Hi, I’m Nate Sturcke

Led a Futures Thinking Forum helping BHP's senior teams build strategic scenarios for long-term planning.

Shaped and facilitated Water Corporation's WA Schools Think Tank, a design thinking sustainability programme for schools across WA.

Mapped Western Power's digital transformation roadmap through a multi-day Digital Roadmap Codesign Sprint, building on earlier service design work.

Delivered two design thinking capability sessions for Minderoo Foundation staff, focused on their Impact Framework.

Designed and facilitated Design Day innovation jams for the Polly Farmer Foundation's Indigenous secondary students in Perth, Kalgoorlie and Muswellbrook.

Ran the Curtin Accelerate student entrepreneurship programme at Curtin University across multiple semesters from 2018 to 2021.

Designed a CultureHack for BAE Systems Australia, inviting staff to identify and prototype ideas that shift workplace culture towards innovation, collaboration and…

Took up to 100 Hannover Re participants through a 90-minute online Futures Thinking Bootcamp using Zoom and Mural.

Designed and delivered a two-workshop Service Design Bootcamp for HBF Health.

Facilitated a Future of Work Innovation Workshop for South32's Innovate32 programme, bringing together senior leaders including the VP Innovation and VP HR with…

Facilitated the annual BIS business planning day for the Department of Transport and Major Infrastructure with up to 25 directors and managers.

Taught customer validation, personas and willingness to pay in Week 3 of the Plus Eight Accelerator 2026 programme.

Developed a strategic roadmap with the SEDA College WA board at its 2025 Board Planning Workshop.

Created 'Hack to Harmony', a hackathon for the Shire of Capel in WA's South West.

Prototyped new communication approaches with the Town of Victoria Park in a half-day design thinking workshop.

Led a two-workshop strategy review with the Senior Leadership Team of Alta-1 College, a network of schools for students disengaged from mainstream education.

Guided the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation's Environment Online digital transformation through a series of collaborative workshops.

Helped the Department of Transport's Maritime Division build its 2024/25 Business Plan.

Designed and facilitated a two-hour interactive workshop for the WA Department of Health's Research Governance Reform Steering Committee.

Brought the WA Country Health Service Research and Innovation team together for a full-day team event.

Co-designed a new vision and values for IGSSA, the sporting association for WA's independent girls' schools since 1963.

Extended P&N Group's design thinking capability with a further round of our Design Thinking for Innovators series.

Designed and delivered a two-stage Immersive Design Sprint for SBDC's Advisory Services team, a cohort of experienced, long-tenured Business Advisors.

Facilitated a multi-session Design Sprint to shape Ability WA's Employer Value Proposition.

Designed and delivered a two-stage hackathon for Activ, a disability services organisation tackling recruitment and retention challenges.

Facilitated a full-day leadership offsite for Agribusiness Food and Trade, the WA Government team helping food and primary industries grow exports and competitiveness.

Took a full-day Team Collaboration Workshop to Port Hedland for the Town's Events, Arts and Culture team, following disappointing engagement survey results.

Ran a two-workshop Service Design Sprint for the University of Notre Dame Australia, teaching design thinking and service blueprinting through a live challenge:…

Guided Perth College, an independent girls' school, through the early stages of strategic planning.

Sparked entrepreneurial thinking at All Saints' College with a SkillSocial workshop for students.

Co-designed and facilitated a three-day hackathon for 125 students at St Hilda's Anglican School for Girls.

Ran Keystart's 2022 Hack Day, the second edition of its internal hackathon programme.

Introduced the Australian Government's Department of Education, Skills and Employment to systems thinking in a purpose-built workshop.

Facilitated a three-workshop strategic planning co-design process for SEDA College with staff, board, students and parents.

Led a four-stage Risk Management Design Sprint for the Public Transport Authority to improve how incidents, safety and risks are reported and managed.

Designed the conference experience for WACSSO's annual Parents and Citizens conference, with a flexible plan covering in-person, hybrid and virtual formats.

Took AMP through a product sprint, moving quickly from challenge to a structured product vision.

Co-designed and built YACWA's Youth Networks of Practice online platform, enabling networking, collaboration, resource sharing and coordinated advocacy across WA's…

Guided Capricorn Society, a member-owned cooperative serving the automotive aftermarket, through an innovation strategy engagement.

