Why Winnocks

Where the best light hits

In traditional Scots, a winnock is more than a window — it's a "wind-eye," a point of clarity. The winnock-bunker was the seat by the glass where the best light fell, kept for reflection and the conversations that mattered most.

We try to create that space for leaders. We bring the structure, the rigour, and the method needed to see the path ahead clearly — and to make sure everyone in the room is looking at the same horizon, whether that horizon is next quarter or the next decade.

Our approach

How we work

We work across three related needs: performing well today, having a clear plan for what's changing, and building a shared view of what's coming next. In each case, the work is client-led. We bring structure, rigour, and the occasional uncomfortable question. You bring the content and the decisions.

With individual executives, that means one-to-one coaching — a confidential space to think through what's hard and move with more intention. With leadership teams, it means working with the team as a system, not a collection of individuals, and, where useful, our own proprietary alignment framework and facilitation tools. With organisations looking further out, it means a structured method for building and agreeing a shared view of the future, and turning it into a plan.

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Meet the founder

Luca Corradi

Founder and Managing Director, Winnocks

Luca has spent three decades managing change across energy, technology, consulting, and the non-profit sector, in executive, advisory, and non-executive roles.

He was a founding team member and Chief Technology Officer of the Net Zero Technology Centre in Aberdeen, where he led technology strategy, strategic foresight, and the development of advisory services for industrial decarbonisation clients. Before that, he spent twenty-one years at Accenture, reaching Managing Director level in the Global Energy Practice, leading strategic transformation programmes across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

He currently sits on the Governance Board of The Data Lab, Scotland's innovation centre for data and AI, and previously held non-executive and advisory roles at Decarb Scotland, NESH2A, the Centre for Energy Policy (University of Strathclyde), and RUSI.

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Qualifications

  • Business Economics, specialisation in Organisation and Change Management — Università Bocconi
  • Executive Strategic Foresighting programme — Alliance Manchester Business School
  • Business Economics — Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
  • Energy Transition and Innovation — New Energy Business School, Nyenrode University
  • ILM Level 7 Executive Coaching & Mentoring — in progress
  • Team Development Essentials (TDE) — certified
  • Systemic Coaching Practitioner — in progress

Working with clients across the UK, Europe, and the Middle East.