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Idea Time with Dr. Jo North ideatime
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There are SO many things that you could be doing to grow your business, but only 24 hours in a day. So how do you decide which ideas will make the most difference to your bottom line? And how do you get results – fast? Tune in to Idea Time for tools, tips and interviews to find out how.
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How to Create Your Value Proposition
If your customers don’t care enough about your innovation, or if they simply don’t understand it, they won’t buy.
How to Create Your Value Proposition focuses on how to make sure that your business ideas for new products or services, and product or service improvements, meet and exceed your target customers’ expectations.
It’s the focus of one of the inhouse online live programmes that I run for my clients. The approach and insights have made a significant difference to my clients’ innovation and business growth results, so I wanted to share some of the key principles from the content with you on my show.
This episode takes a realistic, pragmatic view of how you can innovate in a way that creates “value proposition fit” – which means that it will be of direct relevance to your target customers.
It’s also important that you can communicate your value proposition simply, concisely and clearly.
In this show, I cover:
Definition of a value proposition for your innovation, and why it matters
Why it’s important to have a clear view of your target customers – needs, wants, motivations, aspirations, how they might use you’re your innovation and why – from the very beginning of your innovation process
Ways in which your innovation will need to create value for your target customers
How to achieve “value proposition fit”
Why and how you’ll need to consider the whole customer experience and your monetization strategies in your innovation planning
If you enjoyed this episode, you might also like to access the free resources here on my website: https://www.bigbangpartnership.co.uk/resources/
If you’d like to get in touch to book me for a live virtual session in your business, just comment below or contact me https://www.bigbangpartnership.co.uk using the contact us section. -
Leading Remote Collaboration
Leading Remote Collaboration focuses in creating an environment and culture for effective cross-functional team working.
It’s the focus of one of the inhouse online live programmes that I run for my clients. The participant feedback from the programme has been fantastic, so I wanted to share some of the key principles from the content with you on my show.
This episode takes a realistic, human view of how collaboration can feel and work in business and gives actionable insights that you can use straightaway with your team.
In this show, I cover:
The difference between co-operation and collaboration
Why collaboration matters – the multiplier effect on performance
The principles of successful collaboration, including the role of psychological safety, insights from Google’s Project Aristotle and the latest research on remote team working from 2020 and 2021
The importance of leadership role-modelling
How to build successful relationships in an online environment
Healthy challenge and collaboration – how to challenge and be challenged
What to do when collaboration gets tough, why it’s more important than ever to keep collaborating through it and how to do it
If you’re ready for a whole new way of thinking and doing, tune in -and please do share any comments or questions about innovation and remote collaboration here in the comments.
If you enjoyed this episode, you might also like to access the free resources here on my website: https://www.bigbangpartnership.co.uk/resources/
If you’d like to get in touch to book me for a live virtual session in your business, just comment below or contact me https://www.bigbangpartnership.co.uk using the contact us section. -
What is business innovation? Why is it important for YOUR business RIGHT NOW!
Innovation has never been more important for you and your business.
It used to be that only fashion and technology companies had to reimagine themselves every year.
Now everything, from accountants, estate agents, food brands and travel companies are under constant pressure to stay ahead of the curve and keep and attract customers with new, better and smarter products, services and business models - before the competition gets there first.
Join me for this show to find out more about business innovation, market disruption the risks of standing still, and think about how you might use some of these proven, practical ways to help to innovate in your business.
I’ll take you through a simple step-by-step process that will help you to think differently about your products and services, why customers buy them, how they use them, and how to innovate.
We’ll explore:
Definitions of innovation
Innovation triggers
Creating value through innovation
Types and levels of innovation
The innovation process
Strategic fit
Lean innovation
Disruptive innovation
Strategic drift
The innovation iceberg
Risk and reward
If you’re ready for a whole new way of thinking and doing, tune in -and please do share any comments or questions about innovation here in the comments.
If you enjoyed this episode, you might also like to access the free resources here on my website: https://www.bigbangpartnership.co.uk/resources/
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Your Amazing Creative Mind with Kathryn Creed
Today I have a special guest on the show, Kathryn Creed. Kathryn is a clinical hypnotherapist who works with clients using the power of hypnosis to help them to connect with their unconscious minds, helping them to whatever outcome they would like to achieve. Her career in Education gave her the relevant experience, as for her, like therapy, teaching is all about helping a person to learn and grow by finding their inner strength, potential and capacity for change. Kathryn works with adults as well as children to remove the obstacles which hold them back from the life that they want. She believes that to be involved in that process is a tremendous privilege.
You can learn more about Kathryn at her website https://www.angitia.co.uk/
I would like to let you know, for the sake of full disclosure, that I work with Kathryn as her client and she has helped me tremendously using the power of hypnotherapy.
Kathryn will be talking about how hypnotherapy works, what it can do for you and explore it further.
By listening in you’ll learn more about how hypnotherapy can help with:
Changes in your personal life
Changes in your business life
Stress, Anxiety, past hurts
Performance with work
Ability to adapt to situations
You’ll also learn more about what hypnotherapy is and the science behind how it works.
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Dare to be Different - with Dr. Jo North
Join me for this podcast episode which is all about daring to be different as virtual facilitators - what does that mean? how to do it? - practical tips on how to be braver and stand out as a virtual facilitator for all the right reasons.
You might also enjoy my special blog and free resources on how to dare to be different which you can find here.
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Virtual Facilitation in Action - Innovation Festival 2020
In this solo episode I share my experience of facilitating online at Northumbrian Water Innovation Festival 2020.
The sessions I led were on the value of water, and climate change with Kielder Forest and Water Park.
You can find out more about the Innovation Festival 2020 here.
For more free tips and advice on virtual facilitation, have a look at my blog here.