Portfolio - GameChangers

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“Working with governments and corporations in the transformation of ideas through the deployment of the

principles of corporate entrepreneurship”

GameChanger organizations have the capability and intent to make an impact on the world we live in.

GameChangers are the people in your organization with the kernel of a fantastic idea and need corporate support to transform it into reality.

To build the GameChanger culture, you need to take some of the assets that you already have and ‘twist’ them - focus them in a new way. Spark can help you twist.


When you consider some of the biggest inventions and innovations in the 21st century, you see big risk.

Whether it is the $150m spent by Apple on the development of the market-disrupting iPhone or Shell’s c. $12bn groundbreaking Floating Liquid Natural Gas (FLNG) platform, Prelude, big ideas need the big supporting mechanism that big business can provide.

Advice, Consultancy, Training

Building GameChangers

Working with innovators and intrapreneurs, Spark encourages open innovation – our ‘breaking down the tribes’ seminar has long been the foundation to helping organisations to invite ideas from outside and develop collaborative intelligence in working with others.

Using a blend of advice, consultancy and training, our programs are designed to attract and prove the commercial viability of an idea quickly before progressing through full innovation, incubation and acceleration phases to bring ideas to market.

The Spark GameChangers® transformational program includes:

• Cultural Audit• Creation of physical environment• Development of bespoke idea management toolkit• Organizational Design & Development• Commercial & Leadership mentoring• Workshops on such topics as Design Thinking, Commerciality, Mindset & Attitude• HR Consultancy incorporating reward & recognition, KPO / KPI, performance metrics

Aspects of the Spark GameChangers® program are being deployed in government and corporate clients, turning ideas into reality – some with massive potential.

Whilst there are headline cases relating to major developments (e.g. iPhone, Post-It Note, Gmail), the reality is that many organizations want to see quick results before committing to longer-term resource-intensive initiatives.

In recognition of this, the Spark Lean Intrapreneurship Model (SLIM) is designed to rapidly transform ideas into reality. SLIM enables us to make-break-learn: working with your teams to identify what approaches work sympathetically with the organization and to develop approaches that will slowly transform the way you think and work.

GameChangers do not work ‘below the radar’, seeking forgiveness rather than permission (covert intrapreneurs who disrupt without portfolio) but work in line with a wider corporate strategy as the organizational leadership supports new thinking.

These ‘sanctioned intrapreneurs’ are your GameChangers.

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Lean Intrapreneurship

Call For IssuesWorking with your senior stakeholders, Spark delivers masterclasses and forums in order to help your team to identify customer issues that can be addressed within 12 weeks and not part of a current program of work.

CrowdsourcingAfter introducing the principles of Design Thinking, Spark helps teams to drill down into customer issues, prototype ideas, engage with customer communities and build solutions. This includes identifying a mentor, a minesweeper and a minder - 3 key parties for the intrapreneur to work with as they develop their idea.

Idea PathwaysSpark develops your ‘idea pathway’ - an appropriate journey for ideas to progress without creating unnecessary resistance to any change that occurs. The pathway takes into account (and challenges) current policies, processes and procedures as well as ‘myth & tradition’.

Pitch For PermissionIn our experience, organizations are loathe to release resource or funds in the early stages of their intrapreneurial journey. SLIM sets out a clear ‘reward’ for people: the opportunity to pitch to their directors to be released from the day job and to focus on their idea.


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Spark is one of the few organizations in the world that looks at the entire environment associated with your intrapreneurship (the intrapreneur ecosystem).

Our 40-point model helps you to twist as you create your transformational approach to 21st century business.

Intrapreneur Ecosystems


In developing a more commercially-aware organization, Spark ensures that the intrapreneur ecosystem is plugged into the wider entrepreneur ecosystem - providing access to a wider collaborative network that leverages the specialist skills of external parties.

Akin to such organizations as Nike and LEGO, open innovation calls for a willingness to work outside of your current tribes - seeking dissenting voices and challenging viewpoints.

Open innovation

Working with your key people to de�ne the aspirations of your ecosystem - what are your ambitions and what is the strength of your leadership commitment?

Identifying and cultivating relationships with internal and external parties - helping to fully articulate key issues for the ecosystem to address

After identifying the gaps in the ecosystem, bringing new partners to the table as we create something that is tailored and unique - powerful & focused solutions to speci�c issues

Leveraging from the collective power of the public sector (government, 3rd sector, health, housing, foundations, NGOs) as well as all aspects of academia and the private sector

Objectively and independently managing the ecosystem - maintaining a clear focus

Integrated Ecosystems

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Our approach is to work with a key team / department and develop the intrapreneur virus - reducing resistance to change through the use of your own internal advocates and champions.

Consult with the senior leadership team to ensure that the ecosystem is aligned to corporate strategy

Assess current assets to determine what is already available / in place and can be twisted

Design the new model based on gaps between where you are and where you want to be

Build the ecosystem in partnership with a designated intrapreneurship team

Pilot the model using a blend of workshops and mentoring for new advocates

Roll-Out of the model to the wider audience once we have experienced several make-break-learn episodes

Manage & Improve - by ensuring a clean handover so that the intrapreneurship team ‘innovates your innovation’

Whether you are looking to develop a quick-hit intrapreneur program to wrap into 12 weeks; develop a new way of thinking and working with a fuller intrapreneur ecosystem or looking to plug it into a wider external model... Spark can help.

Whereas there are many independent consultants available to offer specific pieces of advice, Spark has a global network of Associates and Partners experienced in the holistic approach to corporate entrepreneurship (intrapreneurship).

There are fundamental differences between entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs and Spark has the experience to support governmental and corporate organizations on this exciting journey.

The first step on the journey to create your GameChanger culture is to contact us:

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“Working with governments and corporations in the transformation of ideas through the deployment of the

principles of corporate entrepreneurship”

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