Innovate

In this episode we are joined by David Thomas, CEO of CreatingPresentationRockstars

Who is David?

Global speaker and CEO presentation skills coach who has coached and spoken to more than 500,000 people in 25 countries over the last 23 years.

Sunday Times #1 bestselling author whose books have had a worldwide readership of more than 1 million people.

US Memory Champion, Guinness record breaker and competitive bodybuilder.

David's mission

"Every presentation has the chance to change the lives of the people who hear it. But that's not what happens.

I have spent 23 years sat at the back of conference rooms watching leaders and aspiring leaders die on their feet in front of audiences. That makes me feel sad for them, sad for their audiences and sad for the missed opportunity to inspire, educate and entertain.

My mission is to show leaders how to control their nerves, really connect with their audiences and and walk off feeling like a presentation rockstar.

Because that's what I do - make leaders presentation rockstars!"

In this episode of Innovate, we are delighted to be joined by Phill Bell, Chief Operations Officer at ART Health Solutions. 

At ART Health Solutions, they believe that scientific data is a fundamental requirement for making decisions about employee wellbeing and performance, during the episode Phill shares with us:

• Collecting data to reveal how your workspaces are performing and impacting employees via wearables, performance tests, environmental sensors and subjective surveys.
• The impact of the pandemic and how it shifted the change in strategy
• The decision of first applying for an R&D tax Claim

To find out more about Art Health Solutions and Phill Bell here's some useful links:
ART Health Solutions Website
Phill Bell on LinkedIN

In this episode we are joined by two members of the LUMO team, Lee Quarzi, Director  and Roger Tipple, Innovation Consultant.

During this episode we discuss:

• Making your business saleable
• Identifying R&D in a business you acquire
• Claiming R&D before the sale of a business to increase the value
• Identifying Patents and Patent box

In this episode of Innovate, we are delighted to be joined by Pete Southern, Founder & MD of Clockwork Espresso. 

Based right here in the North East, Pete designed and manufactured the world's most precise coffee tamper, during the episode Pete shares with us:

• The story behind the PUSH Tamper from design, to prototype and starting the business
• How the product went to market including crashing websites and a little insight into the mystical world of Coffee Geeks and what they get up to...
• The launch of Pete's new company (Penny & Meriwether) and product range as a result of pivoting during the pandemic
• Exclusive - on how the link of this company to be involved in the Space X programme, it's not because they like coffee!

To find out more about Clockwork Espresso and Penny & Meriwether here's some useful links:

Clockwork Espresso Website
Clockwork Espresso Facebook
Clockwork Espresso Instagram
Penny & Meriwether Website
Penny & Meriwether Instagram

In this episode we chat to Nick Salloway, Managing Director of Qrious.

As a team of strategists, researchers, designers and developers, Qrious help companies gain meaningful insights into customer needs and behaviours so they can create amazing experiences that deliver better outcomes. We’re excited by the potential for design and technology to simplify lives and transform organisations.

During the episode we chat about:

• Why things innovated quicker during 2020 than usual timescales
• The life we live in and the digital transformation
• The reasons behind the rebrand of Qrious and innovation of the new QX service line

In this episode, we are joined by LUMO team member, Innovation Specialist, Joe Routledge.

In this episode, Joe shares:

• Identifying R&D in business - not just those wearing lab coats.
• Examples of businesses that LUMO has worked on
• Working on continous improvement and the R&D than wasn't a success
• LUMO being more than a one hit wonder

In this episode, we are joined by Lumo team member, R&D analyst, Stephen Behan.

In this episode, Stephen shares:

• Identifying R&D in business - not just those wearing lab coats.
• Examples of businesses that Stephen has worked on
• The claims making difference to clients, from changing the business plans from 5 to 3 years through re-investment

In this episode we talk to Graeme Miller, Innovation Manager at Innovation SuperNetwork North East. 

The Innovation SuperNetwork is a 'network of networks' who bring together over 50 partners and 5000+ businesses to generate fresh ideas, new market opportunities, knowledge and money to support North East SMEs.

During the Podcast we chat about:

• Being that network of networks and what it actually means to the end client
• The funding gap in North East Tech

In this episode we talk to Stefan Haase, Director of Whitecap Consulting. Whitecap Consulting was set-up in May 2012 to target a gap in the regional professional advisory market. The founder identified that growing SMEs and mid-sized organisations were poorly served by practival, accessible and affordable strategic advice and support.

During the chat, we discussed:

• Businesses overlooking innovation
• Attracting the staff of the future and creating an office space to innovate
• The future of remote working and the large corporate firms to adapt. 
• Resolving processing issues without realising that your company has innovated

In this episode we talk to Paul Hughes of Black Storm Brewery based in the North East.
Located in Chester-Le-Street, Co Durham the brewery allowed Black Storm to move from being hobo brewers and into building their own production facility comprising of a 10BBL set-up with a 2.5BBL experimental kit. 

In 2019 they secured a new head brewer with commercial experience brewing for another local brewery and with a smaller, focused team they are aiming to deliver more beer, more awards and to bring more people together over a great pint in a great pub.

For 2020, you will need to take a listen to find out about the journey in more detail and the latest announcements straight from the horses mouth as such.