Our work on national transformation projects and cluster development range from Norway’s shift away from oil & gas into new, national growth industries, strategic advisory to the national cluster program, advisory to the Malaysian government and helping shape the future of Swiss superclusters.
One of our core strengths is helping our clients by bringing in global expertise in multiple disciplines. From venture building, VC funding, smart city, mobility, robotics or aquaculture, we tap into a global network to help your Supercluster building succeed.
Through our work with over 40 clusters, we have developed a series of powerful strategy tools to help leaders shape new Innovation Superclusters.
Based on the latest research, but built for hands-on managers, Supercluster leaders, cluster members and stakeholders in the broad ecosystem, these tools help drive the strategic conversation of Supercluster building.
The Supercluster Toolkit help you design the overall structure, engage all stakeholders, build a global capital strategy and successfully serve the broad number of stakeholders in any cluster program.
Working with Engage // Innovate has been great so far! They helped structure our work and was great help in the building of our accelerator program and investor network. For Christian Rangen, the sky is the limit! This is exactly the perspective we needed.
Christian Rangen has great knowledge on cluster development on an international level that he happily shares. His insight and studies are a value for us when we work with both new, experienced and mature clusters in Norway. He challenges us on how we best work with clusters all the time – and it increases our competence.
Clusters are complex organizations and their aim is to solve complex problems for the benefit of a large number of entities. In order to do so, they need different ways of attacking different problems. The visual strategy tools that we’ve co-developed with Engage // Innovate have given us a set of instruments to provide them with different angles of attack.
They have been a great resource to run discussions with and between people from many different backgrounds and companies within the clusters. It helps cluster members structure their conversations and really dig deep into their “real” problems and challenges.
The fact that we co-develop tools on the run as we get more and more insight in the complexity of cluster development is a huge benefit for both the clusters and Innovation Norway.
Our role:Engage // Innovate won a four year framework agreement to help reinvent and transform the Norwegian Innovation Cluster Program.
The Norwegian Innovation Cluster program is the Norwegian Government’s premier innovation program and considered a backbone in the national innovation policy framework.
The project includes:
– Insights and analysis; help understand how global innovation clusters and cluster policy is changing
– Develop a strategy for the new Innovation Cluster Program
– Develop a Learning & Development Platform to build skills and capabilities
– Develop and translate a large number of Strategy Tools for Innovation Clusters
– Write multiple books and report for the Norwegian Cluster Program
– Design and run a Train-the-trainers cluster program for cluster experts
– Design and run a large number of workshops and training programs for clusters, cluster managers and cluster boards
– Support the cluster program through strategic advisory
Impact: The Norwegian Innovation Cluster Program is considered one of the leading cluster programs in Europe. Currently undergoing a number of changes, the program will continue to evolve in line with global changes and trends within clusters, ecosystems and innovation policies.
Our role: Worked with the CEO, Management team and Board of Directors to develop a new, future-fit strategy for the world’s leading seafood innovation cluster. Based in Bergen, the world’s seafood capital, the Innovation Cluster represents the industry’s leading companies, startups, investors and researchers.
Engage // Innovate partnered with the Seafood leadership team to create learning, understanding and alignment around the new strategy.
Impact:
The Seafood Innovation Cluster successfully developed and implemented a new strategy to build ecosystem for growth and competitiveness in Norwegian seafood. The cluster used this process to shift from a Triple Helix understanding to the Five-point, or Pentagon model of cluster development.
Built around three areas; knowledge, Innovation, Entrepreneurship & commercialization, the strategy was highly relevant and created significant interest and support from the cluster members.
We now have a strategy for Scale-Ups and Capital which is the direct result of working with Engage // Innovate. Chris brings with him deep insight on cluster work that has been invaluable to us.
Working with Christian Rangen and Engage // Innovate has led to a more structured process both internally and when working with our cluster clients. We’ve co-developed new visual strategy tools which are core to our workshops – helping to define common goals and create impactful discussion within our working groups. I have really enjoyed working with Chris – he has been a great asset. He shakes things up, goes the extra mile and has genuinely brought great value to Innovation Norway.