Ran a Satisfaction Survey Sprint for DMIRS, applying design sprint methodology to how the department measures stakeholder and customer satisfaction.

Delivered MRBTA's Accelerating Tourism Resilience programme, funded through the Australian Government's COVID-19 Recovery for Regional Tourism initiative.

Upskilled Landgate leaders through a full-day Facilitating Innovation Team Bootcamp.

Delivered our Design Thinking for Innovators masterclass to Bank of Queensland, adapted for a financial services audience.

Mentored four teams through the invent process as technology and innovation education partner for Perth Biodesign for Digital Health at UWA's EZONE.

Facilitated a full-day strategic team day for Talison Lithium's Environment, Community and Sustainability teams.

Built an online co-design resource hub for WA Department of Education principals, grounded in the Every Day Matters attendance plan and the Improving Attendance…

Co-designed the purpose, programmes and operations of the Newman METS Hub through a facilitated workshop with CORE.

Delivered a Design Thinking for Innovators masterclass for the Great Southern Development Commission, working alongside DPIRD.

Partnered with Town Team Movement and LG Professionals WA to deliver Innovation in Customer Experience bootcamps for local government professionals across Western…

Led a Design Thinking for Innovators masterclass for Lendlease, drawing on our proven bootcamp curriculum.

Took Nature Play WA through a Facilitating Innovation workshop, supporting the not-for-profit dedicated to increasing the time children spend in unstructured outdoor…

Presented a Customer Obsession masterclass for Plus Eight, the Perth startup accelerator and innovation hub, using a custom pack from our Skills of the Modern Age…

Introduced StudyPerth's Student Ambassadors to design thinking through an energising, tailored workshop.

Facilitated an innovation session for Vix Technology, a global provider of integrated transit technology.

Brought our Customer Culture programme to the City of Armadale, helping staff build empathy for residents and move the organisation's culture towards service excellence.

Delivered our Customer Culture programme to the City of Canning across multiple workshops.

Partnered with Changing Minds, a Singapore-based learning and development organisation, to deliver a blended design skills programme through The Growth Project (TGP).

Led a Customer Journey Design workshop for Health Support Services (HSS), the shared services arm of WA Health.

Built CCIWA's Facilitating Innovation programme, a step up from the Design Jam series that equips participants to run innovation processes themselves.

Developed an Innovative Thinking workshop programme for the City of Melville, the local government covering part of Perth's southern suburbs.

Brought CBH Group leaders together for a facilitated leadership session at the start of 2021.

Facilitated a co-design engagement for the WA Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries (DLGSC).

Designed and ran a Double Diamond workshop for Scitech, WA's leading science engagement organisation.

Facilitated a design thinking workshop for Carmel School, a Jewish independent school in Perth.

Ran design thinking workshops with Horizon Power, WA's regional electricity provider, with separate sessions for the IT and Leadership teams.

Designed and facilitated a hack day for Keystart, the WA government's low-deposit home loan scheme, starting with co-designed challenge statements and a participant…

Collaborated with Perth digital agency Alyka on a Product Exploration Sprint to discover unmet customer needs and validate product opportunities.

Designed and facilitated a leadership day for ASC, bringing the leadership team together for structured discussions that built alignment, shared perspective and…

Equipped Iluka Resources' internal teams to run their own innovation initiatives through ongoing facilitation support.

Led a series of design thinking sprints with Uniting Care West, a WA not-for-profit community services organisation, to embed organisational values into day-to-day…

Co-designed and facilitated workshops for the Experience Travel Summit at the Emergence Creative Festival in WA's South West.

Built on an earlier engagement with WESCEF (Wesfarmers Chemicals, Energy and Fertilisers) with a second programme of work in March 2020.

Brought human-centred design to Avivo, a WA disability and community services organisation, through a facilitated workshop.

Led a planning session with the City of Rockingham, using structured workshop facilitation to help the council team work through its strategic and operational priorities.

Took our Skills of the Modern Age frameworks to Flinders University in South Australia with a facilitated innovation session.

Designed and facilitated a Leadership Day for Murdoch University, supported by a detailed brief and custom slide deck.

Delivered a Skills of the Modern Age workshop for Bankwest, with dedicated facilitation slides and materials.

Designed and ran an Experimentation Bootcamp for Kinetic IT, with a follow-up later in the year.

Delivered a facilitated innovation workshop for WesTrac, the Caterpillar equipment dealer and major WA employer.

