• Corporate Innovation

    Scimitar – the world’s most successful generator of new business ideas

Corporate Innovation

Scimitar- Ideas generation programme

Scimitar is the world’s most successful generator of new business ideas. Ideas which integrate with company strengths are being looked for by your customers and which are truly innovative. Literally, hundreds of them!

The Programme

The programme is presented as a series of four one-day sessions, usually spanning a one month period. A multi-disciplinary team from your company is led through the process by Excalibur (UK) Ltd. We present a series of interlocking management systems which your team works through, thereby identifying a portfolio of new business ideas for your company. We also train your team in the process so that they can re-run the programme in-house whenever appropriate.

The scimitar programme consists of the following workshops:

Day 1: Systematic Modelling.

The team produces a three dimensional model of all current and future business activities.

Day 2: Systematic Searching.

The model is searched systematically to derive a list of several hundred logical new business ideas.

Day 3: Creative Interpretation.

Using creativity techniques, the model is searched again to add several hundred, additional, intriguingly different ideas to the portfolio.

Day 4: Assessment and Selection.

The team refines, assesses develops the ideas portfolio leading to the selection of 12-24 short listed business ventures for your company.

The Scimitar programme will;

  • Provide a new and exciting perspective of your company’s business prospects.
  • Build a portfolio of new business ideas, which integrate with company strengths.
  • Establish a system for the assessment and selection of ideas.
  • Produce a shortlist of approximately 10 exciting new business ventures for your company.
  • Train a team of your people to be able to re-run the programme in-house whenever appropriate.