Khairul Anwar — Founder, DT Leadership

Innovation
isn’t a
department.
It’s leadership.

Helping leaders turn innovation from ideas into disciplined execution — through coaching, facilitation and capability building. No theatre. No fluff.

Est. 2013
Khairul Anwar, Founder of DT Leadership
CEO & Chief Coach, Innovation Leadership

Khairul Anwar

20+
Years Experience
11,000+
Professionals Coached
12
Countries
Top 10
Design Thinking Influencer

Trusted by leaders across banking · logistics · healthcare · energy · government · multinationals

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§ 01 — The Practice

Who I am.

People innovate. Companies don’t. Corporate culture is dead — build innovation culture instead.”

I founded DT LEADERSHIP in 2013 to do one thing: help leaders convert innovation rhetoric into disciplined execution. I work with CEOs, boards and C-suite teams across Southeast Asia, Europe and the Middle East.

I am not a trainer. I am a coach, a facilitator and a boardroom partner. The work is candid, the cadence is executive, the outcomes are organizational.

Innovation LeadershipDesign ThinkingCulture TransformationBoard FacilitationExecutive Coaching
§ 02 — Signature Offerings

Five rooms.
One discipline.

Each engagement is invitation-only and built around the room it serves — board, executive, or leadership lab.

01

Closed-Door Executive Sessions

Private, candid conversations for senior leaders. No agenda theatre. Real questions, real answers.

02

SOIL Certification

Steward of Organizational Innovation Leadership. The capability programme for innovation stewardship at the top.

03

Innovation Leadership Programs

Executive capability building grounded in design thinking, decision discipline and human-centred strategy.

04

Board & Governance Facilitation

Board-level innovation oversight. Strategy reviews that move beyond compliance into stewardship.

05

Strategic Retreats & Leadership Labs

Off-site labs where leadership teams pressure-test direction, culture and capability.

§ 03 — Why leaders work with me

More ideas.
More workshops.
More theatre.

Instead — outcomes that the boardroom and senior leaders can internalize.

Innovation Narratives
FIG. 03 — WHAT IS YOUR INNOVATION NARRATIVES?

Decision quality

Sharper trade-offs in the room where it matters.

Innovation capability

Teams that ship — not teams that workshop.

Execution discipline

Cadence, ownership and measurable outcomes.

Organizational transformation

Culture rebuilt around how people actually create value.

§ 04 — In the room
"Khairul doesn’t train. He shifts the conversation with his masterful facilitation skills. An exact space we need to deepen our problems understanding away from the office."
Group CEO · Regional Logistics
"The most honest session our executive team has ever sat in. We left with a plan, not slides."
Chief HR Officer · Multinational Bank
"He works at the level of the room. Strategy and humanity in equal measure. Innovation success depends more on the people side of innovation, not just tech. Khairul helps my team sees that."
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT · MULTINATIONAL ENGINEERING FIRM
§ 06 — Begin

If you want innovation outcomes,
start with leadership.

Book Strategic Conversation Book SessionOr write — dtworks@designthinking.com.my