Hosted and facilitated the launch event for FathomCo, a new venture entering the market.

Introduced students at St Stephen's School to innovation and entrepreneurship through a hands-on workshop.

Designed and delivered an innovation training programme for Landcorp, now DevelopmentWA, the state's land and property development agency.

Delivered the Peel Innovation Ecosystem Bootcamp for the Peel Development Commission, which supports economic development in the region south of Perth.

Ran a three-workshop design sprint series for Amana Living, a major Western Australian aged care not-for-profit.

Co-designed and facilitated a Systems Change Summit with EDfutures, anchored by a multi-session design jam.

Delivered a wide-ranging customer experience and culture engagement for Realmark, a leading Perth real estate network.

Ran a multi-session Member Culture Bootcamp for WA Super to build a member-first culture across the fund.

Took Monadelphous through a multi-component innovation programme spanning a design sprint, a prototyping phase and a recruitment sprint, with outputs fully documented.

Co-designed and delivered a multi-phase programme for Communicare, a leading WA not-for-profit, spanning executive workshops for two cohorts, a design sprint and a…

Led facilitation of HealthHack, a multi-day health innovation hackathon run with Plus Eight.

North Metropolitan Health Service

Led a two-workshop service design process with North Metro Health Service's endometriosis clinical team.

East Metropolitan Health Service

Facilitated a Leading Innovation workshop for East Metropolitan Health Service at the RPH Innovation Hub, opened by the Executive Director of Medical Services.

Western Australian Gynaecologic Cancer Service

Partnered with the WA Gynaecologic Cancer Service and NMHS Innovation team on a service design project across 2025.

Department of Finance

Set direction for the WA Department of Finance innovation team through a facilitated Innovation Planning Day.

Drip

Paired student research with UX support for Drip, an edtech startup operating under Better Labs.

ForBlue

Facilitated a business planning and customer-focused session for ForBlue, a WA blue economy innovation and investment organisation.

OIISA

Presented our approach, methodology and relevant case studies to the Office of the Innovation and Industry Sector Alliance through a customised capability overview.

Idea

Presented a talk on customer culture for the Idea startup community, drawing on our customer culture framework and Nate Sturcke's experience with startups and…

Led a Futures Thinking Forum helping BHP's senior teams build strategic scenarios for long-term planning.

Shaped and facilitated Water Corporation's WA Schools Think Tank, a design thinking sustainability programme for schools across WA.

Mapped Western Power's digital transformation roadmap through a multi-day Digital Roadmap Codesign Sprint, building on earlier service design work.

Delivered two design thinking capability sessions for Minderoo Foundation staff, focused on their Impact Framework.

Designed and facilitated Design Day innovation jams for the Polly Farmer Foundation's Indigenous secondary students in Perth, Kalgoorlie and Muswellbrook.

Ran the Curtin Accelerate student entrepreneurship programme at Curtin University across multiple semesters from 2018 to 2021.

Designed a CultureHack for BAE Systems Australia, inviting staff to identify and prototype ideas that shift workplace culture towards innovation, collaboration and…

Took up to 100 Hannover Re participants through a 90-minute online Futures Thinking Bootcamp using Zoom and Mural.

Designed and delivered a two-workshop Service Design Bootcamp for HBF Health.

Facilitated a Future of Work Innovation Workshop for South32's Innovate32 programme, bringing together senior leaders including the VP Innovation and VP HR with…

Facilitated the annual BIS business planning day for the Department of Transport and Major Infrastructure with up to 25 directors and managers.

Taught customer validation, personas and willingness to pay in Week 3 of the Plus Eight Accelerator 2026 programme.

Developed a strategic roadmap with the SEDA College WA board at its 2025 Board Planning Workshop.

Created 'Hack to Harmony', a hackathon for the Shire of Capel in WA's South West.

Prototyped new communication approaches with the Town of Victoria Park in a half-day design thinking workshop.

Led a two-workshop strategy review with the Senior Leadership Team of Alta-1 College, a network of schools for students disengaged from mainstream education.

Guided the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation's Environment Online digital transformation through a series of collaborative workshops.

Helped the Department of Transport's Maritime Division build its 2024/25 Business Plan.

Designed and facilitated a two-hour interactive workshop for the WA Department of Health's Research Governance Reform Steering Committee.

Brought the WA Country Health Service Research and Innovation team together for a full-day team event.

