Innovation management

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Case studies

Innovation acceleration

Our brief was to identify new, external product and process solutions, and new business models. As part of our services, we prepared a comprehensive acceleration plan for ideas generated by start-ups, including:

identification of the main needs of the company in order to determine interest-specific areas and selection criteria for partners with whom to cooperate
benchmarking study for acceleration programmes available on the market and SWOT analysis of two operation models (internal accelerator and cooperation with an external accelerator)
support in the programme budgeting process
building of the project team,
development of a framework schedule and acceleration plan
assistance in setting down a programme communication and promotion plan
legal support in preparing cooperation agreements between the company and a start-up, taking account of access to the intellectual property rights

Employee innovation

We were tasked with implementing an employee innovation programme to help the employer make the best use of the employees’ intellectual potential. Our services involved creating a fully-fledged internal innovation programme, specifically:

identification of the main needs of the company in line with its strategic development guidelines and megatrends prevailing in the sector it operates in
review of the potential internal innovation campaigns and selection of those best suited to the company’s needs
support in developing a campaign schedule consistent with the available budget
implementation of an IT tool to run the innovation campaign online
operational support at the level of preparation and implementation of particular innovation campaigns

IP management

We were instructed by the client to analyse the sector’s technological leader’s protection strategy for comparison purposes and develop an action plan for the client. As part of our remit, we performed a benchmarking study of a patent portfolio, analysed the market, the company’s competitors and market trends. Our analysis was the basis for strategic decision making, including: expansion into new geographical markets, expansion into new product markets, acquisition of new technologies, purchase of licences, etc.

Innovation campaign as a service

Our client was interested in running an innovation campaign among their employees, but, due to the limited resources of the personnel department whose remit it would otherwise have been, a decision was made to contract out the running of the campaign. As part of the project, we ran the employee innovation campaign online using the Hype Innovation platform, which helped collect, develop and select the best ideas to put into life. Our brief included:

running workshops for the company’s representatives, during which we prepared a proprietary campaign plan covering idea development and definition of key project parameters: we set down the relevant idea assessment criteria and developed an idea reward system
developing a communication plan for the employee innovation campaign, including the marketing materials
configuring the Hype Innovation platform in line with the adopted parameters and adapting the graphic design of the platform interface to reflect the company’s livery
granting access to the platform to the appointed employees for log-in from a web browser
configuring the programme to enable cooperation and ensure that any ideas posted on the platform by employees could be commented on and evaluated by their colleagues
putting in place a gamification system to encourage involvement
assuming operational responsibility for implementing the innovation campaign aimed at capturing valuable ideas for potential future application
preparing debrief information and a campaign summary report for the board of management

Worth cooperating

We provide a full package of advisory services and help our clients see their business processes through with maximum efficiency while keeping an eye on the legal and tax consequences, and any issues surrounding intellectual property.

We are Accredited Open Innovation Network advisors providing technology advisory services for small and medium-sized companies (SME).

Thanks to aligning our experience with the Hype Innovation software for innovation management, we have created a package of services which is second to none in Poland.

Michał Gwizda

Managing Partner

Magdalena Kosewska-Kwasny

Partner

Awards & distinctions

2019

CRIDO 7 times on a 1st place in the Most Effective Consultancy Firms ranking compiled by the European Funds magazine