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Strategic Design by Innovation Lab

More than knowing how our world is today, leaders must be able to imagine how it could be better tomorrow. The solution: Strategic Design.

Strategy as it has been taught to many of today’s leaders is outdated. Because our world has become ever-changing, volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA). The focus of your strategy needs to shift from engineering-driven to design-driven, from product-centric to user-centric, and from marketing-focused to user-experience-focused. The solution is Strategic Design – a practice that provides a unique set of skills and frameworks to balance creative strategic thinking with sound business decision making.

 

Design is not only beautiful artpieces, furniture or fashion. Design also involves the targeted application of creativity with the intention of bringing about positive change and help you create a clear plan in a volatile world where predictions are impossible. Design has become an important part of business strategy and an invaluable tool to foster innovation.

 

At “Strategic Design by Innovation Lab” we help you continuously apply analysis and intelligence in how you react to opportunities and threats as they arise and by that create more meaningful and useful experiences for your customers. 

 

We utilize designers’ methods and trained sensibility to seek a deep understanding of users’ conditions, situations, and needs. This approach enables us to uncover great new possibilities for change, improvement, and innovation.

 

We use a method called Co-Creation which has been designed to unleash creativity, get inspired and develop innovative solutions to your most important questions. Guiding you through a series of collaboration Workshops, we work on a specific business challenge with your cross-functional team and our experts. Besides that we also offer talks and shorter workshop formats to give you an introduction to our methodology and tools.

 

What are the outcomes of working with Strategic Design?

 

  • Action plan! Understand your potential, choice and possible experiences: What actions can you undertake today to prepare for tomorrow? We help you act on market shifts and behaviour changes continuously
  • Alignment! Create a common understanding, alignment and buy-in from all stakeholders across departments, from the CEO down to every individual employee, on what core experiences, products and services you want to provide your customers
  • Key customer motivations! Generate valuable customer insights, find innovative ideas to tackle your business challenges with a joint team from your company and Innovation Lab and validate solutions using user interviews / tests and prototypes
  • Clear directions! Obtain a distinct strategic framework and product vision: Create intersects between business objectives and user needs, while retaining relevance for future trends
  • Ownership! Strengthen cross-functional team collaboration in multiple Co-Creation Workshops and demonstrating the value of a user-centric development process

 

Or in numbers, Strategic Design leads to:

  • Higher revenue growth and return on investment
  • More satisfied and loyal customers
  • More market share and competitive advantages
  • Less money and time spent on product development

 

Services

Explore some of the standard workshop formats we offer to support you in the different phases of your project. Usually, we build a tailor-made process for the specific needs of each of our clients.

 

Product Discovery

Building the right product for your users and your business

  • Matching user needs with business goals
  • Creating a mutual understanding about individual, team and business goals
  • Building a common ground for all stakeholders at your company
  • Aligning on the big goal you are all aiming for
  • Figure out how to build fast and fail early

 

Co-Creation Jams

Complex problems are best solved collaboratively

  • Defining your most important challenges: from the business- and the user-perspective
  • Creation of tons of solution ideas
  • Scribbles and storyboards
  • User flows through your product – website, app, online shop, you name it
  • A starting point for your UX team, for a prototype or a real (minimal viable) product

 

Get Out of the Building Bootcamp

Building the product right

  • Challenging your team’s mental models and overcoming biases
  • Build an interactive prototype and validate your assumptions with real customers
  • Identify real user needs
  • Improve user satisfaction and conversion rates
  • Strengthen your cross-functional team

 

Team Resort

Building stronger Teams

  • Creating a mutual understanding & a common team language
  • Providing a safe space to take risk and be vulnerable in front of each other
  • Defining common goals and gain a clear mutual understanding
  • Getting to know your team mates
  • Guidelines and etiquette for a better and more inclusive workspace

 

Tailor-Made Programs

The Skills you need to navigate today’s VUCA world as a leader

Our bespoke programs and workshops add value to your leadership skills by focusing on asking the right questions when solving complex problems, and with that enabling you to become an innovation accelerator in your company.

  • Learn how to become a successful Creative Leader in today’s VUCA world
  • Adapt a Customer-Centric Mindset
  • Understand the value of an iterative development process
  • Develop ideas that create real value and meaning to your users
  • Gain confidence in applying design thinking-driven innovation techniques and tools in practice
  • Create a solid toolkit to use for your own projects and challenges

 

Learning Expeditions aka Innovation Safaris

Transform your team to become Innovation Leaders Go on a Learning Safari

Embark on a transformative 3-day Innovation Safari, designed as an immersive journey into a global innovation hub, aimed at leaders ready to master the rapidly evolving business landscape. This bespoke program is centered around practical, hands-on learning, encouraging engagement and ownership as you collaborate with peers across sectors. Over the course of the safari, you will invest time to engage deeply with new environments, ensuring focused exposure to the latest trends, technologies, and models shaping innovation. The journey is structured around a series of site visits, conversations, keynotes and workshops that have been meticulously selected for their relevance and potential to spark innovative thinking and solutions. This is more than an educational endeavor; it’s a platform for matchmaking and co-creation, offering opportunities to connect with professionals and innovation leaders. Engage in brainstorming sessions to tackle real business issues, driving progress through collective expertise. As you solve challenges by means of translocation, moving from your usual context into spaces teeming with innovation, you’ll gain a new perspective and tools, positioning yourself at the forefront of your company’s strategic evolution. This experience is an investment in time and focus, designed to catalyze personal growth and organizational development through exposure to new ideas and practices.

 

What are outcomes of an Innovation Safari?

  • Deep Dive into Innovation Knowledge:
    Gain in-depth insights into the latest tools, techniques, and processes driving innovation across industries. Understand how cutting-edge trends can be applied to various sectors.
  • Peer Learning and Networking:
    Engage with and learn from fellow leaders across different fields, fostering meaningful connections for future collaborations and broadening your perspective beyond your industry.
  • Matchmaking and Co-Creation Opportunities: Collaborate with like-minded professionals to brainstorm and develop solutions for actual business challenges. Utilize this collective wisdom to drive innovative outcomes.
  • Practical Problem-Solving Experience: Directly apply what you learn to real-world business challenges, using this as a springboard for practical and impactful innovation within your organization.
  • Acquiring New Tools and Methods: Equip yourself with a comprehensive understanding of the latest trends, technologies, and innovation models to effectively lead and manage the transition and growth in your respective field.

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