The average public company now lasts only 15-years. Disruption is coming from all directions. We help businesses to identify and capitalise on new trends and technologies to secure a stronger future.
How we work.
Ask.
First, we seek to understand who you are, your core purpose, challenges, metrics, and goals. We get to know your customers, why they love you, why they leave you and everything in between. We explore and gather evidence for opportunities, creating a plan for realisation.
Experiment.
We create an innovation lab to integrate with your team in exploring, learning, building, testing, and iterating new ideas and business models. Here we explore potential partnerships, new ideas for development, and processes to evolve and improve.
Collaborate.
We collaborate internally and externally to bring business models to life. Partnering with the startup ecosystem, innovative employees, and bringing in new skills - we commit to developing a thriving cultural soil for the seeds of innovation to continue to grow.
some recent work
UK Giving Platform.
Opportunity and growth strategy for one of the world’s most experienced giving service providers (100+ years old). The client’s giving platform has excess of £120m in donor assets and facilitates the distribution of over £80m of giving each year.
Outside of acquisitions, donations have grown 30% over the 2-years that we have been working together.
We have integrated with the client’s teams in delivery and supported the development of a modern product organisation.
UK Ethical Asset Manager.
Enabling one of the UK’s leading ethical asset management firms to develop a direct to consumer investment platform.
We have supported with collaborative ideation, proposition prototyping, user testing, financial model development, business model development, and the development of an investment case.
The client has won some of the industry’s most prestigious awards and is expecting growth at over 50% per annum.
grown in disruptive startups
We are proud to have worked with exceptional growth companies and learned from some of the best teams.
William Reeve - Investor & Serial entrepreneur (Lovefilm, Zoopla, Goodlord, Graze, Secret escapes)
"I would thoroughly recommend working with Ben. When it comes to growth he is capable of making almost anything happen. From media planning to buying, new website flows to deep data analysis his combination of creativity and rigorous testing makes him an incredible asset for any business looking to scale"
Michael Galvin - Serial Entrepreneur (Lum, Geniac, Olivo, Go4Venture)
"Having worked with Matt for over 5 years, he has been a bit of a secret weapon in our businesses together. Most recently, at Geniac, he was responsible for driving our initial traction, the incubation and scale of many key business functions, and the overall improvement of our business structures and processes."
Brit Gilmore - The Giving Keys, President
"Matt worked with us at a pivotal time in The Giving Keys journey, helping us to make key management changes which have been core to sustaining our growth and success."
Craig Gibson - webhelp uk, chief commercial officer
"Matt's ability to identify opportunities and develop clear, concise strategies that underpin their realisation is a real asset. He led the strategy around our move to South Africa, which has been a very successful venture, already employing over 4000 people."
Bridget Callaghan - Well kneaded food, Co-founder
"Ben very quickly got to the bottom of what really drives our business, both the heart and the economics. The visibility he was able to give us on our growth, what was driving it and where it was being held back has changed the way we view our business. He has left our team with more skills, confidence and clarity in their role."
Eduardo martinez - Serial Entrepreneur (Lum, Geniac, gomadrid, petrocorner)
"I have had the privilege of working with Matt for over 5 years on many different projects. Matt's amazing attitude towards achieving the right outcome, always placed him in the most critical business roles on each project. If I had to highlight one of his many talents, this would be his incredible positive attitude towards people, always making sure that everybody is aligned and happy in the team, together with his expert understanding of key stakeholders and customers."
founders corner.
We have spent years honing our skills in disruptive startups so that we can help organisations move faster, build resilience and grow.
BEN LEWIS
“There have been too many great British businesses failing in this last decade and I’m committed to supporting businesses to thrive in the midst of disruption, and continue to serve the communities they were created to uplift. Sustained growth is underpinned by getting continued product innovation right. I love helping businesses create a pipeline of products that click with the market. ”
MATTHEW WOOD
“I believe that thriving and resilient organisations are incredibly valuable to society. Organisations that stay true to a reason for being and develop creativity and ownership in their employees will be the most resilient in the long run. We work with teams to discover more about the people they serve. We then facilitate the cycle of ideas, experiments, products and business models that create a future that everyone wants to be a part of.”
Get in touch.
EMAIL: hello@bamworks.co
BAM Works Ltd, is a company registered in England and Wales number 10715154