Our Work
A taste of recent and ongoing Defankle® projects
Lessons in real disruption
Defankle Associates are delighted to be developing and delivering the 2024/2025 Innovation Academy with Scottish Enterprise.
Over two cohorts programme supports 40-60 high-growth companies develop an innovation roadmap.
Scottish Enterprise Innovation Academy
Defankle Associates are delighted to be developing and delivering the 2024/2025 Innovation Academy with Scottish Enterprise.
Over two cohorts programme supports 40-60 high-growth companies develop an innovation roadmap.
52 Inspiring & Innovative women
Of the 1,960,452 biographical articles on the English Wikipedia in September 2023, only 385,236 or 19.65% were about women. The biographies that do exist are considerably more likely to be nominated for deletion than existing articles of men. After issuing students an assignment to write about an inspiring innovator and 90% of the class writing about a man, Abi committed to 52 posts about inspiring women through 2024...
Design Expertise: Design Council
Abi works along side a wonderful group of people in her role as a Design Council Expert, supporting the "Design for Planet" mission. The Design Council Experts are a network of design pioneers who advocate for design, share knowledge about best practice and help Design Council deliver advice and programmes.
Design Coaching for high growth SME's
Via Magentic, Defankle provides design coaching for SME's on Innovate UK's Design for Growth programme. Key focus areas for coaching include developing an understanding of design and design processes and, embedding design in their strategy.
Inclusive Innovation is all around us but we need more
Imagine if your technology, or a solution you developed, was as ubiquitous as drop kerbs or tactile pavements - thats the power of thinking inclusively.
Innovation Management Training Programmes
Defankle develop and delivered a range of interactive Innovation Management training in partnership with Tech SME's, Global Engineering firms and third party training providers.
Decoding Design: a tour through time
In 1958 NASA was established, the term AI was first used, the Integrated Circuit was invented, Boeing introduced the first commercial jet airliner (the 707) and the concept of "Human Centred Design" was formally introduced. Technology has moved on leaps and bounds since 1958. How has design practice evolved?
Innovation Processes for Technology firm
Defankle are working with a leading UK-based robotics and sensor system company to develop and deploy bespoke innovation processes, embedding high-performance innovation and securing long-term competitive advantage.
Inclusive Innovation workshops for Innovate UK & RAEng
Inclusive leadership is at the heart of excellent innovation. Inclusive innovation, as well as being responsible, offers significant market opportunities. Original developed for RAEng, these workshops are now deployed widely.
Developing and Actioning Knowledge Exchange Strategy
Working with a London-based University specialising in Digital & Creative, Defankle support Knowledge Exchange Strategy and skills development with the senior leadership team.
Systems aware approaches: what you need to know
In this blog we explore why systems approaches are not widely spread in practice, why it’s increasingly useful to think in systems, and how to start becoming systems aware.
Sustainable Innovation workshops
Innovation can help us take better care of our planet. Defankle Sustainable Innovation workshops, originally delivered for Skillfluence and MSIP, engage participants in deeper analysis of the impact and potential of innovations.
Innovation Management for Post Graduate Engineers
On behalf of DMEM, University of Strathclyde, Defankle draws on academic theory and a wealth of practical experience to deliver "Management of Innovation" to Postgraduate engineering and business school students and "Innovation Management" to Undergraduate engineers.
Knowledge Exchange Development
Working with West of Scotland KTP Centre, University of Strathclyde, University of Glasgow, Caledonian University and Glasgow School of Art, Defankle facilitated relationships with industry to help transfer academic research into practice.
Business Operations for Post Graduates
On behalf of Strathclyde Business School, Defankle deliver a module on "Business Operations" to Post Graduate studnets. This module encourages a design-led approach to the various functions of a business (manufacturing, design, supply chain, customer service), with value proposition and strategy at the centre.
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