Groundswell Innovation

Vast array of speakers tomorrow, all talking about their contribution to #SustainableDevelopmentGoals as part of the #QSWorldMerit global launch event https://lnkd.in/eTz8QaR Launch Event Form: tinyurl.com/y4726ccp Tune in for #positive news to beat the January lockdown blues

Innovation takes a mindset shift in company culture if you’re going to succeed. Hear from Dawn Stockell at Veka about what it takes to push through with successful product development

Name that town..

Reasons to be cheerful - our #FaceForward masks have arrived from Uganda! Well over 3,000 seed funding raised. US, UK and Netherlands distribution underway @tambulasafaris @marloucornelissen

Love them or hate them, social influencers were big business. As values shift, surely now is the time for a more genuine level of input? #influencers #leadershipmatters #insight www.groundswellinnovation.co.uk//has-the-bubble-burst-for-

If all University education turns virtual, competing for students just got a lot tougher.

The perfect time to be celebrating creativity - what patterns will you be breaking? Read the most recent blog in the ‘opinion pieces’ section of our website, link in bio

#Spring #Sprung

If you want to hear more about how the #TwoZeroFemale scale-up programme from @lancashirecc is supporting women leading businesses, listen in on BBC Sounds to @bbclancashire with @nishmahindocha #femaleentrepreneurs #scaleup #lancashire

Busy setting up for @iwdfestivalnw2020 @blackpoolsixth #IamNPW @northernpowerwomen @ The Blackpool Sixth Form College

#NPWA2020 Sold out - 900 people keen to hear who is leading the field in workplace gender diversity from the North. On a Monday night in Manchester. Not bad @northernpowerwomen Well done to the individuals and organisations taking part as sponsors, nominators and nominees. The more energy we create around this, the more we push things forward. #positivelychallenging ... #judge #innovation See more

If you’re from Preston or you’ve made it your home, make sure to have your say! #whatsyourpreston #listeningproject

Open to #female #directors of #Lancashire companies. Get in touch if you want to know more: [email protected]

What ever you did to wind down, reboot and rest mind and body this weekend in between the necessary ‘to do’ list, we salute you. Carve out time to visit, create, think or read something new once in a while. Food for the soul, and for the brain..

Stunning video by @imitatingthedog @the_storey_lancaster for #lightuplancaster #creativity #history

Collaborative conversations this morning with @washcreativestudio and Francis Roberts Architects #Preston

We are proud to be one of over 300 organisations across the north signed up as official Northern Powerhouse partners. We’re committed to driving growth and showcasing the North as a great place to do business! #NPH300 #NorthernPowerhouse

Make the most of your team's lunch hour by turning it in to a creative thinking session! During June, July & August Groundswell Innovation followers are in with a chance to WIN one of 3 free 2-hour Creative Problem Solving Workshops. Our first draw takes place 7th June, then 7th July and 7th August. To enter email: [email protected]... Or tweet us a witty line @Groundswellidea or in the comments here. BT Openreach used this technique to get ideas flowing around issues they were trying to solve in the Customer Services team. James Harrison of BT Openreach said: "When my team participated in a 'lunch and learn' session with Groundswell Innovation, we were all impressed with how many practical new ideas we came up with - in just one hour. There was a real buzz during and after the session. It was focused, energetic and delivered an instant outcome." #innovation #creativethinking #creativeproblemsolving #inspiration #competition #win

Not only is the sun shining, but this is how the week began.

Brand Ambassador and Groundswell Innovation founder Jane Dalton shares how #WeCan inspire and influence the next generation of Northern Power Women Read it here and share your own commitment in the campaign for a more diverse and equal North: https://buff.ly/2UvBET8

How do you design a health clinic that can be taken to people in need as soon after a natural disaster as possible? First, create a flat-pack structure that can be made out of recycled ply-wood and reconstructed by people on the ground using only a mallet. #genius #necessity is the mother of #invention #Wellcome #Foundation @ Wellcome Collection

Fantastic feedback about our approach to #research We always aim for actionable insight, so its nice to hear when clients see the value added #insight builds #innovation http://www.groundswellinnovation.co.uk/customer-research

This.. #npwawards #WeCan Pledge to do something this year, to impact gender equality. Pay it forward, mentor, sponsor, encourage, whatever you can manage. But do something, so that our generation and those that follow get equal chances #northernpowerwomen #payitforward #genderequality #fromthenorth

