Action learning in innovation

Your staff learn to facilitate innovation by applying the methods to their own projects. Hands-on, tailored and collaborative: beyond brainstorming.

Training in La Chaux-de-Fonds
Training in La Chaux-de-Fonds

Duration

1 day + 3 months of coaching

Online

4 sessions of 1 hour

For whom

R&D and marketing teams, project managers

Languages

French, German, English, Turkish

The questions that start our projects

You may be wondering…

A project with us often starts with one of these questions.

Your question isn’t here? Let’s talk

01

How do we structure the way our team innovates?

02

How can our staff run their own workshops independently?

03

How do we turn training into concrete results?

How it works

1

Before the training

Frame your challenges

A conversation to choose the projects your team will work on during the day.

2

Day 1, morning

Understand and frame the problem

Observe users, build personas, ask the right creative questions.

3

Day 1, afternoon

Generate and test ideas

Structured brainstorming, Crazy 8’s, rapid prototyping and first tests. Each team leaves with its action plan.

4

The following 3 months

Coaching and follow-up

Regular check-ins to remove roadblocks and embed the new practices.

In practice

What your teams take away

Participants in training, La Chaux-de-Fonds
Participants in training, La Chaux-de-Fonds

Methods applied to concrete situations, as close as possible to your projects

In-house facilitators able to run your next workshops

A project that moves forward during the 3 months of coaching

A method kit for every participant [to be confirmed]

In-house or open to several companies

Action learning is available in-house, for your team and on your topics, or as an open course with participants from several organisations.

Open course at FSRM in Neuchâtel (in French): “Idéation & IA : générer, cristalliser et réaliser des idées”. Two days to generate ideas with creativity methods and generative AI, assess them, then plan how to carry them out. Led by Sedat Adiyaman.

Dates and registration on fsrm.ch

They trusted us

“Inspiring. It encourages reflexivity and cross-functional thinking, and motivates me to keep going and get involved in this direction.”

Steve PerroudSociologist, EPSM Le Rôtillon

“A very good place to explore ideas and share them, with tools to improve how they are adapted to different contexts.”

Dr. Allessandra CanutoPsychiatrist and psychotherapist, trainer and consultant

“Running the innovation training in two blocks, first the theory and then support on a specific project, seems very effective for taking in the material.”

Frédéric RavussinHead of Innovation and Business Development, B. Braun
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“The partial lockdown seemed a good time to sign up for this course of four one-hour sessions, with time in between for the ideas to settle. There were four of us with the trainer, which was perfect for an online course: everyone could speak and ask questions, knowing the others would listen and answer. The discussions were very rewarding! I come away with several ideas to energise the projects I am developing, in tourism in particular, and good ideas for involving my colleagues in a targeted way.”

Katia Chardon BadertscherRUN, Réseau Urbain Neuchâtelois

“It's a good mix of theory and practice. We come out of there full of concrete ideas.”

Christophe FollonierVice-Director, Marketing & Product Development Divison Manager at Vaudoise Insurances, Vaudoise Insurances

“The approach and the practical exercises during the day allowed our team to develop competences that could be used right after the training. Thank you Sedat.”

Veya EricQuality Manager, CNP

“I love how the course helps us approaching a current situation in a new way. This training push us to go further and use other problem solving methods.”

Matthieu WildhaberLYB Perspective sàrl

“360° vision on the processes and techniques to creativity. Do not hesitate, you will learn at least one method implementable straight away !”

Fabien NoirMarketing Manager

“This course is full of useful tools and gives the basic approach to problem solving through creativity. What I enjoyed the most was the dynamism and the competence of the trainer.”

Mathieu GenoudAudemars Piguet(Renaud et Papi), Audemard Piguet (Renaud et Papi)

“this course is really interactive, dynamic and interesting. It allows to discover new methods to generate innovation”

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“If you are looking for a way of optimising creativity in your company, here you go !”

Vincent SchneiderSr. Engineering Supervisor, Medtronic

“Training very interactive and dynamic.It offers solid knowledge regarding continuous problems of my field.”

Thierry EMEVP Technology Cohu Group, Cohu Group

“Participating in Think2Make's training allowed me to discover new creativity tools and exchange my perception of the innovation with other participants.”

Denis BerdozGeneva Public Transports General Director, TPG

“I had the opportunity to participate in a productive session focusing on innovation and the development of new ideas. Sedat Adiyaman is a speaker that loves share his "savoir-faire".”

Séverine MaederBanque Cantonale Neuchâteloise, BCN

“The students in Economics of the Haute Ecole d'Ingénierie of the canton of Vaud had the chance to experience the creativity process organised by Think2Make. They enjoyed the dynamism of this session.”

Natalie NyffelerHES Professor, Innovation Management, HES, HES SO

“Sedat is a young and dynamic entrepreneur and animateur. In October 2014, he has successfully managed a workshop to develop creative thinking and skills for a class of eMBA students in the Haute Ecole de Gestion Arc.”

François CourvoisierMarketing Management Professor, He-ARC

“This workshop is a valuable resource that we regularly draw on to support creativity in my research and development department.”

Gael NiniHead of R&D

Before you get in touch

Frequently asked questions

Answers to the questions we are asked most often.

Another question? Write to us

Do we need a concrete project?

No, it is not necessary. If your team has one, the training builds on it to apply the methods directly.

What is the difference between in-person and online?

In person, there is one day of workshop followed by 3 months of coaching. The online version consists of 4 one-hour sessions, with exercises between sessions.

How is the budget set?

It depends on the number of participants, the format and the length of the follow-up. You receive a precise quote after the first conversation.

Let’s talk about your project

A first 30-minute conversation, free and with no commitment. You leave with at least one concrete lead.

Or write to connect@think2make.ch. Reply within one business day.

Meeting room at Coworking Neuchâtel