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Charles Newbury

Strategy. Operations. AI. Digital execution.

Turn difficult business problems into practical progress.

I help Australian business owners and leadership teams find what is holding performance back—and build the strategy, system or solution that moves it forward.

Clear thinking, hands-on delivery and measurable improvement across strategy, operations, AI, websites, SEO and eCommerce.

DiagnoseFind the real constraint
PrioritiseFocus on what moves the result
BuildCreate the solution
ImproveMeasure, learn and optimise

Experience across

Leadership, growth, operations and transformation inside major Australian and global businesses.

Coles logoCOLES
DoorDash logoDOORDASH
JB Hi-Fi logoJB HI-FI
Bapcor logoBAPCOR

Company names and logos are shown for professional experience and identification only.

How I help

From the business problem to the practical solution.

I bring three connected capabilities together, choosing the right combination for the result the business needs.

01 / STRATEGY & OPERATIONS

Make the priorities clear and improve execution.

Find the constraint, clarify the choices and strengthen how the business actually operates.

  • Business diagnostics and action plans
  • Operating models, processes and KPIs
  • Transformation, sales and service improvement
  • Go-to-market and operational delivery
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02 / AI & WORKFLOW

Make AI useful to the business.

Reduce repetitive work, improve decisions and help teams move faster without losing judgement.

  • AI opportunity and readiness reviews
  • Workflow redesign and automation
  • Prompt systems and knowledge tools
  • Practical implementation with teams
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I do not just recommend the work. I can help build it.

Whether the answer is a clearer strategy, a redesigned process, an AI workflow, an SEO content system or an interactive tool, the goal is to create something useful that improves the outcome.

How the work happens

Clear thinking with practical follow-through.

A disciplined sequence that keeps the business outcome and the realities of implementation connected.

01

Diagnose

Gather evidence, understand the system and identify what is actually limiting the result.

02

Prioritise

Make the important choices, trade-offs and measures of success explicit.

03

Build

Create the process, system, experience, content or practical plan required.

04

Improve

Measure what changes, solve issues and strengthen the work as evidence develops.

Selected work

Different problems. The same practical approach.

Examples of work across digital growth, go-to-market execution and customer experience.

Organic growth

Building a search-led growth engine for an Australian eCommerce brand.

The problem

Create sustainable customer discovery beyond paid advertising in a category with a high education barrier.

What I built

Search-led content clusters, comparison pages, internal linking pathways and interactive education tools.

Business value

A scalable foundation designed to improve discovery, understanding and conversion.

Go-to-market at scale

Enabling thousands of products across a complex fulfilment network.

The problem

Coordinate vendors, product data, operational readiness and launch execution across a national program.

What I led

Go-to-market planning, vendor onboarding, range enablement and cross-functional logistics execution.

Scale

Thousands of products enabled through a complex, multi-stakeholder operating environment.

Digital experience

Helping customers make complex choices through interactive tools.

The problem

Turn difficult product and category information into a clearer, more useful customer experience.

What I built

Comparison tools, quizzes, simulators, calculators and guided decision experiences.

Business value

More useful journeys and clearer pathways from education to action.

Practical resources

Useful tools for improving a business website.

Start with a free module, or use the Website Owner Series for a more complete step-by-step improvement system.

The free resource library includes focused website modules and more than 1,000 practical AI prompts across business, careers, content and personal development.
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Volume 1

Stop Guessing What to Fix on Your Website

Use 50 simple checks to review clarity, trust, usability and the customer journey.

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Volume 2

AI Prompts for Website Owners

Use 50 practical prompts to review, write and improve website content.

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Volume 3

Get Found by Local Customers

Work through the fundamentals that help nearby customers find the business.

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Featured books

Practical books for ambitious professionals.

Useful, direct and immediately applicable ideas for strategy, leadership and the AI era.

The Operator’s Guide to Strategy book cover

The Operator’s Guide to Strategy

How strategy actually gets done inside complex organisations.

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The AI Manager

How smart leaders use artificial intelligence to make better decisions.

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Will AI Replace My Job?

Why judgement, strategy and influence still matter.

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Selling Like Steve Jobs

Seven principles for selling ideas that change markets.

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Why Charles

Executive thinking with a builder’s mindset.

I have worked across strategy, sales, operations, retail, supply chain and growth inside organisations including Coles, DoorDash, JB Hi-Fi and Bapcor.

I work best on problems that cross functions—where commercial judgement, operational detail and practical delivery all matter.

I do not stop at recommendations. I help turn the direction into the process, system, workflow, website or tool that moves the work forward.

What to expect

Clear thinking. Practical work. No theatre.

Start with the constraint

Understand what is actually limiting the result before prescribing a solution.

Make priorities explicit

Reduce noise, define what matters and make trade-offs visible.

Build for the real environment

Create solutions people can use inside existing systems and pressures.

Measure what changes

Connect the work to evidence and improve it as the business learns.

Start here

What is holding the business back?

Tell me the problem, what you have tried and what a better outcome would look like. We can identify a practical next step.