Innovation Collaboration

The client requested support to manage an innovation collaboration day that was requested by a customer.  The client suspected this was a one-time opportunity to step up with the client to retain their business in a highly competitive market.  But the client had never conducted multiple-party innovation workshops and their staff was already lean and stretched.  Concision supported the client by creating the Innovation Day Agenda, gaining approval of the agenda by providing enough detail behind each step of the process.  The agenda extended before and beyond the workshop day to include pre-work, non-disclosure agreements, and pre-reading each other’s goals and conceptual offerings to start the creative process prior to the day.  During the day, Concision facilitated the entire workshop, including break-out sessions aligned to creative clusters which had traction before the event.  In addition, Concision documented the results commensurate with over 20 years industry experience.  The result was a solid partnership of cooperation and real projects with tangible deliverables.  The client was not only delighted with the coordination and facilitation, but this enabled them to focus on the creative and innovative process rather than the mechanics of the workshop.