Co-designed a new vision and values for IGSSA, the sporting association for WA's independent girls' schools since 1963.

Extended P&N Group's design thinking capability with a further round of our Design Thinking for Innovators series.

Designed and delivered a two-stage Immersive Design Sprint for SBDC's Advisory Services team, a cohort of experienced, long-tenured Business Advisors.

Facilitated a multi-session Design Sprint to shape Ability WA's Employer Value Proposition.

Designed and delivered a two-stage hackathon for Activ, a disability services organisation tackling recruitment and retention challenges.

Facilitated a full-day leadership offsite for Agribusiness Food and Trade, the WA Government team helping food and primary industries grow exports and competitiveness.

Took a full-day Team Collaboration Workshop to Port Hedland for the Town's Events, Arts and Culture team, following disappointing engagement survey results.

Ran a two-workshop Service Design Sprint for the University of Notre Dame Australia, teaching design thinking and service blueprinting through a live challenge:…

Guided Perth College, an independent girls' school, through the early stages of strategic planning.

Sparked entrepreneurial thinking at All Saints' College with a SkillSocial workshop for students.

Co-designed and facilitated a three-day hackathon for 125 students at St Hilda's Anglican School for Girls.

Ran Keystart's 2022 Hack Day, the second edition of its internal hackathon programme.

Introduced the Australian Government's Department of Education, Skills and Employment to systems thinking in a purpose-built workshop.

Facilitated a three-workshop strategic planning co-design process for SEDA College with staff, board, students and parents.

Led a four-stage Risk Management Design Sprint for the Public Transport Authority to improve how incidents, safety and risks are reported and managed.

Designed the conference experience for WACSSO's annual Parents and Citizens conference, with a flexible plan covering in-person, hybrid and virtual formats.

Took AMP through a product sprint, moving quickly from challenge to a structured product vision.

Co-designed and built YACWA's Youth Networks of Practice online platform, enabling networking, collaboration, resource sharing and coordinated advocacy across WA's…

Guided Capricorn Society, a member-owned cooperative serving the automotive aftermarket, through an innovation strategy engagement.

Ran a Satisfaction Survey Sprint for DMIRS, applying design sprint methodology to how the department measures stakeholder and customer satisfaction.

Delivered MRBTA's Accelerating Tourism Resilience programme, funded through the Australian Government's COVID-19 Recovery for Regional Tourism initiative.

Upskilled Landgate leaders through a full-day Facilitating Innovation Team Bootcamp.

Delivered our Design Thinking for Innovators masterclass to Bank of Queensland, adapted for a financial services audience.

Mentored four teams through the invent process as technology and innovation education partner for Perth Biodesign for Digital Health at UWA's EZONE.

Facilitated a full-day strategic team day for Talison Lithium's Environment, Community and Sustainability teams.

Built an online co-design resource hub for WA Department of Education principals, grounded in the Every Day Matters attendance plan and the Improving Attendance…

Co-designed the purpose, programmes and operations of the Newman METS Hub through a facilitated workshop with CORE.

Delivered a Design Thinking for Innovators masterclass for the Great Southern Development Commission, working alongside DPIRD.

Partnered with Town Team Movement and LG Professionals WA to deliver Innovation in Customer Experience bootcamps for local government professionals across Western…

Led a Design Thinking for Innovators masterclass for Lendlease, drawing on our proven bootcamp curriculum.

Took Nature Play WA through a Facilitating Innovation workshop, supporting the not-for-profit dedicated to increasing the time children spend in unstructured outdoor…

Presented a Customer Obsession masterclass for Plus Eight, the Perth startup accelerator and innovation hub, using a custom pack from our Skills of the Modern Age…

Introduced StudyPerth's Student Ambassadors to design thinking through an energising, tailored workshop.

Facilitated an innovation session for Vix Technology, a global provider of integrated transit technology.

Brought our Customer Culture programme to the City of Armadale, helping staff build empathy for residents and move the organisation's culture towards service excellence.

Delivered our Customer Culture programme to the City of Canning across multiple workshops.

Partnered with Changing Minds, a Singapore-based learning and development organisation, to deliver a blended design skills programme through The Growth Project (TGP).

Led a Customer Journey Design workshop for Health Support Services (HSS), the shared services arm of WA Health.

Built CCIWA's Facilitating Innovation programme, a step up from the Design Jam series that equips participants to run innovation processes themselves.

