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06/06/2022

NABiQ was a series of ideation and networking pop up sessions at Las Vegas! 🇺🇸

It was fascinating to create this series where participants explored 9 industry challenges across production, broadcasting networks and monetisation including :
🛠 How might we leverage hybrid production workflows?
🎥 How might we design the streaming platform of the future?
📈 How might we audit the value contained in local audience data?

Captivating discussions amongst industry professionals led to creative ideation and solution pitches thanks to the killer facilitator team! 💥

So cool to explore the show and listen to insights from creatives in the film, TV and media industry including:
🔫 Dreamworks’ Bad Guys’ Director Pierre Perifel and Editor John Venzon took us through their two year remote rendering process from draft concept to final cut.
🔮 Vu Networks Tim Moore described the journey of the virtual studio network and after the rapid growth during lockdown, it’s continued success thanks to production time savings, and the endless location possibilities.

(NB. This was a month ago but It’s been non-stop since I’ve got back working on a multitude of projects so it’s a bit late!)

14/04/2022

🎯 How defining SDGs can accelerate Innovation

“Once you've defined which Sustainable Development Goals to focus on, you can break them down into specific challenges that your team can actually answer. A defined challenge is crucial to opening up opportunities to innovate and rests on re-phrasing the challenge as an opportunity.”

🕊 WHAT ARE SDGs?
17 Interconnect Sustainable Development Goals across the Biosphere, Society and the Economy

🤝 FIRST ALIGN ON A GOAL
Educate your organisation on the SDGs and together decide which should be the key focus. Go faster with an Asynchronous SDG Sprint

“SDGs give every company a challenge to solve and that's really the core of innovation, isn't it?” - from

🔎 Dig deeper through analysis and mapping to DEFINE specific challenges

🧪 Then EXPERIMENT through design sprint cycles - which coincidentally are also A-M-A-Z-I-N-G for your internal INNOVATION CULTURE - your team will want to sprint again!

📈 Test the best ideas, get feedback and ITERATE until you can ROLL THAT BABY OUT!

So, just to clarify:
- Educate team and Align on priority SDGs
- Analyse, Map and Define Challenges
- Experiment through Design Sprints
- Iterate and launch new solutions
🚀 💫 ⭐️

Did you find this helpful? Read my full blog post on this topic by heading to the link in my bio.

13/04/2022

How defining SDGs can accelerate Innovation

Once you've defined which Sustainable Development Goals to focus on, you can break them down into specific challenges that your team can actually answer. A defined challenge is crucial to opening up opportunities to innovate and rests on re-phrasing the challenge as an opportunity.

WHAT ARE SDGs?
17 Interconnect Sustainable Development Goals across the Biosphere, Society and the Economy

FIRST ALIGN ON A GOAL
Educate your organisation on the SDGs and together decide which should be the key focus. Go faster with an Asynchronous SDG Sprint

“SDGs give every company a challenge to solve and that's really the core of innovation, isn't it?” - from

Dig deeper through analysis and mapping to DEFINE specific challenges

Then EXPERIMENT through design sprint cycles - which coincidentally are also A-M-A-Z-I-N-G for your internal INNOVATION CULTURE - your team will want to sprint again!

Test the best ideas, get feedback and ITERATE until you can ROLL THAT BABY OUT!

So, just to clarify:
- Educate team and Align on priority SDGs
- Analyse, Map and Define Challenges
- Experiment through Design Sprints
- Iterate and launch new solutions
🚀 💫 ⭐️

Did you find this helpful? Read my full blog post on this topic by heading to the link in my bio.

09/04/2022

29/04/2021

🚀🌱 Feeling torn between meeting sustainability targets and growth for innovation?

🖥 Join Anne Marie from and myself LIVE, Monday May 3rd 10am GST (UAE) for a free webinar to discover how the UN Sustainable Development Goals can actually facilitate innovation.

Learn:

📈 How UAE companies transform their business for good

🌍 How to align your team on SDG goals

🧬How to prioritise innovation in your corporate DNA

Discover SDG sprints, next steps and more during this interactive session.

Link in Bio to register
Hope to see you there!

02/12/2020

🌱How the Circular Economy can kickstart your innovation strategy - Capturing value with every loop
Full Blog post link in bio

The transition to a Circular economy means:
- Moving away from a linear model of “Take-Make-Waste”
- To a more closed-loop, regenerative business model
Ultimately where organisations minimise waste leakage, capture value at each stage of the product journey, nurture partnerships, and build resilience to shocks.

The Circular Economy holds potential as a true catalyst for innovation with impact! 💥

Based on three key principles:
🚯 Design out waste and pollution
♾ Keep products and materials in use
🌍Regenerate natural systems
The Circular economy framework looks at the real customer value being provided and asks if there is a better, more durable, effective way to deliver it?

💰Multiple business values of a circular economy 💰
💁‍♀️Customer, 🍃Environmental, 🔩Sourcing,💻 Informational, 👫Employee and 🤝Partner value.

Which industries are behind with the transition to a circular economy?

(Read the full blog post - link in bio)

15/09/2020

⚡️ Post-it notes are so useful in innovation workshops to organise ideas (one idea per note) and moving them into clusters, priorities, actions. They make workshops faster and more efficient.

♻️ BUT - although recyclable- they’re not always recycled. Plus, even though the original by has water-soluble glue, it does contain chemicals which end up in the water system, as well as the paper dyes. 🐠

💛Recycled post-its from 3M are much better for the environment than their “original” post-its as they use recycled paper. But in Dubai you can only get them shipped over from Germany on Amazon. ✈️

💚 I tried the post-its made form 70% recycled paper - but they come individually wrapped (200max) in plastic 😭 plus I found they didn’t stick so well after moving them around.

