Meet your change agents

Two perspectives.
One connected system.

Nikki sees how the organisation fits together. Sophie hears what the room is not saying. Together, we turn hidden friction into honest alignment and decisive action.

WHY DARE LABS EXISTS

We are not here to make the old way work a little better.

We created DARE Labs for leaders who know their organisation is capable of far more.

Most organisations do not lack ideas. They lack the space to step out of the noise, challenge the assumptions holding them back and make the decisions real change demands.

We help leadership teams see what is possible, confront what is getting in the way and organise the business around the future they want to create.

A different way of thinking, leading and working.

Nikki and Sophie, co-founders of DARE Labs, together in London
THE PEOPLE BEHIND DARE Nikki + Sophie
Nikki Finucan, Business Transformation and Organisational Change specialist at DARE Labs
Business Transformation + Organisational Change

Nikki

She sees how the organisation fits together.

When change starts getting harder than it should be, Nikki looks at what is really happening across the organisation.

She sees where decisions, structures, systems, priorities and ways of working are pulling against each other, and where that is creating friction, confusion or loss of momentum.

With a background spanning finance, technology, commercial growth, transformation and leadership, Nikki helps leadership teams get underneath the real problem, challenge what no longer makes sense and create a way forward people are invested in making happen.

280%Profit uplift from business turnaround
60%Reduction in customer churn through clearer accountability and new team rhythms
48% → 100%Employee engagement following leadership alignment and new ways of working
£8M + £15MProfit + revenue uplift from global CRM transformation

“She has gravitas to sit in C-Level conversations and help departments engage productively with one another. I highly recommend Nikki if you want a strong, smart and talented individual focused on delivering results.”

Lorraine VeberCCO, IWG Plc · Previous client work
Sophie Fraser, Human Systems and Behavioural Change specialist at DARE Labs
Human Systems + Behavioural Change

Sophie

She hears what the room is not saying.

When change starts getting harder than it should be, Sophie looks at what is happening beneath the surface.

She sees the beliefs, emotional responses and patterns shaping how people decide, communicate and behave, particularly under pressure, and where they may be getting in the way of the team’s performance.

Combining deep human-change expertise with first-hand commercial leadership experience, Sophie helps teams surface what is not being said, shift the patterns holding them back and build the trust, belief and behaviours that high-performing teams need.

MENTORFounder accelerator mentor
FACULTYLeadership School for Women
LSEGWorkshops delivered for London Stock Exchange Group
RTT + NEUROTherapeutic and neuroscience-informed change

“What makes Sophie different is her ability to gently but firmly guide you toward confronting the difficult work. She doesn’t offer quick fixes or empty affirmations. Instead, she provides practical tools to reframe your thinking and build sustainable confidence. Finding my authentic voice has been worth every moment of discomfort.”

Karen TaitFounder, The Residence Coworking · Previous coaching client
WHY WE WORK TOGETHER

You cannot transform the business and ignore the people.

You can redraw the structure and recreate the same behaviour inside it. Introduce new technology and force it into the old way of working. Announce a bold future while rewarding yesterday’s decisions.

01 / NIKKI’S LENS

The Business

StrategyTechnologyStructureRolesDelivery
02 / SOPHIE’S LENS

The People

BeliefBehaviourEmotionTrustEnergy
Honest alignment → decisive action → change that sticks
WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO WORK WITH US

Bold enough to challenge.
Human enough to hear.

We do not arrive with a pre-written answer. We create the conditions for the truth to surface, the right decisions to be made and your people to own what happens next.

01Honest

We name what others avoid, with care and without theatre.

02Curious

We look beneath the obvious answer and test what has become accepted.

03Energising

We reconnect people to possibility, contribution and a reason to move.

04Practical

Insight ends in decisions, ownership and a usable route forward.

Bring us the real challenge

Ready to change how your organisation thinks, decides and acts?

Start with an honest conversation. We will tell you whether DARE Labs is the right solution.

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