“My mind was opened in a different way.” Dept. of Business, Innovation & Skills

The Open Innovation Accelerator is an intensive and immersive 2 day programme - yet designed so that attendance can be for either day or both days - which consists of a series of 4 ‘Collider’ modules combining a mixture of pioneering open innovation techniques and processes, cutting-edge leadership and strategy thinking and real-time collaborative working to hone your Collaboration IQ

We are keen to bring together leading innovators from across the commercial, public and non-profit sectors. 

Benefits of attending

• Discover the potential for open innovation (vs. closed innovation) to deliver your commercial or social mission better, faster and cheaper - up to 10 x ROI
• Accelerate your success by learning tried and tested techniques to design and manage often challenging and risky open innovation processes
• Learn collaboration skills to reduce risks and maximise gains for collective creativity and flow
• Understand how to manage intellectual property and investment safely
• Meet like-minded innovators from across the country and develop your peer network of innovators
• Build a buzz around your innovation mission or outputs 
• Find collaborators from across the sectors to generate real-world projects

 Who this is for?

Pioneers from companies, public sector departments & non-profit organisations with an interest in or responsibility for new ideas, fresh ways of doing things and innovations in product, service or business model. 

The Programme 

Day 1: Open Innovation Orientation & Collaboration Catalyst

Intro - Open Innovation 101

Collider 1 - Orientation: Open vs. Closed Innovation

• Tools - Open Innovation Models; Jam vs. Discover; Explore / Extract / Exploit; Needs Network & Search Styles
• Innovation Training - Building Open Innovation Mindsets
• Case Study / Precedents - Lego, Campbell Soup, IBM, Virgin, Oracle

Collider 2 - Collaboration Catalyst

• Tools -  Open Innovation Goals; Open Innovation Blueprint; Speed Collaboration; Open Innovation Audit; Investable Propositions
• Innovation Training -  Business Empathy & Open Innovation Cultures
• Case Study / Precedents - Hulu,  Tesco, Ninesigma, X-Prize, Mclaren, P&G 

Networking Dinner (Optional additional cost) 

Day 2: Open Innovation Design & Acceleration

Intro - Open Innovation 201

Collider 3 - Designing Successful Processes

• Tools - Systems Thinking; Disruptive Innovation; The Collaborative User Journey; Capability Mapping
• Innovation Training - Collective Creativity & Thinking Systemically
• Case Study / Precedents - Re-amp.org, WWF

Collider 4 - Acceleration Strategies

• Tools - Building Safe Spaces; Airlocks; Open Innovation Pitches; Motivations & Metrics 
• Innovation Training - Collaborative resilience & Dealing with conflict
• Case Study / Precedents - Faber & Faber, Cancer Research UK 

About Us

The Open Innovation Accelerator is itself a collaboration between 100%Open and wecreate

Roland Harwood - Roland co-founded 100%Open, coming from NESTA where he was Director of Open Innovation. Graduating with a PhD in Physics from Edinburgh University, he has held senior innovation roles in the Utilities and Media industries and in addition has worked with 100’s of  start-ups to raise venture capital and commercialise technology. In addition he has worked as a TV and film music producer for SonyBMG.

David Simoes-Brown - David co-founded 100%Open, coming from NESTA where he led the Corporate Open Innovation programme. He has a background of helping clients to innovate as Director of Seymourpowell Foresight and as Strategic Planning Director of Burkitt DDB responsible for John Lewis, Peroni, Nestle, Energizer and Epson. David is currently writing a book on human emotions.

Nick Jankel - Founder of wecreate and designer of the world’s only peer-to-peer leadership coaching and collaboration toolkit. Nick is an expert on collaboration and innovation mindsets, having founded one of the first innovation agencies in the 90s; and has trained senior staff in innovation and collaboration from companies such as Virgin, Orange, PepsiCo, Unilever, Diageo, PlayStation & Shell - as well as WWF, British Heart Foundation and the Civil Service. He holds a triple 1st Class Degree in Philosophy and Medicine from Cambridge and has starred on BBC TV and Radio as a leadership coach.

"You'll never discover new lands, unless you can leave sight of the shore. Nick Jankel acts as both a compass and a Gale Force 9 wind!"

Marketing Director, Tesco PLC  

Terms and Conditions

Due to the nature of the event, payment in full is required in advance and is non-refundable. We reserve the right to postpone or cancel the event in the light of operational challenges. If this is necessary we will provide a full refund (minus eventbrite fees) for all those who cannot or do not wish to attend the Accelerator on a new date in the future.