Utilities & Energy
Supporting transformation across energy, renewables and essential services
Energy and utilities sit at the heart of modern life, powering homes, industries, and entire economies.
But the sector is undergoing seismic change. From nuclear to renewables, water to gas, organisations are being asked to decarbonise, digitise, and deliver more resilient, sustainable operations under unprecedented scrutiny.
The challenge is that transformation in this sector is never just technical. It’s cultural, regulatory, and deeply human.
Engineers, operators, and regulators must move in unison. Systems must modernise without compromising safety. Leadership must drive innovation while preserving public trust.
At changemaker, we help utilities and energy organisations design, deliver and embed transformation that balances safety, sustainability, and human impact.
Utilities, Energy and Nuclear Landscape
The UK’s nuclear sector plays a vital role in energy security and decarbonisation.
Projects like Sizewell C and Hinkley Point C represent not just engineering feats, but complex human systems. They include thousands of specialists collaborating across disciplines, contracts, and decades-long lifecycles.
We support nuclear leaders and programme offices by:
- Embedding robust governance that maintains regulatory and safety compliance.
- Strengthening communication and trust between client, contractor, and regulator.
- Coaching leaders to sustain engagement and wellbeing across long-term delivery
- Aligning culture, behaviour and accountability through Lumina Spark and Prosci® frameworks.
We help nuclear teams manage complexity without losing clarity, ensuring that transformation in design, digitalisation and delivery never loses sight of the people who make it possible.
Renewable Energy
From offshore wind to solar and hydrogen, the renewables sector is scaling at record speed. Rapid expansion brings growth pains: competing priorities, immature processes, stretched leadership and the challenge of maintaining alignment across distributed teams.
changemaker partners with renewables firms and consortia to:
- Build leadership capability for fast-growing, mission-driven organisations.
- Design governance and decision-making frameworks that keep agility without chaos.
- Embed values-led culture and collaboration across technical, commercial and site teams.
- Support people through organisational shifts, mergers and integration as the market consolidates.
Because true sustainability is built not only on clean energy, but on strong, adaptable teams.
Oil, Gas and Transition Fuels
For established energy providers, the journey to net zero is both opportunity and identity shift. Digitalisation, decommissioning, and diversification into hydrogen and renewables are reshaping operating models and redefining workforce expectations.
changemaker helps these organisations lead credible, human-centred transformation by:
- Balancing strategic transition with operational continuity.
- Engaging legacy workforces in the energy transition narrative.
- Strengthening leadership confidence and communication during cultural change.
- Building frameworks that connect ESG ambition to daily execution.
Our experience shows that when energy transitions are led with empathy and integrity, people move with the mission not against it.
Water, Waste and Environmental Utilities
Water, waste, and environmental services face a different kind of transformation pressure: public accountability.
Infrastructure upgrades, leakage reduction, data-driven maintenance, and customer experience improvements are essential, yet often hindered by legacy systems and fragmented change delivery.
We help operational and programme leaders to:
- Align business plans, regulators and front-line delivery through clear communication.
- Build programme management capability and governance that fits regulatory scrutiny.
- Strengthen internal collaboration and leadership during operational or cultural change.
- Reinforce a culture of service and accountability across distributed field teams.
The goal? Make transformation tangible, measurable, and trusted by regulators and stakeholders alike.
Infrastructure, Grids and Networks
As the energy landscape decentralises, network operators must adapt to distributed generation, smart grids, and new market entrants.
This shift demands not only new systems and data architectures, but new behaviours, from hierarchical to collaborative, reactive to predictive.
We help network organisations and regulators work together more effectively, improving decision clarity, stakeholder engagement and leadership alignment.
How we support your change journey
At changemaker, we take a comprehensive and holistic approach to change, offering a wide range of services across four key areas:
Change Design
Supporting you in exploring what change might look like, or navigating your way to realising the change you desire.
Change Delivery
Implementing the governance and skills to plan and deliver change in an ambiguous world.
Human Change
Supporting the human being in understanding why and how to change to realise their full potential.
Why changemaker
We believe the energy transition is as much a human challenge as a technological one. Our work strengthens the leadership, culture and communication that make complex transformation possible.
We help utilities and energy organisations:
- Deliver major programmes with governance and empathy.
- Strengthen leadership and workforce capability for long-term resilience.
- Maintain safety, compliance and trust while embracing innovation.
- Build engagement, wellbeing and pride through sustained change.
Because the future of energy depends on people who can lead it.
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Frequently asked questions
Here are some common questions about how we help organisations deliver change more effectively, with the right governance and approach.
How do I maintain trust during large-scale change?
Trust comes from honesty and visibility. We help HR teams craft clear messages, enable two-way communication and equip leaders to listen and respond authentically. This protects credibility and confidence organisation-wide.
How do I balance delivery with wellbeing and capacity?
When pressure builds, we provide delivery bandwidth and structure. Our change delivery specialists manage the load so HR can focus on people, leadership and communication
How do I sustain engagement during digital transformation?
Digital success depends on adoption, not just implementation. We design communication and learning plans that focus on behaviour, culture and leadership letting people embrace new tools confidently.
How do I protect HR’s credibility when things get tough?
We act as your independent partner, supporting you to advise and deliver on transformation projects with integrity. By combining Human Change insight with Change Delivery discipline, we help HR maintain authority and impact, even in uncertainty.
How can HR lead transformation beyond its own function?
By owning the people narrative. We help HR leaders use data, insight and storytelling to influence strategy, elevate leadership capability and make change a shared responsibility across the business.
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