Programs & Experiences
Formats designed to produce something after the room empties.
Programmes, workshops, challenges and gatherings are instruments of innovation and ecosystem development. We design them for what they should produce - decisions, shortlists, pilots, relationships - not for how they look on the day.
The principle
Why we design programmes, not events
An event is a format. A programme is a mechanism with an intended output: a decision written down, a shortlist of companies, a pilot scoped, a partnership opened, a community that still exists next quarter.
Every format on this page is designed backwards from that output. If we cannot name what it should produce and who owns the follow-up, we do not recommend running it.
This is not event management. It is innovation and ecosystem work that sometimes takes the shape of a room full of people.
Formats
What we design and run.
Innovation programs
Multi-stage programmes that take an organisation from a written problem to a shortlist, a pilot and a decision - with the adoption path designed in.
Executive workshops
Half-day and full-day sessions that move a leadership team from general interest to a specific written position on what they will do next, and who owns it.
Hackathons
Focused build events on a real problem, with real data where possible, judged against usefulness rather than novelty - and a defined path for what happens to the winning work.
Innovation challenges
Open or invited challenges built from a genuine internal problem, with a committed sponsor, clear evaluation criteria and a prize worth winning.
Corporate-startup programs
Structured cohorts that bring qualified startups into contact with owned internal problems, with a proposed pilot shape from the first meeting.
Curated industry events
Small, deliberately composed gatherings where the value is the room, not the stage.
Roundtables
Closed-door discussions among people with the same problem and different vantage points, run under conditions that let them speak candidly.
Ecosystem activations
Presence and programming around major industry moments, designed to build the relationships that produce work afterwards.
How we design them
Output first, then format.
Define the output
What should exist afterwards that does not exist now, who owns it, and how we will know within a month whether it worked.
Compose the room
Who has to be there for that output to be possible - which is usually a much shorter and more specific list than a delegate target.
Design the follow-through
What happens in the two weeks afterwards, decided before the invitations go out. This is the part that is normally missing.
Who these are for
Typically commissioned by.
- Corporates running innovation, transformation or venturing functions
- Financial institutions exploring digital assets, tokenisation or AI
- Accelerators and innovation programmes seeking corporate partners
- Public bodies and institutions building innovation ecosystems
- Universities and executive education programmes
- Conference organisers and industry associations
- Technology companies convening their partners or customers
- Investors building visibility in a specific ecosystem
Common questions
Programmes and formats.
Do you provide event management?
No. We design and lead innovation programmes and formats - the content, the composition of the room, the challenge or brief, the evaluation criteria and the follow-through. Logistics and production are handled by the client or by production partners.
Can you run a programme with our existing accelerator or ecosystem partners?
Yes, and it is often the better route. Existing partners already have the cohort relationships; what is usually missing is the internal problem definition, the qualification criteria and the pilot design that turn a cohort into a pilot.
What makes a hackathon worth running?
A real problem, real or realistic data, judges who can act on the result, and a defined path for the winning work - a pilot budget, a contract route or a follow-on programme. Without that last element, a hackathon is a recruitment and brand exercise, which is legitimate but should be named as such.
What should exist after the room empties?
Start there, and the format usually designs itself.