Deloro Stellite, an international manufacturer synonymous with technical innovation and a long term OIS (Open Innovation Search) client of Strategic Allies Ltd, asked us to prepare a customised Innovation Workshop to introduce the concept of non technical innovation to its senior management and stakeholder team. The view from the client was that although technical innovation happened daily in the company, the wider concept of innovation, e.g. in the service offering, the business process and the customer interaction was not recognised and to further differentiate itself from its competition and build its position it had to deliver something extra for its clients. Could we help?

Given the workshop was to be in the beautiful city of Bologna , Italy , how could we turn this down? We roped in our mates at Impact Innovation and set off.... but would we get to see any of the city?

Fifteen senior managers and directors came to Italy and over the course of two and a half very intense days we explored where the client thought it was on the innovation spectrum, where it wanted to be and most importantly..... a vision for the future and how to achieve it! The session was full of debate, some challenging conversations and working together to form a common consensus. Everyone worked really hard and it concluded with the development of a plan for the next steps, which they are working on right now.

With innovation focussed factory visits to complement the workshop materials, to Ducati and Lamborghini, (very exotic) the session was practical and enjoyable.