The innovation skills programme is tailored to the specific needs of clients and will depend on their own priorities. Some may be establishing new teams, others seeking to improve communication with the rest of the organisation, or how to develop more ‘big hit’ innovations rather than incremental improvements.

A typical programme could be structured in the following way, over two or more days, either consecutively or paced to allow for teams to consolidate their learning.

Day 1: Creating winning ideas. Including: Adding strategic value to an existing business. Generating, stretching and refining ideas. Using market research and financial information appropriately. Using strategic frameworks to set the innovation agenda.

Day 2: Managing an innovation programme. Including: How to lever the skills and knowledge of the organization to best effect. How to engage with decision-makers  - selling ideas, creating watertight arguments and building financial cases. Meeting realistic business objectives for innovation. Day Two also includes a look at the ways in which innovation can go wrong.

Please see here for more details of the full Innovation Skills Programme (pdf)

The ideas involved are illustrated by detailed case studies drawn from our 25 years working with UK financial services organisations, and we include practical exercises to help practice the concepts covered.

We can also work with the real projects on which clients are currently engaged to build specific skills – developing ideas, running workshops, backed-up by lots of ideas on how to put things into effect.

We can be available for refresher sessions or to provide continued support with pipeline reviews or with progressing individual propositions.