Hi, I’m Bob Thompson
Founder of Ideas-Shared
Procurement & Operational Transformation Specialist (MCIPS)
I created Ideas-Shared (with Ivar Ingimarsson) to provide a practical way for people and organisations to turn ambition into coordinated action and measurable progress.
Alongside developing Ideas-Shared, I continue to work professionally as a procurement and transformation specialist, supporting organisations to improve performance, reduce cost, and deliver complex change. My work has spanned operational, transformation, and procurement environments where delivery and measurable outcomes matter. Connect with me on LinkedIn or find me on Brainz.
About Me
I’ve spent over three decades working across operational, logistics, procurement, and transformation environments in both public and private sectors.
My background includes:
Military service in logistics and supply
Senior procurement and transformation roles
Advisory and consultancy work across multiple sectors
Hands-on operational delivery in complex environments
This combination of strategic and practical experience led me to design Ideas-Shared as a structured system for coordinated action and measurable outcomes.
It is grounded in real-world operational experience rather than theory.
Why Ideas-Shared Exists
“Ideas-Shared introduces a new organising principle for human collaboration: ambitions. It provides a single operating model that helps individuals, informal groups and organisations coordinate voluntary participation from identifying a condition to delivering measurable outcomes.”
Ideas-Shared enables large scale, peaceful, structured coordination so ordinary people can improve and reshape the structural conditions of politics, finance, the economy, communities and culture while improving their own lives and work.
It is designed to be practical, neutral, and accessible to anyone who wants to turn intention into real results.
My Work Today
My time is currently focused on:
Developing the Ideas-Shared global platform and Innovation Hub model
Supporting organisations through procurement and operational transformation work
Building partnerships and real-world applications of the Ideas-Shared system
I remain committed to creating practical systems that help people and organisations move from intention to delivery.
The World Has Changed. How We Work Together Can Change Too.
Every day, people face personal challenges, businesses encounter problems, communities identify needs, and national and global events create new concerns and opportunities. Ideas-Shared brings these matters into view, connecting them with ambitions, practical activities and opportunities to participate.
Whether you want to improve your own circumstances, solve a business problem, address a community issue, challenge an assumption, stop something unwanted or create something entirely new, you can start something yourself or contribute to what others have begun.
We don’t all have to agree. We don’t all have to do everything. But we can each decide what matters, find others who share our ambitions, and organise the activities needed to make progress.
The question isn’t simply what needs to change. It’s what we can do about it – together.
Explore Ideas-Shared
If you’re interested in the Ideas-Shared approach, you can explore it directly:
Visit the Global Hub
Learn about Private Hubs