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Who is Indigo for?

Indigo creates bespoke platforms to help any organisation transform their people into a connected, cohesive community. We find this works best for businesses, corporations and employers with 100+ staff members. You could be:

  • The Team Leader for a small to medium-sized enterprise.
  • An HR Manager for a business or enterprise.
  • A Learning and Development specialist working within larger organisations.
  • A community manager or in another role centred around coordinating a team.

However, the platform was designed to connect communities for the purpose of mutual learning and development, which means it can be used in lots of other areas aside from a workplace setting. If you work for a training organisation or education provider we’d love to hear from you, too.

Is Indigo an app?

Indigo platforms are accessible via a web application that can be integrated with whichever existing tech infrastructures you already have in place.

The decision to keep the platform web-based, rather than opt for the traditional app format, was intentional. When your people log into Indigo, we want it to feel like an existing extension of your organisation’s online presence – this means keeping your branding the same, using the language of your organisation and not requiring users to log in to an entirely separate application.

A key aspect of community building is helping your people feel like they belong, which is why syncing Indigo platforms with the brand presence your people are already familiar with is so important to us.

Do you provide the mentors?

Indigo was designed to facilitate internal mentoring, collaboration and communication – we don’t provide external mentors.

Whilst external consultancy can be useful in some instances, we believe the best way to foster a community mindset and build relationships within your organisation is to give your people the tools to help each other. That way, you get all of the benefits of mentoring support (professional and personal development, upskilling and increased engagement) whilst also building your company’s culture in a meaningful way.

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Invite members

We use single sign on to automatically integrate our software with your existing online infrastructure, whether that’s a work email system or virtual learning environment. You can also take advantage of our handy communications resources to help attract, enrol and engage your members.

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Match participants

We don’t believe in wasting time manually matching users with mentors. Our AI-led matching algorithm connects users with the best mentor for them based on factors of your choice, such as the course they study or the department they work in. Users can opt to chat to the same mentor always, or different mentors for different queries.

Users can also choose their own mentor by searching our member directory for key words relating to their individual needs or concerns. This could be anything from ‘LGBTQ+ support’ to ‘IT query’.

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Build engagement

Taking mentoring online increases user engagement by making support more accessible, but we don’t stop there. The Indigo review function enables every mentor to build positive feedback from the people they help, based on the skills that matter to them. This is tangible data that can be used to aid professional development, grow their skillset and even give you useful insights for promotions.

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Monitor interactions

We want every mentoring ecosystem built with Indigo to be a safe, secure and supportive environment, and our monitoring system was built to ensure quality control with every interaction.

The system works by enabling all participants to quickly and simply ‘report’ a conversation that made them uncomfortable or unsure. This sends an alert direct to your inbox, enabling you to review a transcript of the conversation and take the same disciplinary action you would if the conversation happened in the office.

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Measure impact

We know that a good mentoring program doesn’t just benefit the individual users. It has a positive impact at organisational level, too.

Using our admin portal you can measure the impact of mentoring on your team. This includes tracking usage levels, learning more about popular topics discussed and gaining valuable insight into your members’ performance.

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About Indigo

Our background

Indigo was founded in 2017 by CEO James when he was a student at the University of Nottingham, where he created the first iteration of our software, geared towards supporting student mental health through mentoring. Fast forward 6 years, and today we’re helping to unleash the power of mentoring wherever people go to learn – whether that’s at work, in education or through training programs and courses.

Whilst we’ve transformed into an organisation that supports far more than just students, our core purpose remains the same: to ensure that everybody, everywhere has someone they can turn to for help .

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Indigo turns companies into communities

Today, though, our day-to-day looks a little different to how we started. At Indigo, we’re all about using internal mentoring as a tool to make culture, cohesion and connection a daily habit in your organisation.

Everyone tells us that company culture is the secret ingredient to empowering your team and super-charging productivity within your organisation. But what does it really mean? The truth is that culture is about far more than having a ping pong table in your office or hosting a one-off company barbecue. It’s about the small, every day interactions that establishing real human connection within your team.

At Indigo, we use tech to help facilitate those relationships, making it easier for your team to communicate, collaborate and support each other. Want to learn how we do it? Get in touch for a demo.

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Chris, Commercial Director

Chris joined Indigo with 15 years’ experience in growing and scaling tech start-ups, including being a part of the founding team of the third fastest-growing company in the US in 2013.

Chris is passionate about AI and it’s use in enhancing our day to day working life and enabling genuine human connection. At Indigo, he supports the senior team with business development opportunities and innovation of the Indigo platform.

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Leadership team

The core leadership team is comprised of learning and development specialists, tech experts and thought leaders passionate about providing meaningful, purposeful and psychology-backed mentoring support.

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James Doherty
Founder and CEO

Emily Goodwin
Marketing Director

Chris Tossell
Commercial Director

Phylip Morgan
Chair of the Board

Dr Maria Katsarou-Makin
Learning and Development Director

Community learning platforms that unlock your team’s potential.

✅ Double engagement with professional development.
✅ Halve your employee turnover.
✅ Fast track high performers.

Indigo creates a platform where your people improve a little bit, every day.

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Built to enhance engagement in teams of all sizes

Indigo platforms are designed to grow as you do – scale securely whether you have 100 employees or 100,000.

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Increase in participant engagement

50%

Reduction in early life attrition

76%

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Harness the power of community to improve team performance

Streamline communication for remote teams, target interactions and improve productivity and performance.

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Invest in wellbeing to inspire happier employees

Prioritising the psychological safety of your people is more important than ever. Use Indigo’s AI matching algorithm to connect staff to support.

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Stop employee churn in your organisation

Happy employees = improved staff retention. Give your team the tools to make workplace connections, build their professional development and get recognised for their achievements.

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Read the latest updates:

The Importance of Prioritising Employee Wellbeing in Cultivating Organisational Success.
Navigating the Leadership Landscape: Strategies for Enhancing Employee Retention
Thriving in the Remote Work Landscape: Prioritising Wellbeing in the Digital Era

Phylip, Chair of the Board

Phylip joined the team with over 30 years’ experience in starting and scaling tech organisations, has been identified as one of the most influential people in UK tech by CRN, and was recognised by PCR Magazine as one of the top 50 UK Tech Executives.

Phylip plays a pivotal role within the Indigo team, working to identify and target key marketplaces, advising on strategy and managing relationships with our wider tech team.

Emily, Marketing Director

Emily joined Indigo in 2019 with a background in marketing and communications, and a First Class degree in English.

Emily oversees all marketing efforts for Indigo, as well as working with our clients to create bespoke resources and develop communications plans to help engage their members with the mentoring process.

“For me, working at Indigo has always been about maximising the power of mentoring to support mental health and wellbeing. It’s an issue that isn’t limited to one setting, whether that’s a workplace, university or other professional organisation, and so our aim is not to limit the solution, either.”

James, Founder & CEO

James founded Indigo in 2017 whilst studying Politics at The University of Nottingham with one simple goal: to ensure that everyone, everywhere had someone they could turn to.

James is our ideas man – he’s in charge of software development and innovation, and leads on our goal of continuously improving and adapting the platform for every client we work with.

‘When I started Indigo, it was with the aim of using mentoring to support engagement and psychological safety amongst university students. I’m proud that today we’re able to expand that support and realise the power of mentoring alongside corporations, training providers and any organisation where people go to learn.’