Business Improvement Seminars for Professionals
A unique series of;
One Day Professional Development Seminars for Managers and Technologists
who want their business to succeed in today’s competitive environment covering;
- Patent Enhancement
- Reliability Improvement
- Effective Innovation
- Collaborative Innovation
Four one day seminars that are high impact, affordable and address some of the business issues of the moment.
Better, Stronger Patents
Improving your IP protection by understanding the weaknesses in your patents.
- Brief overview of the approach
- Deconstructing the Root Clause through Functional Analysis
- Challenging the Patent and Exploring Contradictions
- Broadening the Scope by looking at Innovation Trends
- Patent Visualisation – an introduction to the Asivu tool
- Practical patent improvement exercises
Birmingham |
Bristol |
Hatfield |
Milton Keynes |
Norwich |
2nd |
6th |
3rd |
3rd |
11th |
Seminars start at 10:00 am and generally finish at between 4:00 and 4:30 pm. Refreshment provided on the day . Payment of £99 +VAT required on booking, for group discounts and closed corporate events please call 07738 015216. All seminars subject to cancellation.
Book a place on the seminar by faxing the booking form, by booking online (up to 30 days in advance), or calling 07738 015216
Book online at: http://wdpbispatents.eventbrite.com
Reliability, it’s about Destruction
A new and different approach to product reliability enhancement.
- Brief overview of the approach
- Looking for Root Contradictions
- S-Fields and Subversion Analysis
- Shifting the Design Paradigm
- Practical reliability improvement exercises
Birmingham |
Bristol |
Hatfield |
Milton Keynes |
Norwich |
9th |
13th |
10th |
10th |
4th |
Seminars start at 10:00 am and generally finish at between 4:00 and 4:30 pm. Refreshment provided on the day . Payment of £99 +VAT required on booking, for group discounts and closed corporate events please call 07738 015216. All seminars subject to cancellation.
Book a place on the seminar by faxing the booking form, by booking online (up to 30 days in advance), or calling 07738 015216
Book online at: http://wdpbisreliability.eventbrite.com/
Innovation on Demand
Appreciating that it is possible to create that good idea when it is required rather than when it just happens.
- Delivering Innovation – the voice of the product and the of the customer
- Systematic Innovation, a process for innovation
- Understanding people and the market
- Making time for innovation
- Open discussion and next steps
(Delegates attending this seminar will be entitled to a free 30 day trial of the Systematic Innovation Learning Portal www.si-onlineportal.com)
Birmingham |
Bristol |
Hatfield |
Milton Keynes |
Norwich |
16th |
20th |
17th |
17th |
25th |
Seminars start at 10:00 am and generally finish at between 4:00 and 4:30 pm. Refreshment provided on the day . Payment of £99 +VAT required on booking, for group discounts and closed corporate events please call 07738 015216. All seminars subject to cancellation.
Book a place on the seminar by faxing the booking form, by booking online (up to 30 days in advance), or calling 07738 015216
Book online at: http://wdpbisinnovation.eventbrite.com/
Is Open Innovation for you?
OI is seen as a possible way of working effectively with others but is it right for your business?
- What do we mean by Open Innovation?
- Does it work?
- What’s required beforehand?
- What help is there available?
- Open discussion and next steps
Birmingham |
Bristol |
Hatfield |
Milton Keynes |
Norwich |
23rd |
27th |
24th |
24th |
25th |
Seminars start at 10:00 am and generally finish at between 4:00 and 4:30 pm. Refreshment provided on the day . Payment of £99 +VAT required on booking, for group discounts and closed corporate events please call 07738 015216. All seminars subject to cancellation.
Book a place on the seminar by faxing the booking form, by booking online (up to 30 days in advance), or calling 07738 015216
Book online at: http://wdpbisopen.eventbrite.com/
Our Expertise
Our specialist in Systematic Innovation (SI) is Adrian Cole. Adrian is also a Professor at Birmingham City University and a Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers. He has been trained in SI by Darrell Mann one of the world’s leading authorities in the subject. Adrian regularly provides closed corporate workshops and courses in SI both in the UK and the rest of Europe. Being an academic he has close ties with the HE sector and has been instrumental in developing our online learning portal that currently includes a number of SI modules. You might come across Adrian presenting one of his many papers on SI and innovation, if so please say hello, he’ll be glad to meet with you.
Our specialist in Innovation Protection is Ian Hartwell. Ian is a consulting European Patent Attorney with Maguire Boss, Cambridge, and a visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for IP Policy and Management at Bournemouth Business School. He has a PhD in IP management from the School of Engineering, Cranfield University. A Chartered Engineer, Ian worked in the aero industry before joining the automotive directorate of the European Patent Office. He subsequently served as in-house IP Manager for piezo inkjet manufacturer Xaar plc and the inventors of light emitting polymers, Cambridge Display Technology.