💙I tried from Germany which has water-based glue which is solvent free and environmentally-friendly! SCORE! Not bad at all - They are plastic wrapped but the packs have 400 post-it notes. They stuck pretty well to be honest. 🐳

💜 The next best solution was the non-bright original post-its by - using less bright colour dyes - but the glue is still harmful.🤷🏻‍♀️

I guess remote workshops really are more environmentally friendly!

I recommend this article from Matti Schneider who tested TWENTY-THREE way back in 2017.
Including:
💨 Fan stress test
♻️ Sticking-unsticking cycles before the glue runs out
https://medium.com//stupid-science-i-compared-23-sticky-notes-to-help-you-spare-wallet-and-planet-fc9b97d88503

09/09/2020

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”⁠
– Margaret Mead⁠
Cultural anthropologist (1901-1978)⁠
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08/09/2020

👩🏻‍💻 While revelling in remote sprints the past few months, learning with the Design Sprint community, and working with startups and corporate organisations in the Middle East & Europe - I’ve totally missed the energy from in-person workshops!

👯So, I was fortunate to facilitate the full day team-building strategy meeting last Friday for UAE Marine Conservation Organisation 💦

📆 The Operations Team metamorphosed 2021 campaign suggestions into solid proposals, and the Board transformed opportunities and solutions to challenges for the year ahead into feasible action points!

💙 I joined this awesome NGO, led by Natalie Banks a few months ago and will be dedicating a few hours every week on partnership & sponsorship opportunities - so do get in touch if you're a UAE company looking to contribute to Marine Conservation.

💪 Azraq organises Corporate Sustainability opportunities, educational workshops, beach-cleanups, mangrove tree planting, and goes the step further by helping partners become that bit more sustainable.

📲 Reach out if you’d like to partner with Azraq - or discover how I can help you through innovation workshops.


24/08/2020

“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”⁠
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– Anne Frank⁠
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20/08/2020

Type 10 of the 10 types of innovations - Full blog post link in bio⁣

10. Customer Engagement
🤜🤛 This is all about how you interact with customers: Personalisation, automation and creating a memorable, meaningful experience all play a part in customer engagement.

😊 Ultimately, you’re inviting customers to feel part of something bigger.

EXAMPLES
🚵‍♂️ Find out how help customers become better humans

👟 Find out how involve customers in their closed-loop system

🤔 YOUR TURN
How can you help your customers master a skill or knowledge?
OR, How could you help you customers feel part of something bigger?

Read the full blog post on the 10 Types of Sustainable Innovation (link in bio)

Stay tuned for more innovation types!

19/08/2020

“Minds are like parachutes; they work best when open.”⁠⠀
– Thomas Dewar⁠⠀
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Whiskey Distiller, Founder (1864-1930)⁠
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18/08/2020

Type 9 of the 10 types of innovations - Full blog post link in bio⁣

9. Brand
🌱 How a brand positions itself with regards to sustainability makes a difference in how customers perceive brand authenticity- consumers will challenge your actions. every. day.

🍂 Imperfect sustainability is still acceptable as long as you clarify efforts being made towards a positive impact.

💎 Clear values regarding sustainability are ESSENTIAL to your brand voice.

EXAMPLES
🛍 Find out why group came out top of Fashion Transparency Index

🍶 Find out how brands have gained status

🤔 YOUR TURN
Are you transparent enough to publish your sustainable roadmap?
OR, Have you considered analysing your business through B-Corp assessment or Circulytics?

Read the full blog post on the 10 Types of Sustainable Innovation (link in bio)

Stay tuned for more innovation types!

18/08/2020

🎤 Workshop Facilitator

Here to help you with the role of facilitating workshops or as a Master of Ceremonies host for large challenges - like a hackathon or startup challenge where you need to move people along the process quickly - on time.

Keeping your team energy levels up, let me handle some challenging dynamics with peace-keeping, and with some awesome ice-breakers up my sleeve - get in touch if you need an event facilitator.

14/08/2020

Type 8 of the 10 types of innovations - Full blog post link in bio⁣

8. Channel
🚚 Innovation relating to how the product is distributed and delivered to the customer.

🏪 This could be in the form of experience centres, pop up stores, direct channels by-passing retailers altogether and non-traditional channels.

EXAMPLES
🧴 Find out how has scaled up their “Refillution” by trialing refill stations in major supermarkets

🚲 Find out how has incentivised customers to use their alternative channel offering.

🤔 YOUR TURN
How could your product be distributed and delivered differently to the customer?
OR, How could you incentivise customers to accept a new channel?

➡️ Read the full blog post on the 10 Types of Sustainable Innovation (link in bio)

Stay tuned for more innovation types!

13/08/2020

"Failure is an important part of your growth and developing resilience."⁠
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- Michelle Obama⁠
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12/08/2020

Type 7 of the 10 types of innovations - Full blog post link in bio⁣

7. Service
😊 Here we're looking at potential improvements to touch-points surrounding your product, user communities and support systems

💆‍♀️ Easy, bug-free support to help the customer make the best choice possible for them - and for the planet - can make a huge difference.

💚 Delight the customer by anticipating their needs, never under-delivering, and with faultless customer service. How will you keep them loyal?

EXAMPLES
🚗 Find out how delivers total service to customers with “the most energy efficient car on the planet”

🧼 Find out how rewards customers participating in their closed-loop recycling system.

🤔 YOUR TURN
How can you reconsider your service offering to make a positive impact?
OR
Is there a way to delight your customer AND reacquire potential assets in a closed-loop cycle?

➡️Read the full blog post on the 10 Types of Sustainable Innovation (link in bio)

Stay tuned for more innovation types!