Developed an Innovative Thinking workshop programme for the City of Melville, the local government covering part of Perth's southern suburbs.

Brought CBH Group leaders together for a facilitated leadership session at the start of 2021.

Facilitated a co-design engagement for the WA Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries (DLGSC).

Designed and ran a Double Diamond workshop for Scitech, WA's leading science engagement organisation.

Facilitated a design thinking workshop for Carmel School, a Jewish independent school in Perth.

Ran design thinking workshops with Horizon Power, WA's regional electricity provider, with separate sessions for the IT and Leadership teams.

Designed and facilitated a hack day for Keystart, the WA government's low-deposit home loan scheme, starting with co-designed challenge statements and a participant…

Collaborated with Perth digital agency Alyka on a Product Exploration Sprint to discover unmet customer needs and validate product opportunities.

Designed and facilitated a leadership day for ASC, bringing the leadership team together for structured discussions that built alignment, shared perspective and…

Equipped Iluka Resources' internal teams to run their own innovation initiatives through ongoing facilitation support.

Led a series of design thinking sprints with Uniting Care West, a WA not-for-profit community services organisation, to embed organisational values into day-to-day…

Co-designed and facilitated workshops for the Experience Travel Summit at the Emergence Creative Festival in WA's South West.

Built on an earlier engagement with WESCEF (Wesfarmers Chemicals, Energy and Fertilisers) with a second programme of work in March 2020.

Brought human-centred design to Avivo, a WA disability and community services organisation, through a facilitated workshop.

Led a planning session with the City of Rockingham, using structured workshop facilitation to help the council team work through its strategic and operational priorities.

Took our Skills of the Modern Age frameworks to Flinders University in South Australia with a facilitated innovation session.

Designed and facilitated a Leadership Day for Murdoch University, supported by a detailed brief and custom slide deck.

Delivered a Skills of the Modern Age workshop for Bankwest, with dedicated facilitation slides and materials.

Designed and ran an Experimentation Bootcamp for Kinetic IT, with a follow-up later in the year.

Delivered a facilitated innovation workshop for WesTrac, the Caterpillar equipment dealer and major WA employer.

Hosted and facilitated the launch event for FathomCo, a new venture entering the market.

Introduced students at St Stephen's School to innovation and entrepreneurship through a hands-on workshop.

Designed and delivered an innovation training programme for Landcorp, now DevelopmentWA, the state's land and property development agency.

Delivered the Peel Innovation Ecosystem Bootcamp for the Peel Development Commission, which supports economic development in the region south of Perth.

Ran a three-workshop design sprint series for Amana Living, a major Western Australian aged care not-for-profit.

Co-designed and facilitated a Systems Change Summit with EDfutures, anchored by a multi-session design jam.

Delivered a wide-ranging customer experience and culture engagement for Realmark, a leading Perth real estate network.

Ran a multi-session Member Culture Bootcamp for WA Super to build a member-first culture across the fund.

Took Monadelphous through a multi-component innovation programme spanning a design sprint, a prototyping phase and a recruitment sprint, with outputs fully documented.

Co-designed and delivered a multi-phase programme for Communicare, a leading WA not-for-profit, spanning executive workshops for two cohorts, a design sprint and a…

Led facilitation of HealthHack, a multi-day health innovation hackathon run with Plus Eight.

North Metropolitan Health Service

Led a two-workshop service design process with North Metro Health Service's endometriosis clinical team.

East Metropolitan Health Service

Facilitated a Leading Innovation workshop for East Metropolitan Health Service at the RPH Innovation Hub, opened by the Executive Director of Medical Services.

Western Australian Gynaecologic Cancer Service

Partnered with the WA Gynaecologic Cancer Service and NMHS Innovation team on a service design project across 2025.

Department of Finance

Set direction for the WA Department of Finance innovation team through a facilitated Innovation Planning Day.

Drip

Paired student research with UX support for Drip, an edtech startup operating under Better Labs.

ForBlue

Facilitated a business planning and customer-focused session for ForBlue, a WA blue economy innovation and investment organisation.

OIISA

Presented our approach, methodology and relevant case studies to the Office of the Innovation and Industry Sector Alliance through a customised capability overview.

Idea

Presented a talk on customer culture for the Idea startup community, drawing on our customer culture framework and Nate Sturcke's experience with startups and…