WHO WE ARE
Accolade Coaching is a Melbourne-based innovation strategy firm, founded in 2012 by Emmanuel Setyawan. We help organisations make innovation a standing capability, not a one-off initiative, using our own methodology, The SPAN Innovation Framework™.
FOUNDER
Emmanuel Setyawan is the founder of Accolade Coaching. Since 2012 he has helped organisations grow through innovation and strategy, from small companies to large corporations. His background spans News Ltd, PwC Australia and Blue Ocean Strategy Australia, and he served on the committee of the Australia Indonesia Business Council Victoria from 2018 to 2021.
Strategyzer coach, personally trained by Alexander Osterwalder.
2012
Founded in Melbourne
2018
Blue Ocean Strategy Australia consultant
2020
Remote strategy facilitation introduced
2021
Recognised Strategyzer coach
2026
SPAN Innovation Framework™ launched
WHO WE WORK WITH
We work with business associations, government bodies and companies from small to large.
WHERE WE WORK
Sessions run in the room or by video, across Australia and the Asia Pacific.
APPROACH
Plain language, no jargon. Honest about trade-offs, so you can decide with the facts. Practical sessions your team can put to use the next day.
HOW IT WORKS
STEP 1
We talk through your audience, your goal and your timing.
STEP 2
We build the session around your people, not a standard script.
STEP 3
We run the session in person or online, then share practical next steps.
IN THE ROOM
Keynotes, workshops and advisory sessions are shaped around the people in the room and what they need to do next. Before we start, we find out who will be there, what they already know and what change or decision they face. Then we design every activity around that, so the time together goes to the work that matters. You leave with clear next steps your team can act on.
