Behind Inspiration Labs is a diverse team of experienced and passionate leaders.
We’ve made it our life’s work to elevate individuals and organizations towards their greatest potential.
When you work with us, our leaders – Scott, André, and Shira - will handpick a team of experts with relevant skills, experience, or geographical expertise to support your unique ambitions and challenges.
Here, we introduce you to a few of them.
Leadership
Support Team
- Name
- Scott Hilton-Clarke
- Role
- Program Curator; Executive Coach; Master Facilitator
- Skills
- Deep Listening; Confidence Building; Leadership Direction; Champion of Dreams
For 35 years Scott has been unlocking greatness in individuals and businesses. A trustworthy ally with Caribbean warmth, Scott has the uncanny ability to get to the kernel of any issue and construct a path to resolution and accomplishment. Possessing both business savvy and profound understanding of the way people relate to each other, Scott adeptly meets the bottom-line needs of businesses and the people that work in them. An expert in leadership and cultural cultivation, Scott’s proprietary methods, expertise and commitment to results will give your company the edge it needs.
Of Note:
- Scott is passionate about developing human potential, particularly in often overlooked regions
- He has worked with hundreds of business pioneers, Fortune 500 companies, the United Nations, Stock Exchanges, and the US Federal Government. His contribution is global.
- M.B.A from Harvard University
- B.Sc. in Information Systems and Economics New York University’s Stern School of Business
- Name
- André Bello
- Role
- Lead Architect; Corporate Trainer; Executive Advisor
- Skills
- Insightful Innovation; Skilful Negotiation; Strategic Sales; Qualitative Research
A storyteller with panache, Andre transforms technical details into simple lessons that can help you move quickly from theory to execution. One of his key missions is to expand on the science of happiness at work, mindfulness, and stress management for high performing professionals.
Of Note:
- André believes work is something you should enjoy rather than endure.
- Founder of two companies; GET Inc. (consulting) & Atomic Gurus Inc. (training)
- M.B.A. from Andrew’s University.
- Satmetrix-certified NetPromoter® Associate.
- Scrum Master.
- Name
- Shira Block McCormick
- Role
- Executive Coach; Senior Advisor; Corporate Trainer
- Skills
- Compelling Communication; Effective Personal Interaction; Business and Technical Writing
A popular lecturer, freelance writer, author, professional and personal coach and communicator, Shira has a special talent for capturing audiences with her humor, clarity, and ability to pinpoint problems and devise effective solutions. She has taught thousands the art of effective communicating, interpersonal interacting, multicultural awareness, and effective business and technical writing. Her result-oriented approach, leaves participants with a clear path of “what to do”.
Of Note:
- Shira’s body of work includes body language in the workplace, building sound relationships and making a great first impression.
- She was the New England vice president of Commercial Mortgage Lending for Home Savings of America, as well as the vice president of the East Coast Lending Division of IBEX International – an international securities firm.
- MA in Psychology and Counseling from Goddard College
- B.Sc. in Psychology from Boston University
- Name
- Salma Redhead
- Role
- Senior Advisor; Learning Design and Development; Youth Program Development and Coordination
- Skills
- Curriculum Development; Program Facilitation; Youth and Peer Mentorship
With over 25 years’ experience in education under her belt, Salma has a knack of determining how best to deconstruct a goal into attainable elements that create opportunities to experience success along the way to achievement. Transposing her experience of teaching young people into training programs for adults, she balances motivation with expectations of excellence to secure both the desired results and a sense of personal accomplishment.
Of Note:
- Salma’s chosen path is to meet you where you are and take you as far as you can go
- Curiosity, Competence and Confidence are the guiding principles of her practice
- PGDE (Globalisation and Inclusion), University of Sheffield
- Name
- Kezia Thomas
- Role
- Executive Administrative Support; Project Management
- Skills
- Technological Training and Application; Program Coordination and Online Event Production; Client Care and Communication
Kezia uses her 20 years of experience in administration, coordination, I.T. and marketing to support executives and entrepreneurs in business fundamentals; liberating them from the nitty gritty and giving them the room to focus their energy where it is needed the most. Her passion for technology and keeping current makes her well positioned to offer the right tools to fit individual business needs.
