About

Twenty years building businesses, and teaching how it is done.

I founded Hoshva PR in 2005 and DOT_DOT Innovation in 2015. I worked on strategy and innovation at BCG X in New York, and before that with the Techstars team running the Barclays Fintech Accelerator in London. I work between London and Kyiv. I also have a research and teaching project on how Ukrainian companies are innovating during the war.

01 — Where this comes from

Nine places

BCG X, New YorkSenior Strategic Designer at Boston Consulting Group’s technology build-and-design unit. Ethnographic and quantitative research turned into strategic venture opportunities. 2022–2023.
Techstars — Barclays Fintech Accelerator, LondonOn the team running the fifteen-week accelerator programme for fintech startups. 2015.
Executive MBA — IE Business School, MadridOne of Europe’s leading business schools. Awarded a Women Leadership Scholarship; top grade for the final venture project. 2012–2014.
Board Direction — UCGA & INSEADA six-month programme preparing current and future board members of private, public and state-owned companies, built on OECD principles and INSEAD case material. 2019–2020.
Stanford Continuing StudiesTwo leadership programmes at Stanford’s professional education school: Leadership for Collaborative Success, and Navigating Change — Leadership and the Hero’s Journey. 2018.
IDEO UFour programmes with the school of IDEO, one of the world’s most influential design and innovation firms: Insights for Innovation, Designing Strategy, Designing Business, and AI × Design Thinking.
Kyiv School of Economics Graduate Business SchoolInnovation Management for MBA students, taught in English. The first course of its kind in the country. Since 2016.
UCU Business School (LvBS)Innovation management and design thinking on the MSc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
MIT Martin Trust Center for EntrepreneurshipGuest lecturer on a startup bootcamp run jointly with the Kyiv School of Economics, on defining the minimum viable business product. 2023.

02 — Clients

Who I have worked with

VisaGlobal payments
Coca-ColaGlobal beverages
UkrSibbankRetail bank of the BNP Paribas Group
MHPEurope’s largest poultry producer — listed in London, exports to 70+ countries
KyivstarNasdaq-listed telecoms operator — 24 million subscribers
Raiffeisen Bank AvalCorporate innovation training and design thinking
KernelThe world’s largest sunflower oil producer
DTEK · YASNOThe country’s largest private energy group — 3.5 million customers
NaftogazThe country’s largest company

Also PrivatBank, Synevo, Kovalska, Starlight Media, Intertop and the Ministry of Digital Transformation. More than 50 projects for clients in Ukraine, Poland and Spain.

Her unique strength lies in her ability to bring clarity and tackle ambiguity.
Andrea NobleProduct Strategy and Design Leader · ex-BCG X

The startups didn’t just get a presentation; they received real mentorship with interactive support throughout. The results were immediate.
Jane KlepaDirector of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, SET University

A visionary with strong critical thinking, consistently challenging her teams to refine and elevate their work to the highest standards.
Lesia PolivodProduct Marketing, Visa

Valuable knowledge that helps you understand how to properly and effectively transform companies and manage innovation.
Oleg ZubchenokBoard Advisor · ex-Shell

03 — How I work

Sectors and methods

EntrepreneurI understand what it means to make decisions with your own business, money and reputation on the line.
StrategistI help structure ambiguous problems, identify opportunities and make choices.
Innovation practitionerI focus on testing what might work before an organisation commits too much time and money.

Sectors

Telecoms
Financial services
Energy
Agri-industrial
FMCG
Retail
Real estate
Media
Pharma & healthcare
Tech & startups
Government & development

Methods

Blue Ocean
Jobs to be Done
Scenario planning
Human-centred design
Design Sprint

I ran the first Design Sprint in Ukraine in April 2016, and led one of the teams in the global Sprint Week alongside Spotify, Google and MIT. I also run ΚΗΜΕΡΝΙ, a community for innovators and entrepreneurs, in Ukrainian.

→ — Get in touch

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Whether that is a programme you want taught or a question about your business.

hoshva@dotdotinnovation.com

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