WORKSHOP TOPIC

Identify Inventive Partnerships

Identify partners to add value to your business or to share in innovation risk. Stretch the realm of partner possibilities to include offbeat and breakthrough ideas.

Workshop features

Virtual or in-person

30-40 participants per session

Includes our “Within, Adjacent, Beyond” Tool

60 - 90 minutes

Learner level

Team Leader

Who this is for

Individuals and team leaders who need to find new partners to meet their business needs.

Workshop overview

Successful collaborations can happen anywhere. However, wildly innovative partnerships require intention and strategy.

In this workshop, learners will explore the benefits of diverse partnerships through engaging discussions and exploration of relevant business examples. Then, working in teams learners will uncover the criteria needed to form and maintain innovative partnerships that add value and strength to their organization. Teams will then work together to identify potential partners in three different spheres (within, adjacent, and beyond) and propose innovative ideas for each partnership. At the conclusion of the workshop, participants identify their top partnership ideas and vote on the most disruptive partnership with the greatest business potential.

Workshop outcomes

  • New frameworks and tools to brainstorm immediate future states for your business

  • Understanding of critical industry trends that will impact your business

  • A pool of new partnerships to explore

  • Concrete ideas for meeting business needs through new partnerships

What you’ll learn

  • The benefits of diverse partnerships through engaging discussions and exploration of relevant business examples

  • How to identify business initiatives that can be strengthened through non-traditional partnerships

  • The criteria needed to form and maintain innovative partnerships that add value and strength to their organization

  • The framework ‘within, adjacent, and beyond’ to identify potential partnerships

Skills you’ll develop