We choose to honour Vivienne Westwood, Kate Bush, Gloria Steinem and Angela Davis #1970s #RoleModels for International Womens Day #iwd2019 Looking forward to meeting future role models at this morning’s panel discussion on gender in the workplace. @lancasterunimanagementschool Then on to @bnymellon #Manchester for an evening of inspiration from speakers in sport, medicine and banking, all forging a path for a more diverse future

Don’t forget to sign up for our free #webinar on #scenario #planning in uncertain times. Hosted by @instituteofdirectors #northwest Thursday 7th Feb at 12.30 for 30 minutes. Register here: https://www.iod.com//events/event-details/eventdateid/15061 If you can’t make it, ping over a question for the panel!

Congratulations to @SimoneRoche who collected her well deserved MBE last week. The hard work continues for @NorthPowerWomen and towards @NP_Futures 23-24 Nov in Manchester: https://northernpowerfutures.com/manchester-programme/ Read more about our fave Northern Power Woman’s take on innovation here: http://www.groundswellinnovation.co.uk/simone-roche-mbe/

A fantastic array of stories shared for #WomenEntrepreneurshipWeek at Lancaster University this week. Thank you to Sophie Alkhaled for making the event happen. http://www.lancaster.ac.uk//university-event-celebrates-wo

Fantastic celebration of contemporary craft makers at this weekend’s Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair in #manchester. Particularly loved Sarah Crosby’s ceramic paper plates, sallysally diy skirt kits, Lydia Mary fabrics and Ian Rylatt’s ceramic take on the art of coffee making. The worlds of manufacturing and making have a great deal to learn from each other @ Manchester, United Kingdom

The team at Groundswell Innovation are privileged to announce that we are now a Northern Powerhouse commercial partner! It's fantastic to have an active role in building the Northern Powerhouse. This monumentous event has of course prompted the question - what is your favourite thing about the North? Is it the wide open spaces, is it the general friendliness or is the fantastically high standard of tea-making skills? Your call.. #TooManyReasons #TheNorthRocks

Would you look at that, 10 years already. A huge thank you to everyone who has supported us, worked with us and generally cheered us forward since 20th August 2008! Over the coming months we'll be sharing stories from some of the innovators we have met and worked with along the way - watch this space and enjoy the first instalment here from Chris at Stephensons Dairy.

Proud to count ourselves among the sponsors of this year’s @lancasterjazz Looking forward to seeing the full line-up of events on Friday 6th July www.lancasterjazz.com Musicians at the cutting edge of British music, collaborating and performing. Just the kind of thing to bring about new ideas

Great to be part of today’s @northernpowerwomen podcast at BNY Mellon in Manchester. Talking about the Great Exhibition of the North and how we can start to shine a brighter light on innovation happening in the @northernpowerhousepartnership @ The Bank of New York Mellon

Christian Majgaard sharing #innovation wisdom from his career at #Lego during a fleeting visit to #Lancashire. Tonight he gave an elegantly simple explanation of why customer research should seek to understand people’s worlds, not people’s product preferences. People can’t tell you about their unconscious needs. You need to observe them. If you really want to innovate you should understand customers’ lives. You’ve got to understand how you can fit, into what they value Thanks to @lancasteruni for hosting the event.

Really looking forward to taking part in the panel discussion for #InternationalWomensDay tomorrow at BNY Mellon on behalf of Northern Power Women #BNYMellonMCR We will be discussing the topic of ‘making yourself heard’. Managing to be noticed for all the right reasons as you progress your career, can be a process full of pitfalls whatever your background. The panel will be discussing their own experiences and offering advice to anyone still finding their voice at work.... Top tip no.1 - never go to work in a clown suit #insightful

Fantastic to be part of a full-on day of creativity, ideas and action tomorrow on behalf of Willow Burn Hospice. Great to be co-sponsors of this event with Birdsong Consultancy. Looking forward to seeing how North Eastern creativity compares with the North Western variety.. do we have interpreters standing by??

Wait.. did Contactless payments etc etc just become the Fax machine?

Happy #Lancashire Day everyone! Today we will be celebrating the successes of the past year with a host of companies from our home county. Thank you Lancashare for organising the day’s events. We are also kicking off a series of blogs about Lancashire innovation past and present, with a post from one of today’s guests - Jewels of the Ummah.