Hi, I’m
Gareth Dunlop

I’m a speaker, trainer and consultant specialising in innovation, AI, digital transformation, user experience and product design.

I’ve worked in digital design and communication since the mid-1990s. Since then, I’ve led, grown and sold two design agencies, invested in digital products and helped guide businesses at board level. Some ventures ended in acquisition. Others ended in tears. Both taught me a great deal about how organisations make decisions.

Those experiences led me to develop DecisionIQ®, a framework built on the simple idea that organisations achieve better results by making smarter decisions, and make smarter decisions through better process and stronger culture.

DecisionIQ® now underpins my speaking, training and consulting, helping organisations innovate deliberately, apply AI with purpose, create better products and services and navigate digital transformation with confidence.

Have a look at my full career history (exec and non-exec)

Or read on to see how I can help you.

Elsewhere, you can find me on LinkedIn.

And get in touch any time for a no-obligation chat.

Gareth Dunlop on stage, gesturing while talking, with a screen behind him showing the design thinking stages: empathise, define, ideate, prototype, test
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Here’s how I can help you

I can speak at your event, whether that’s a conference, or an in-house gathering on DecisionIQ® and the range of topics which emerge from it

I can train your people in topics such as design thinking, UX Fundamentals, AI for UX teams, and related other subjects

I can offer guidance at a senior level on product direction and design, through consultancy, NED and fractional leadership roles

I can help you plan and deliver programmes of UX research and design

I can use my decades of experience to coach and mentor you if you are an agency leader and want to avoid making the mistakes I made

The obligatory action shots

Gareth Dunlop speaking from a podium, gesturing to the audience, with a screen behind him reading "Content is King"

NI Dev Conf 2025

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Manifesto team day 2025

Gareth Dunlop speaking from a podium, gesturing to the audience, with a screen behind him reading "Content is King"

Agency Hackers Growth Summit 2024

Gareth Dunlop speaking on a dark stage, wearing a lanyard and headset microphone, with a curtain behind him

Modern Marketing Conference 2024

Gareth Dunlop speaking from a podium, gesturing to the audience, with a screen behind him reading "Content is King"

Digital Culture NI 2023

Gareth Dunlop speaking on a dark stage, wearing a lanyard and headset microphone, with a curtain behind him

3XE UX 2019

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Contact

Email me hello at dunlop dot co dot uk

Subscribe to my DecisionIQ® newsletter

Design better products and services, foster better cultures, digitally transform more effectively and embrace innovation more deliberately with DecisionIQ®. Delivered monthly to your inbox. You'll only get the good stuff. I won't spam you. I will never share your email address.

Subscribe to my DecisionIQ® newsletter

Design better products and services, foster better cultures, digitally transform more effectively and embrace innovation more deliberately with DecisionIQ®. Delivered monthly to your inbox. You'll only get the good stuff. I won't spam you. I will never share your email address.

Subscribe to my DecisionIQ® newsletter

Design better products and services, foster better cultures, digitally transform more effectively and embrace innovation more deliberately with DecisionIQ®. Delivered monthly to your inbox. You'll only get the good stuff. I won't spam you. I will never share your email address.

Contact

Email me hello at dunlop dot co dot uk