Of Note:
- Kezia is committed to the empowerment of women and is heavily involved with initiatives that provide support and encouragement locally to women and their enterprises
- She studied professional photography and has the keen eye and equipment to prove it
- Name
- Cheyenne Baptiste
- Role
- Content and Culture Creation; Customer and Community Care
- Skills
- Social Media Content Management; Branding Strategy and Digital Marketing; Sound and Mood Design
Cheyenne’s background in social work and social media, marketing and public relations, communication and music, all create a potent mosaic from which he draws to set the right tone for an organisation. Cheyenne understands the power of the pivot, and as such is a valuable resource to entrepreneurs and agile business thinkers alike.
Of Note:
- An audiophile at heart and an avid record collector, his ethos lies in making people feel good through sound and mood design.
- Postgraduate program in Public Relations and Corporate Communications at Centennial College in Toronto Ontario.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from the University of Alberta
- Name
- Peter Gales
- Role
- Corporate Speaker, Trainer; Writer; Presentation Specialist
- Skills
- Conscious and Effective Communication; Powerful Presentation; Brand Marketing
Coming from a successful, traditional, brand marketing background, Peter Anthony offers the irresistible combination of international business experience and natural, good-natured and infectious humor. With this, he generates intentionality, creativity, and effectiveness to his talks, workshops, interviews and business relationships. He helps people get passionate about their work, and enables businesses to release untapped human potential.
Of Note:
- Peter Anthony believes that everyone’s search for meaning and happiness depends on deepening our connection to each other and this beautiful planet we call home; that we can invent completely new ways to live that encourage everyone to explore their freedom in safety, dignity and joy
- In his book, The Practice of Acknowledgments, he explains how a practice of sharing the truth about people and situations can both deepen human relationships, and build the trust and willingness necessary to solve intractable business problems.
- M.B.A., Marketing from Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management
- B.A., Economics and Political Science from York University
- Name
- Jakub Pawlowicz
- Role
- Software Developer
- Skills
- Bespoke Technical Problem Solving; Quality System Design
Offering elegant solutions to knotty problems is Jakub’s hallmark. He listens attentively to the desired outcome and clearly maps out the course to the finish line. His understated, easy-going demeanour belies his sharp mind and exemplary professionalism. This winning combination makes him the player everyone wants as a teammate.
Of Note:
- Jakub is an artist in his field and transforms the complicated and difficult into simple and efficient.
- MS from Jagiellonian University in Krakow
- Name
- Jacqueline Hilton-Clarke
- Role
- Business Relationship Development and Management; Financial Leadership; Brand Representative
- Skills
- Sound Planning and Direction; Executive Presence Development; Inner Conflict Resolution and Executive Well-Being
Jacqueline has an intimate knowledge of the power of currency, financial and social, and how best to invest it. With over 22 years in the financial services industry, her experience runs the gamut of this industry, allowing her a unique breadth from which to advise, guide and lead businesses to their end goals. A powerhouse with a gentle touch, Jacqueline guides executives as they navigate both their internal and external relationship landscapes.
Of Note:
- Jacqueline’s personal signature style is matched only by her commitment to the responsible stewardship of the companies under her care
- BSC degree from the University of the West Indies, with a major in Economics
- Name
- Edward Brathwaite
- Role
- Corporate Training; Image Development; Presentation Coach
- Skills
- Presentation Development and Execution; Quality, Health, Safety and the Environment Management; Custom Safety Training
Adding value in a meaningful way is paramount to Edward. Skilled in the craft of presentation, Edward is a wise choice for honing skills from first impressions to end experience. Simple and powerful, his techniques give even the most inexperienced presenter a toolkit of strategies that can be applied immediately for maximum impact.
Of Note:
- Edward is a leader with over 20 years’ broad experience in the energy sector
- He is passionate about invention, innovation and technology
- Founder and Director of InCrEdible Safety Services Limited
- Principal Inventor and Consultant of Savant Studio
- M.B.A. Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Innovation from Anglia Ruskin University
- B. Sc. Chemistry, Physics from the University of the West Indies
- Name
- Frances Bello
- Role
- Psychologist
- Skills
- Organizational Behavior; Transformative Psychoeducation
As part of her work on organizational behavior, Frances set out to examine the art and science of happiness at work and conducted her own original research on the state of happiness in the Caribbean workplace. Her five key findings form the backbone of her workshop and online training program, “Happy Workdays” which was launched in 2019, and delivered to leadership teams in Barbados, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the United States. A major part of her practice involves psychoeducation for her clients.
Of Note:
- Frances’ dynamic approach is fuelled by on-going personal research
- Co-founder of the training company, Atomic Gurus Inc. and advisor to GET Inc.
- M.Sc. Clinical Psychology from University of the West Indies