Start-Up, Product and Innovation Planning

Put quite simply, Nikolas is the reason why I've learnt so much about social media. He introduced it to me to as an early visionary and practitioner of what it could achieve for your business. Nikolas hired me as a contractor to deliver social media tactics (content creation) & as an author for his digital agency. Nikolas is a thought leader and mentor to me on all matters concerning digital media.

If you are looking for an informative and engaging thought leader to speak at your next conference, give Nike a call. Nik is a strong strategic thinker, who delivers insightful POVs on the most current digital, social and mobile topics. Well-researched and organized, Nik captivates audiences with his authoritative yet approachable presentation style.

“I have had the pleasure of working closely with Nik over a number of years, both at Blast Radius and at Tribal DDB. The thing that has stood out for me while working with Nik is his ability to merge a high level of creative thinking with rock solid strategic vision and business acumen. I've been witness to Nik successfully lead a wide variety of projects across diverse industry sectors; providing insight, thought leadership and delivering true value to the client.

I would have no reservations in fully recommending Nik to any potential employer as he would be a great asset to any organization, and I look forward to our paths crossing again in the future.”

As Nik says it is all about ideas and execution. He is able to cut through a maze of KPIs, high-value scenarios and persona development and get to the heart of the business strategy. His ability to formulate the high-level business strategy and then drill into a road-map for execution makes him an invaluable member of the team. Nik is a true team player and able to consider and act upon the advice of others; taking both criticism and advise without consideration for his ego. There is no doubt in my mind that Nik's "how does it affect the bottom line" approach makes him the type of strategist that most business would fight hard to have him work for them.

Nick worked for me at Capgemini leading the Marketing Intelligence team. He is an experienced consultant who demonstrated strong relationship building and sales skills.

As a strategist, Nik Badminton is a big picture kind of guy, who doesn't miss the numbers. Laser-focused on his clients' ROI, Nik isn't shy about driving home to the recommendations and roadmap he thinks will get them to where they need to be.

I've seen Nik excel at everything from RIP session-style planning recommendations to multi-national, enterprise-wide organizational re-platforming strategies.

On a personal level, he is charming, quick-witted and keeps his teams laughing without losing their edge. He also knows a thing or two about music, history and footie. A star.

As a senior consultant and project manager, Nikolas helped us to implement a key marketing strategic project. He demonstrated a very strong drive for results. Nikolas is very customer oriented and he always does what he says. His leadership, expertise and business acumen strongly contributed to make this project a success. I strongly recommend Nikolas for any business .

Was Nick's client about 1 year and was very impressed with him. Being new to the vendor and the account, he was able to reinvigorate a large database marketing program creating an engaged and cohesive multi-discipline teams. His experience of CRM and Marketing, his understanding on how to make multi-channel marketing works was a great asset for the team. His passion and driven style were the key factor for the successful implementation of the program.

Nikolas Badminton leadership on the Kenan Strategist product and customer data analysis really drove the success of this product across EMEA. Nikolas built up the EMEA team and also contributed significantly to the the Strategist product development at a global level. While this work was some time ago, I have been tracking his career since Kenan and Nikolas remains focussed on making the best use of customer data for marketing intelligence and marketing programs. This focus and length of experience makes me very confident that Nikolas would be highly capable and trusted advisor to any company making decisions on their customer management or data driven marketing programs
Nikolas has a great 'can do' attitude, inspires his team members with confidence and would be a catalyst for change in any large IT project

Nick really got stuck in and did what was needed during a period of significant change in the group. His flexibility helped him succeed in both a presales and delivery role. His success helped us relaunch the business successfully.