Working transparently, collaboratively, horizon scanning and forward thinking are all important to ensure our business model is both relevant and sustainable - but sometimes the opportunities are a little closer to home. Our Guide product is a fast and light way to support the colleagues who are living with a problem, or those who’ve discovered the opportunity, to explore it in a light, fast and reliable way.
We do this with a stripped down, accessible version of our Drive product, access to our toolkits, templates and hands-on support at important milestones in order to democratise sustainable innovation practice and engage a community of individuals already looking for new ideas.
CASE STUDIES:
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Understanding the Impact of Making Local Connections
Having become aware of Social Prescribing organisation, Elemental, through our Lab network, we were able to capitalise on an opportunity to introduce colleagues from our Localities team to the Elemental team in order to take part in a short test which was funded by the West Midlands Combined Authority, Digital Well-being and Urban Challenge. Read more…
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Home MAINTENANCE Coach
We know that our customers don’t always feel suitably equipped with the information, skills, will, confidence or tools to enable them to undertake small every-day repairs around the home. The Home Maintenance Coach test provided an opportunity for us to blend the learning we derived from the Starting Well Engineer pilot with a flexible approach to testing and learning by doing. Read more…