Paul Sloane Innovation Consultancy

12 Oct 2020 · 3 min

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In this promotional video, Paul Sloane addresses senior executives who face challenges such as revenue growth, cost reduction, and product innovation. He positions himself as a lateral‑thinking consultant with a decade of experience helping 26 blue‑chip companies. Sloane outlines a structured 6‑stage process: (1) identify the critical issue and root causes using five proven problem‑analysis tools; (2) generate a large pool of ideas with eleven lateral‑thinking methods; (3) evaluate and select the best ideas; (4) develop an implementation plan; (5) conduct rapid real‑world testing, often via a minimum viable product; and (6) implement the plan and review progress. He can support the entire journey or individual stages. He cites successful engagements with Novartis in Sweden (clinical‑trial efficiency saving millions of euros) and Unilever in Italy (innovative product‑launch strategies). Viewers are invited to visit his LinkedIn profile or website (destination‑innovation.com) and are offered a complimentary Zoom meeting to discuss their specific challenges.

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Are you facing serious challenges leading your business? Do you need to find new sources of revenue, ways to reduce costs, ways to introduce new and innovative products and services to the market? Is your team equipped and motivated to face these challenges? Do you need a burst of lateral thinking to overcome the roadblocks? These are the sort of issues I've been helping senior executives with over the past 10 years. I've helped leaders in 26 blue-chip companies to solve these sorts of problems using advanced lateral thinking techniques, and we brought fresh and effective solutions to bear. My methods, my motivational talks, my lateral thinking techniques work really well over Zoom with dispersed teams. At the heart of everything I do, there is one simple idea, and it is this: You and your team can find and implement creative, effective, workable solutions if you're given the right help and the right tools. So this is what I do. I take you, and usually your senior team, through a 6-stage process. First, we identify the most serious issue and find the root causes. I have 5 proven problem analysis tools that I can pick from. Secondly, we generate a large number of creative ideas using one or more of 11 different lateral thinking methods. This is where the magic happens. Third, we select the winning idea or ideas using highly effective evaluation techniques. Then we develop a plan to implement the best proposal, and then we move to rapid testing in the real world, often with a minimum viable product. Finally, we implement the plan and review progress. I can help you all the way through this process or with the individual components as suits you. These are some of the companies I have helped. I worked with a team in Novartis in Sweden to develop a new and better way to run clinical trials, and this saved millions of euros. Working with Unilever in Italy, I help develop innovative strategies for new product launches. Please check out my profile on LinkedIn or my webpage destination-innovation.com. There's a lot more detail on there. If you're stuck, if logical ideas aren't getting you anywhere, if you need some lateral thinking to move you forward, then I stand ready to help. I'd like to suggest a complimentary Zoom meeting where we chat for a few minutes, see what's going on, talk about your issues, discuss how I could possibly help. If you think that makes sense, please drop me an email or send me a message on LinkedIn. I look forward to hearing from you.