Innovation Essentials: Empowering Leaders with Tools for Change

Meridian House BIG Hub

12/02/2025
10.00 AM - 4.00 PM

Event description

To reserve your place, email Peter Smith peter.smith@mmu.ac.uk or book a meeting directly via bit.ly/PeterSmith1 mmu.ac.uk/cin

A one-day, interactive workshop to give you tools and insights to drive innovation and future-proof your business. You'll learn about the innovation process, techniques for trend analysis, and get hands on with emerging tech to fuel your company’s growth and competitive edge. The workshop is fully funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, meaning there’s no cost for business owners with a trading address in Cheshire West and Chester. 

Learn the innovation journey, from concept to business model. In the morning, you'll gain an understanding of dynamic capabilities, essential for sensing and seizing opportunities in fast-changing markets. After lunch, you'll dive into lo-fi prototyping to rapidly visualise new ideas, and you'll explore cutting-edge technologies including AI, VR, AR, and 3D printing. You'll hear real-world case studies to show how you could apply these principles and technologies into your business.

12 February, 10:00 - 16:00

Agenda:

• Innovation: The market, technology, business models

• Dynamic capabilities

• Trend analysis

• Prototyping

• Technical insights: AI, VR, AR, and 3D printing

Lunch and refreshments included. Location: Meridian House, Winsford

 

This event is part of Cheshire West and Chester Council's UKSPF Business Support Programme.

The UK Shared Prosperity Fund is a central pillar of the UK government’s Levelling Up agenda and provides £2.6 billion of funding for local investment by March 2025. The Fund aims to improve pride in place and increase life chances across the UK investing in communities and place, supporting local business, and people and skills. Visit UK Shared Prosperity Fund: prospectus for more information. 

Visit the Cheshire West and Chester Council website for information on the UKSPF Communities and Place, and People and Skills projects.

Event location

Unit 24, Meridian House, Road One, Winsford, Cheshire, CW7 3QG

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