"I want to cannibalize my company before someone else does."
CEOGlobal Game Developer
Run until you get tackled
Get off the starting line and get running with our enterprise-proven approach to Practical Innovation
Business line leaders get it
80%
expect budget increases for innovation programs
71%
expect investment in projects with outside innovation firms to rise
87%
have resources and capabilities to leverage outside innovations from external partners
But do they have capable teams?
Innovate or die
Global Game Developer
"Being digital is not enough –we need to co-create with innovative companies."
COO
Large Insurance Provider
Large Insurance Provider
"Rate of tech change is exponential but we think linear."
Board MemberGlobal Telco
"It used to be about geology, mining, metallurgy; now it's going to be about software engineering."
VP Mine Optimization
Top 3 Miner
Top 3 Miner
Why does innovation matter?
Do you want to...
Move from being a price-taker to a price-maker?
Reduce your barriers to entering and exiting new markets?
Compete on differentiation instead of cost?
Defend in the bust and capitalize on the boom cycles?
Create positive alpha in your returns?
Reduce risk and increase optionality?
Then you need to build a sustainable culture of innovation.
Steps to a sustainable culture of innovation
Steps to a Sustainable Culture of Practical Innovation
Questions we'll answer along the way. Where are you in the journey?
Aware
How do other companies innovate?
How can we introduce or accelerate innovation?
How do we align our strategy with innovation?
Experiment
How can we try out new ways of work with less risk?
How do we demonstrate success quickly?
Enable
How can we secure executive support org-wide?
Is this something we can introduce to a broader group?
What other vehicles of innovation exist?
Transform
How do we make innovation a priority and sustain?
What are the key aspects required to transform our organization?
Anvil Top Advisors Tailored Offerings at Each Step
Aware
Intro to Lean Innovation: 2-hour session with a short presentation and ask-me-anything session on Lean Innovation
Practical Innovation Workshop: 1-2 days of defining personas, day-in-the-life, areas of opportunity, and designing experiments
Working Backwards Workshop: 1-2 days of learning to work backwards from delighting your customer, culminating in authoring your first Press Release and FAQ
Experiment
Idea Accelerator: Building on the experiments designed and PR/FAQs written in Step 1, we spend 6-12 weeks prototyping and iterating to deliver a minimum loveable product to your customer.
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AI Content Generator
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Steps to a sustainable culture of innovation
Awareness
Organizations in this stage often ask
How do other companies innovate?
How can we introduce or accelerate innovation?
How do we align our strategy with innovation?
What Anvil Top Advisors offers
Intro to Practical Innovation: 2-hour session with a short presentation and ask-me-anything session on Practical Innovation
Ideation and Experimentation Workshop: 1-2 days of defining personas, day-in-the-life, and areas of opportunity, culminating in design of 2-3 experiments that you can run yourself
Working Backwards Workshop: 1-2 days focused on Working backwards from delighting your customer by creating your first Press Release and FAQ for a product or service
Experiment
Organizations in this stage often ask
How can we try out new ways of work with less risk?
How do we demonstrate success quickly?
What Anvil Top Advisors offers
Idea Accelerator: 8-16 week sprint-based engagement coaching you through running your experiments and iterating with your customers to deliver a minimum lovable product
Enablement
Organizations in this stage often ask
How can we secure executive support org-wide?
Is this something we can introduce to a broader group?
What other vehicles of innovation exist?
What Anvil Top Advisors offers
Resident Innovator Program: 6+ month train-the-trainer engagement to enable entire organizations on practical innovation
Transformation
Organizations in this stage often ask
How do we make innovation a priority and sustain?
What are the key aspects required to transform our organization?
What Anvil Top Advisors offers
Innovation Program: Long-term engagement as the business and culture complement to a transformation across a horizontal discipline or a vertical BU/segment
Steps to a sustainable culture of innovation
Awareness
Organizations in this stage often ask...
How do other companies innovate?
How can we introduce or accelerate innovation?
How do we align our strategy with innovation?
What Anvil Top Advisors offers...
Intro to Practical Innovation: 2-hour session with a short presentation and ask-me-anything session on Practical Innovation
Working Backwards Workshop: 1-2 days of defining personas, day-in-the-life, and areas of opportunity, culminating in design of 2-3 experiments
Experiment
Organizations in this stage often ask...
How can we try out new ways of work with less risk?
How do we demonstrate success quickly?
What Anvil Top Advisors offers...
Idea Accelerator: 8-16 week sprint-based engagement coaching you through running your experiments and iterating with your customers to deliver a minimum lovable product
Enablement
Organizations in this stage often ask...
How can we secure executive support org-wide?
Is this something we can introduce to a broader group?
What other vehicles of innovation exist?
What Anvil Top Advisors offers...
Resident Innovator Program: 6+ month train-the-trainer engagement to enable entire organizations on practical innovation
Transformation
Organizations in this stage often ask...
How do we make innovation a priority and sustain?
What are the key aspects required to transform our organization?
What Anvil Top Advisors offers...
Innovation Program: Long-term engagement as the business and culture complement to a transformation across a horizontal discipline or a vertical BU/segment
About us
Why trust us?
We have the experience. We are senior tech leaders from Amazon and beyond who have fostered innovation within our businesses and led transformations at our customers. We've lived the experiences with outcomes resting on our shoulders - not just consulted and left.
Our steel toes and hi-vis aren't shiny. We were brought up working in the field and continue value the coalface over the coffee shop.
We are not biased. We have no underlying motive to sell you a tech solution or become a dependency of your org.
We get out of your way. We get you off the starting line and get out of your way so your builders can build. Our success is measured in how fast we put ourselves out of a job.
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