Products and services
Tried-and-tested resources that help organisations to create new value though innovation.
Innovation is vital for survival and growth
Innovation capability enables organisations to exploit opportunities and create value from new ideas. Research has shown that, on average, innovative businesses are twice as profitable as non-innovative companies. Also, innovation drives progress for social and environmental benefit. The cabability to manage innovation successfully is one of the key success factors in 21st century business.
CENTRIM's focus is the management of innovation
Managing innovation is not easy. There are risks involved and it is easy to waste resources.
We work directly with managers to help them manage innovation effectively, and we continue to seek solutions to new innovation challenges.
Our products and services:
- have a solid foundation based on extensive research
- are developed through many years of close engagement with businesses
- are intended to develop innovation capability, thereby advancing the practice of innovation management internationally
- are a major way in which CENTRIM makes a difference.
Services we offer
Our approach to consultancy builds on in-depth knowledge of what helps and hinders innovation. We offer solid expertise that has been acquired from rigorous academic enquiry. Our consulting is always client-centred and tailored to the specific needs of each client.
We offer systematic ways for organisations to assess their competence and develop the strategies, systems and skills to be more effective in exploiting the benefits of innovation.
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP)
CENTRIM actively participates in this European-wide programme that places recent graduates into businesses to provide a specialised resource. The graduate works on a specific innovation project under the close and supportive guidance of a CENTRIM academic.
CENTRIM is a world leader in designing processes that encourage peer-to-peer leaning. Our flagship learning network product, Profitnet, has been used by over seven hundred organisations and is proven to deliver beneficial results.
Training and educational programmes
We offer a range of training and educational programmes: from short, dynamic talks for managers' conferences to much longer programmes for managers, innovation trainers and consultants.
Our workshops create a supporting environment for innovation to actually occur. We use the advanced techniques and processes that enable new ideas to be found, selected and transformed into action programmes.
CENTRIM is always happy to hear from businesses and social enterprises
If you would like more information, or would like to discuss a particular challenge your organisation faces, then e-mail Dave Francis or contact CENTRIM reception.
