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Our goal is to help you and your business grow, develop and evolve, now and in the future. We are experts in helping businesses, individuals and research organisations just like yours to overcome problems, develop effective business strategy and optimise your creative potential.
We roll-up our sleeves and get hands-on to help you create, develop and implement great ideas, working on a consultancy basis as part of your team, or facilitating custom-designed innovation sprints, workshops and events.
We also have a full range of executive development programmes and training that we can tailor specifically for you to create innovation competency in your own organisation.
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Join our Idea Time Academy for innovation resources that include high-quality, time-efficient professional innovation masterclasses, creative tools and techniques and a wealth of meeting and workshop resources, plus a community forum.
Expand your innovation and facilitation skills online with videos, training, technique toolkits and more. A wealth of resources to take your workshops, sprints and sessions to the next level, right there when you need them. Plus, access to Dr. Jo North in person for one-to-one design and implementation advice
Tackle your big, ambitious business goals with one-to-one coaching with Dr. Jo North, founder of The Big Bang Partnership and The Idea Time Membership.
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Improve your skills and consistently perform at the top of your game. Our innovation and facilitation masterclasses are designed to help you shine brighter and succeed faster.
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Some of our clients…
Here are just some of the clients that we have worked with to kickstart and deliver innovation, accelerate transformation and develop innovation capability.
Because we work across sectors, we bring out-of-sector inspiration and excellence to your business to help you differentiate and stand out for all the right reasons.
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