Skills Training + Facilitation
akakawa knowledge activists
Skills Training + Facilitation
Innovation requires people from all parts of your company and your partners to embrace new ideas and work creatively to implement them. We design and facilitate activities to maximize the generation and transformation of knowledge both at the individual and group levels. Furthermore, we provide skills training to leading Activists so that they can improve the effectiveness of your innovation process on an on-going basis.
Innovation Activity Facilitation
Activities are designed to the generate and transform the knowledge Assets appropriate to the specific stage in the innovation process.
Innovation Skills Training for Activists
Your Activists lead innovation activities on a day-to-day basis. We provide training and coaching to help your Activists improve their creativity and communication. Training covers...
Group discussion facilitation
Personal interviewing
Negotiation
Creative thinking
Visualization
Story telling
Design and semiotics thinking
Sensory and experiential observation
Expert Consultation
"Ba" - the company culture, the work rules, the physical spaces where work is conducted - has a large on the effectiveness of the innovation process. Culture that encourages communication, work rules that reward collaboration, physical spaces that facilitate creativity all can profoundly improve the ability to innovate. We work with expert partners who provide expert consultation on these areas to support the innovation process at a fundamental level.
design of workspaces and equipment to foster creativity
advice on human resources practices that build a culture of collaboration
design of information systems that facilitate knowledge management and sharing
implementation of business process and outsourcing control to maximize contributions of partners in innovation