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Corporate Innovation& Venture Building

Turn opportunities into pilots, partnerships, ventures and new growth.

Who it is for

Corporates and government entities that want innovation to be a practiced capability rather than a department.

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How we work

Every engagement follows the same five stages.

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Formats

Course1 to 5 days, cohort based
Live project sprint4 to 8 weeks
Intrapreneurship competition8 to 12 weeks
AdvisoryRetained
What we do

Five things we are asked for,
and what each one actually involves.

Innovation only compounds when the strategy, the function, the pilots, the people and the measurement are built as one system. Open any of the five for the full scope, the outputs and how it is measured.

Most organizations do not lack ideas. They lack an agreed place to aim them and a route the good ones can travel.

What we do

  • Opportunity areas tied to the corporate strategy
  • Portfolio balance across core, adjacent and new
  • Governance, stage gates and decision rights
  • Funding route and the capability gaps to close

You get

Strategy on a pageOpportunity areasPortfolio mapGovernance modelRoadmap with owners

Measured on

Ideas reaching a gateIdea-to-decision timePortfolio balanceSpend against allocation

New innovation functions fail on unglamorous things: no mandate, no decision rights, no route to a budget.

What we do

  • Mandate, reporting line and decision rights
  • Roles, hiring profiles and operating model
  • Intake, gates and the evidence each one needs
  • Budget, policies, IP and a procurement path for pilots

You get

Operating modelProcess and templatesPolicy and terms packBudget modelPipeline dashboardFirst hundred days

Measured on

Intake-to-decision timePipeline conversionCost per validated ideaSponsor satisfaction

A pilot is worth running only if a budget holder has said, in advance, what would make them buy.

What we do

  • Challenge defined with the budget holder
  • Scouting, screening and diligence
  • Success criteria agreed before it starts
  • Agreements, IP, data and the procurement path

You get

Market map and shortlistPilot charterExecuted agreementsEvidence packBuy, extend or stop decision

Measured on

Pilots with an owner and a budgetPilot-to-procurement conversionScouting-to-signature timeCost per adoption

The people closest to the work usually know where the opportunity is. This gives them a legitimate way to chase it.

What we do

  • Challenge themes and recruitment across functions
  • Selection, curriculum, coaching and mentors
  • Protected time agreed with line managers first
  • A decision panel with real authority, and a route after it

You get

Campaign and challengesCohort programPrototypes and evidenceDecision panelPathway per team

Measured on

Spread across functionsIdeas with evidenceIdeas fundedStill alive at six monthsParticipant retention

Innovation gets cut when it cannot show what it returned. We agree what counts as a return before the work starts.

What we do

  • Baseline, counterfactual and attribution rules
  • Five measurement layers, leading and lagging
  • Full cost tracking, internal time included
  • Learning value booked for work stopped early

You get

Measurement frameworkBaseline and attributionLive dashboardQuarterly portfolio reviewInvestment case

Measured on

Value against baselineCost per adoptionDecision speedCapability gainShare stopped early
Courses

Functional upskilling.
Not theory.

Every course is hands-on. Participants work on their own tools, tasks and data, and the material is always tailored to the end user: their role, their level and what they are allowed to use.

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