Business Innovation Sprint
Kick-start your Innovation Program with a Business Innovation Sprint
A Business Innovation Sprint is one of the most effective ways to quickly tackle a challenge or opportunity and develop a validated business model ready to be scaled. Our process enables you to move faster, with less cost, and to substantially decrease the risk of building a product or service which fails to deliver the expected return on investment.
It is a common misperception that innovation is limited to the realm of a few creative geniuses hidden away in the R&D Lab. When equipped with the right tools, knowledge and support, anyone in your organisation has the potential to be innovative and the source of your next dramatic improvement, blockbuster product or service, or future growth engine.
Who should try an Innovation Sprint?
- Organisations which are new to business innovation techniques
- Experienced innovators looking to move faster, increase their innovation hit rate, and further develop their capabilities
- The process we teach and follow is equally applicable to companies of all sizes, not-for-profit organisations, government, educational institutions, and start-ups
How it works
Lay the Foundation
Depending on your existing capabilities, we will run an Innovation Masterclass to get everyone up-to-speed with the fundamentals of the innovation process
Execute one or more Sprints
Sprints are typically three-months. We work with you closely throughout the process as a coach and advisor. We advise on the techniques and tactics to execute a successful sprint, as well as giving guidance to address broader organisational issues which may be holding the team back.
Our Approach
The process is pragmatic and outcome focused, drawing on a range of approaches, including design thinking, agile product development, jobs-to-be-done, business model design, and business testing.
Benefits and typical results:
Validate a Specific Opportunity and Solution Before you Scale
For your chosen problem/opportunity, you will generate, test, and validate multiple ideas. This will arm you with facts, data, and learning from which to make more informed investment decisions.
Reduce Risk
Significantly decrease the risk of investing in the wrong solution to your chosen problem/opportunity
Deeply Understand Customers
Develop more in-depth understanding of your customers, based not just on what they say, but how they act
Directly Learn the Innovation Process
Your team, including executive sponsors and other key stakeholders, will develop a robust understanding and hands-on experience in key innovation techniques
Start a Movement
Develop a grass-roots innovation movement by turning your team into a group of committed advocates for the innovation process.
Build Internal Capabilities
Team members will be able to lead further innovation sprints on their own, as well as coach new innovation teams.
Safely Test the Waters
Pilot how to best integrate innovation practices into your organisation and uncover hidden barriers to innovation, before you scale the process.