Services and Consultancy
Eagle & Oak
Jon O’Donoghue – Business Development Consultancy for Culture, Heritage & Landscapes
Across four corners of England I’ve been lucky to work with places of immense beauty, fascination and popularity. There have been gardens, houses, galleries, museums, coastline, parklands, villages, woodlands, a railway and even an island. Some have been occupied since the Bronze Age, others were established within my lifetime.
Before becoming a business development consultant I worked as a conservation assistant, a guide, an assistant head gardener, a visitor experience and marketing manager, an operations manager, a head of public engagement, an analyst, a project manager and a commercial director.
Each of the places I’ve worked with has had a particular combination of problems and opportunities, and my work has been to help them grow. This might be in profitability, in appeal, in standards of conservation or in efficiency. The foundation for any growth has been understanding the distinctiveness of each place – its stories, its challenges, its richness. There’s always something, however intangible, which is the seed for sustainable growth.
I want Eagle & Oak to treat places authentically, to build sustainability and apply my creativity and inspire it in others. It’s my opportunity to work with even more places to keep them special well into the future.
I offer advisory site visits, holistic business development workshops, project support and mentoring. Let’s start the conversation…
