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Business Plan template - This is not the definitive template for producing a business plan, however it
contains the types of information that banks and other investors will wish to
see. There will certainly be items that are not applicable to your particular
business. It may also prompt you to think about certain aspects of your
project or business that have been neglected or overlooked.
Commercialising your ideas - This guide may be used to help you to
create an action plan for commercialising your idea(s) and assist in determining whether you are ready to implement your product or market
development plan. Simply answer the questions and grade your
responses according to the relevant scale. Make relevant notes – and identify
actions needed.
The PRD Partnership have based these questions on experience and a DTI
assessment tool for investigating innovative ideas.
We recommend that you conduct this review with an objective
outsider such as a non-executive director, mentor or coach, or even a
consultant.
eStrategy Audit - This simple tool is designed to help you assess the effectiveness of your
strategy for making use of your web site, email, e-newsletters etc. Note, not
all of these things need to be carried out electronically, they just need to be
carried out!
Answer the questions with either ‘YES’ or ‘NO’, there is no ‘maybe’
or ‘sort of’. Be as honest as you can!
Buying Creativity - This is a brief guide intended to assist those who are in the process of buying (or thinking of buying) creativity in some way. Creativity, like
Innovation is not absolute. Creativity in a business context is relative to the current and
previous states of the business and its associated organisational culture. Most people who
are in the business of providing creativity such as consultants, facilitators and trainers will
tell you that the benefits are blindingly obvious. There again, most things are, with the
benefit of hindsight. This short paper is an attempt to crystallise some ideas on the topic of
creativity in a business context and provide those who are starting out (or who are thinking
of doing so) with some pointers.
Innovation Toolkit - The Innovation Toolkit is a set of 3 surveys which help to assess the capacity of your organisation to innovate. It can also be used to measure the effects of cultural change programmes. This information sheet gives you the basics. For further information please contact us directly.
Blue Trail case study - BlueTrail has been helping companies such as Red Bull and Mila to gain
competitive advantage through the mobile internet. They develop ideas and
applications for the mobile market — bringing years of software programming
experience, enthusiasm and creative thinking to create systems that transform
the way customers and employees interact with them.
Servicios Selther case study - Selther are a major manufacturer of mattresses in Mexico and the southern USA. They simply wished to reinvent themselves as manufacturers of comfort and to develop new products and services.
Entrepreneurs South West case study - Using two facilitators and carefully
prepared materials, PRD Partnership fulfilled the
brief “to create a buzzing workshop
environment” which allowed more than 40
attendees from a diverse range of organizations
to experience and apply creative techniques to a
range of business issues.
9 ways to ambush your competitors - This workshop is a fun filled way of finding out how Innovation relates to your business and how you can use simple but effective techniques to outsmart the
competition.
Delegates are introduced to a new way of thinking before carrying out a live
audit to assess the capacity of their own business to attack new markets,
develop new products, or even to simply survive. The practical sessions often have delegates howling with laughter as their models collapse and they explore future possibilities in a fun but serious way.
Providing expertise and knowledge to businesses in Swindon, Bath, Bristol, Cardiff, the South West, M4 corridor and throughout the United Kingdom.
Areas of expertise:learning and development, business creativity, innovation, leadership and management, coaching, mentoring, business strategy and planning.
Products and services:workshops, seminars, consultancy, learning and development programmers, innovation programmes, innovation audit, TIFF, Johari Window, project management, action learning facilitation, market research, commercialising your ideas.