translating frontline insight into strategic priorities through small, testable steps that de‑risk change and deliver tangible outcomes.

Using his Game of Inches® methodology and Ingenious Oz research, grounded in a human‑centric leadership approach approach, Nigel helps organisations turn everyday ideas into aligned strategic action. Instead of big‑bang change programs, he focuses on small, consistent steps that build adaptability, ownership, and measurable progress.

Alongside his advisory work, Nigel is an international keynote speaker on human‑centric innovation and leadership, using keynotes to kick‑start the work that his advisory programs take deeper. Most engagements blend executive advisory, facilitated working sessions and targeted leadership programs, rather than one‑off events.

Nigel Collin works with senior leaders to align frontline innovation with strategy, so fit‑for‑purpose ideas get implemented and employee ingenuity turns into measurable results.

Most organisations don’t have an ideas problem, they have an alignment problem. Innovation fails when strategy lives in the boardroom and ideas stay at the front line. Nigel bridges that gap, translating frontline insight into strategic priorities through small, testable steps that de‑risk change and deliver tangible outcomes.

Using his Game of Inches® methodology and Ingenious Oz research, grounded in a human‑centric leadership approach approach, Nigel helps organisations turn everyday ideas into aligned strategic action. Instead of big‑bang change programs, he focuses on small, consistent steps that build adaptability, ownership, and measurable progress.

Alongside his advisory work, Nigel is an international keynote speaker on human‑centric innovation and leadership, using keynotes to kick‑start the work that his advisory programs take deeper. Most engagements blend executive advisory, facilitated working sessions and targeted leadership programs, rather than one‑off events.

speaker Nigel Collin Game of Inches book for keynote presentations

Published by Wiley, The Game of Inches lays out Nigel’s system of incremental change…and demonstrates through hundreds of interviews he did that it’s the SMALL things in a business that create the biggest long term results.

How to win the long game

How to make small innovations and improvements every day. And build them towards fundamental improvements in a business’s performance

Actions and behaviours of successful people

Actual everyday habits Nigel has personally observed in some of Australia’s most successful business leaders and how to apply them.

A concrete action plan

Unlike other speakers, he delivers a tailored, specific set of first steps to set your people on a clear path to improving the business through step by step process.