Tell Your Story. Inspire Empathy. Move Your Audience and stakeholders to Action.

 
 

I bridge the gap between institutional logic and the human heart. With a PhD in Creative Leadership and 20+ years of experience across Africa, Europe, and the United States, I help brands and global institutions communicate with empathy to drive measurable change.

How I Work: The Strategic Storytelling Pillars

  • Storytelling for Impact: From nonprofit advocacy to for-profit brand leadership and personal branding, I design stories that inspire human-centered action.

  • Empathy & Public Health Communication: Using my S4E Framework (State, Science, Storytellers, and Society), I guide institutions through complex public health transformations. This methodology is detailed in my book, Design in Public Health Crises (Bloomsbury Press).

  • Brand Experience & Creative Strategy: I believe a brand is a story well told. I design end-to-end experiences that connect clarity with emotion, ensuring consistency across every stakeholder touchpoint.

  • Personal Branding & Talent Development: Whether you’re building a personal brand or growing a creative team, I can help you find and refine your storytelling voice.
    As the founder of Orange Academy, I have mentored nearly 2,000 strategists in the art of storytelling, helping organizations grow high-performing, creative teams.

What happens when real stories meet healthcare? This video showcases "Baltimore in Conversation," Kehinde Bademosi's innovative empathy storytelling lab, and its power to bridge community and healthcare. See how diverse Baltimore voices transform public health, a project supported by the CDC, Johns Hopkins, and the Baltimore City Health Department. #StorytellingLab #PublicHealthImpact #CommunityHealth #BaltimoreStories #EmpathyInHealthcare

My Experience & Collaborations

Social Innovation Consultant, Penta Child Health Research Network
Storytelling Strategist and Creative Director, Foundation for Public Code, Amsterdam
Former Director of Social Innovation & Marketing, Baltimore City Health Department (Johns Hopkins University)
Founder & Former CEO, Orange Academy, Lagos
Former Creative Director, FCB Draft Advertising Agency
Ex-Copywriter, Coca-Cola

Click to download the free Social Innovation Storytelling Model created for the health departments here.

Read the Science Direct evaluation of my storytelling events, "How storytelling can change healthcare workers’ understanding and practices." 

Here is Maryland Institute College of Art’s cover story about my storytelling practice

Learn about Orange Academy here: Africa’s first Practical School of Integrated Brand Experience, Orange Academy, in collaboration with Vega School of Brand Leadership, South Africa

Reuter covered my volunteer work, conveying the first pan-African Pride in 2020. Pride Afrique featured speakers included Botswana's former President, Festus Mogae, and John Amaechi, the first former NBA player to come out. Former South African President Kgalema Motlanthe and Tunisia's former presidential candidate Mounir Baatour also participated.

As design finds its place in every industry in the 21st century, my featured piece in Echos, Australia, answers the following questions: How do you set up a design team in a non-traditional space, such as finance? And what are the top five essential qualities of a design leader?

Read my conversation with leading UI designers about how to make a connection with your audience through digital facilitation: How two women are fostering social inclusion across countries using facilitation design.

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