Nathan Waterhouse

At-a-Glance

Founder & Principal Consultant at The Adaptive Edge since 2017.
Co-founded OpenIDEO and led OI Engine, an open innovation platform, during his time at IDEO.
Served as Non Executive Director at Sprintbase from March 2017 to January 2025.
Spent over a decade at the world-renowned design consultancy IDEO.
Advises clients including Sky, Hewlett-Packard, Generali, and T-Mobile.
Holds an MA in Interaction Design and a BA (hons) in Product Design.

Biography

Nathan Waterhouse is the Founder and Principal Consultant at The Adaptive Edge, where he helps business leaders and their teams unlock growth through innovation, creativity, and purposeful change. He brings deep experience in strategy, design, and culture change, blending design thinking, systems thinking, and practical strategy to create alignment and build innovation capability across organizations. His work focuses on helping clients become more adaptive, creative, and future-ready.