It’s been quite a year.
This year saw us crossing oceans to Estonia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Spain, Denmark, Austria, as well as all over Norway to facilitate workshops, work with clients and converge with the world’s leading innovators.
2016’s been a busy year for us. On top of our usual consulting and workshop gigs, we’ve also launched several exciting new projects:
This year, we had the privilege to work together with some of the world’s brightest minds on strategy and business model innovation.
In November, we’ve also expanded our all-star team to include Jolene Foo-Hodne, our digital marketing and content whiz who’ll keep you up to date on our adventures as well as the latest in innovation.
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In collaboration with Greater Stavanger, Engage // Innovate hosted three events during Impact Week in February:
Learnings from Silicon Valley
Christian Rangen shared a series of takeaways from his 10-day business trip to Silicon Valley. Among some of the topics discussed were the available markets for Norwegian businesses in NASA, Tesla, Silicon Valley Space Center and Rocket Space, and how to develop closer partnerships with companies in San Francisco.
Clean Tech Revolution
In this talk, we delved into the vast opportunities available in clean energy technology. Participants got to meet some of the leading clean tech companies and see how local and global companies uncover new growth opportunities for the future.
Strategy and Transformation Workshop
Developed in collaboration with Columbia University and strategy professor Rita McGraph, and led by Christian Rangen, this workshop looks into how established firms can develop new growth programs.
In April, Christian Rangen delivered a keynote presentation as well as a workshop on future business models to hundreds of participants at the Estonian finance conference in Pärnu.
Christian Rangen led an intensely rewarding 2-day workshop in Strategy Tools for Business Model Innovation for the Sri Lanka PWC team in June.
Read the coverage of our work by the Financial Times Sri Lanka here.
In August, Christian Rangen, Elisabeth Øvstebø and Rathish Kunnath ran a 3-day workshop for Southeast Asia’s largest power company to uncover new business models and revenue streams.
Christian Rangen and Inger Hanne Vikshåland spent three days in Oslo working with DNV GL in their Next Generation Leadership and Management summit. Christian led the event, which was attended by a highly-engaged internal team from across Europe, South Korea, Singapore and the US.
Christian Rangen and Inger Hanne Vikshåland facilitated a workshop for the Biotage team in the sunny island of Mallorca. The October workshop saw over 300 participants from across the globe.
On top of the standard conference venue workshop, we also ran a poolside innovation session discussing future possibilities and dreams.
From February till June, Inger Hanne Vikshåland worked together with Films of Norway on the branding and launch of the Norwegian streaming service for the American market.
Christian Rangen and Inger Hanne Vikshåland worked with Basefarm’s team from Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands in a full-day workshop in May. Together, they helped create a shared understanding on the current USP, strategy and business models as well as develop the foundation for new thinking on long-term growth areas.
Christian Rangen and Elisabeth Øvstebø flew to Vienna in November for an intense 2 days of discourse with the world’s thought leaders on innovation and entrepreneurship.
Besides comparing notes with the world’s authority on disruptive innovation Clayton Christensen, we also met up with two members of our advisory board — Columbia Business School strategy professor Rita McGrath and Professor of Innovation Management at IMD Bill Fischer.
In December, Christian Rangen was presented the Competence Sharing Award as a nod to his numerous knowledge-sharing contributions in the Stavanger region in Norway.
Among some of his knowledge-sharing projects include:
Strategy Tools for the Next Generation, a series of open-source strategy tools for business model innovation that are completely free to download and use.
Innovation by the Ocean (Innovasjon i Vannkanten), a free program where Engage // Innovate hosted 11 successful full-house seminars on innovation and strategy.
The X2 Labs program, a free-to-join accelerator program to develop 50+ new businesses over 2017.
How to Use The Innovation Pyramid [4-min Video]