We help organisations to unite and empower people to overcome barriers and lead lasting change.
Too often, organisations are held back by outdated ways of thinking, structures and practices stopping them from driving real change. Our vision is for more leaders to overcome their own barriers and lead change mindfully, with empathy, unlocking greater social impact as a result.
Kelly Southcott, Founder, Kivo
About Us
You’ll have heard the term ‘you have to bring people will you’ on change. We disagree. It’s not a case of convincing others to follow you into the future.
We believe you need them to lead you.
Over the past decade, “transformation” has become a golden bullet for organisations wanting to improve their impact. Promises that digital, data, human-centred, agile, product management and innovation have been on many of our lips. We have led multiple massive technology, data and digital programmes and we understand the urgency for change.
However, we feel that in the rush to get better at these things, people are being forgotten.
We’ve supported multi-million pound programmes in some of the UK’s biggest charities, and we know that nothing is more important that allowing space and resources for those leading change.
Our role is to support change leaders to build the vision, insights and confidence they need to navigate themselves and their organisations through change.
We faciliate change vision design, coalescing the right people to co-produce a vision that inspires.
We facilitate human-centred change approaches, so that change leaders can overcome barriers, address emotions and empower teams to navigate the organisation through change.
Through coaching and mentoring we help individuals and teams to understand their role in change, identify and overcome barriers, grow their confidence and build the relationships they need to maximise the benefit of change for them.
Our Values
Curiosity:
We energetically explore new ideas and concepts. With a thirst for knowledge and comfort with complexity, we listen and observe to help others unpick barriers to changes.
Connection:
Through authentic relationships, built on honesty, openness and trust, that we find synergies, combine expertise and create lasting change.
Empathy:
The way we each experience the world is unique. We take the time to listen so we truly understand each individual’s, team’s and organisation’s uniqueness.
See us working together?
The Kivo Network
Kelly Southcott
Paul Kempt
Poppy Naylor
Vicky Black
David Alcock
Guy Abraham
Transformation strategist & consultant
Kelly Southcott
“I’ve worked in change management for 15 years now, and learnt many valuable lessons.
I am creative, analytical and resilient, and in my element working with change leaders to help them to evolve their organisations. I enjoy working with people to maximise the incredible opportunities that the digital era brings, whilst remaining mindful of the less desirable impacts of the external change we’re experiencing.
I’m structured and methodological when that fits, but I can take or leave traditional methodologies – I know them well enough to know that many are outdated! – and prefer to work with what I’ve learnt to build a fresh, tailored approach every time.”
Business Architect and Change Lead
Paul Kempt
Paul is an analytical, engaging, forward-thinking facilitator. He is technically astute, and possesses a natural talent for bringing people together. He has been working in change for over a decade across commercial and not for profit sectors, and is one of the leading figures in change management in the UK.
His passions are: travel, his family, language.
He’s at his best when: there’s a difficult problem to solve
He can help if you need to: Bring people and technology together to deliver.
Strategic Fundraising & Marketing Consultant
Poppy Naylor
Poppy is a senior fundraising and marketing strategist. She’s a strong, strategic leader with a knack for spotting new and emerging opportunities. Poppy spent 15 years at Cancer Research UK where she re-energised mature campaigns like Race for Life, and launched brand new high-profile campaigns like Stand Up To Cancer. Poppy now works as an independent consultant for Unicef UK, Macmillan Cancer Support and Save the Children.
Her passions are: Spending time with her young son and husband, coffee, sausage dogs, and exploring the Cornish coast.
She’s at her best when: Given a problem to solve or challenge to unpick.
She can help if: you need to improve your fundraising or marketing performance.
Change Management Guru
Vicky Black
Vicky has been working in Change Management for over a decade, and has driven a number of successful transformations. She possesses endless enthusiasm and empathy, an engaging personality, and great stakeholder skills. Vicky has played a key role in implementing and embedding successful transformations in charity, government and police organisations. She is currently a management consultant and plays a key role in creating and testing Kivo methodology and approaches.
Her passions are: People, Simplicity & Food
She’s at her best when: She’s well-fed
She can help if you need to: Find a nice restaurant or deliver successful IT, Digital or Service transformation.
Executive Coach and Transformational Leader
David Alcock
David delivers strategic growth and business benefits on time, budget and scope, through well-practiced project and programme management. He is well versed in client-focused delivery and highly experienced at working at the interface between the private, public and charity sectors.
His passions are: supporting people to achieve their goals, personally through coaching or organisationally through well-planned delivery.
He’s at his best when: given a challenge.
He can help you if you need to: get something done.
Brand Development and Brand Management
Guy Abraham
Guy is a curious Brand Manager challenging to be more pirate.
He brings with him a wealth of experience in global brand development, brand management, brand building and marketing that spans across the charity/ NGO sector with the likes of Oxfam and Save the Children, where he spearheaded their global rebrand in 120 countries.
Guy has worked at WPP branding agencies with clients from multiple categories including General Electric, the Football Association (FA), the Azerbaijan Tourism where he developed the destination brand and many more. He currently works at what3words, one of the most talked about startups in the UK as a Marketing Manager.
His passions are: Cooking, boxing, trip hop, travelling India and making the world of communication a better place.
He’s at his best when: Being in a room full of people. It’s what gives him energy!
Can help if you need: Support on brand development, re-brands/ refreshes, brand evolutions and culture initiatives.She brings a mix of commercial and charity experience across digital change programmes
Our Clients
