Building organisational resilience in an increasingly complex and uncertain world.
We build the kind of resilience that actually shows up on your P&L - think cost savings, better efficiency, more revenue, and fewer people walking out the door.
Our training doesn’t just sit in one corner of the org chart. We work across all levels - Early Careers, Managers, Senior Leaders - to break down silos, build shared language, and create lasting, systems-level change.
Because real impact happens when everyone’s pulling in the same direction.
How we work with corporates
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Company Wide Training Programmes
Our programmes are designed to equip every level with the practical skills they need to thrive and lead in uncertainty.
From adopting AI, to designing new products and services, to building faster and stronger stakeholder feedback loops, our practical skills are designed to save costs and drive revenue growth .
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Offsites
We’ll design an incredible day for your team’s needs, exploring a range of areas including: how to embed a product mindset for internal innovation; how to run cultural experiments; how to communicate new ideas powerfully; how to build organisational empathy and many more.
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Inspirational talks
Our founders and corporate innovators bring to life hard won lessons through inspiring stories and practical frameworks in keynotes. Intimate fireside chats offer attendees the opportunity to ask their burning questions, avoid common pitfalls, and spark new ideas.
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Innovation team support
Whether acting as a soundboard or independent Investment Committee for Venture Building Teams, upskilling internal innovators, or facilitating corporate><startup partnerships, our focus is innovation that delivers tangible wins for the business today, not just in 5 years time.
Want something bespoke?
We are regularly asked by our clients to design bespoke programmes, so if you’d like to explore new ways to support your team, let’s talk!
We’re happy to design to embed within or alongside existing training offerings to make the most of and build on the support that is already working!
Whether you’re launching new ventures, transforming internal culture, or upskilling the next generation of leaders, we help you embed innovation into every level of your organisation.
GuessWorks is the bridge between technical training and real-world skill to help you improve retention, engagement, and business outcomes along the way.
Getting teams back in the office?
Give them something to come in for with an inspirational on topics they’re excited by.
Feedback from our sessions always comments on how engaged the audience were, with more questions than we can take in the time, and their own ideas brought to life in interactive sessions.
We ensure they walk away with new skills, frameworks and resources, however short the talk.
A taster of our popular topics
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Including:
3 core principles of leadership in uncertainty: growth mindset, empathetic leadership and building psychological safety
How to set and present your vision powerfully
How to become a thought leader internally and externally
How to work in and lead teams with different personalities
How to give and receive feedback so everyone can hear and apply it
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How to turn colleague or customer complaints into new innovations
How to build in feedback loops you can trust
How to create moments of unexpected joy in internal and external processes
How to avoid a fallback to waterfall processes
How to avoid agile methodologies becoming a blocker to real action
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Including:
How to define where you want your team to innovate
How to inspire your team with a shared vision
How to build psychological safety to test and learn
How to set individual targets tied to initiative taking in different roles
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Including:
How to spot opportunities that will have an impact on the bottom line
How to identify and prioritise which risks will kill your idea fastest
How to run light "agile" sprints to keep focused and progress the most important things
How to design experiments to prove the desirability (does anyone want it), feasibility (is it possible to deliver) and viability (does it make financial sense) of a new idea, to yourself, team mates and investors
How to create a "Minimum Viable Product" cheaper, faster and with better learnings
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Including:
How to define who your ideal customer segment is and why that makes everything easier
How to use customer journey maps to design better solutions and solve for frictions in your own and competitor's solutions
How to run great customer interviews and why surveys don't work in the earliest idea stages
How to market with little to no budget
How to develop a Go to Market strategy that allows you to start targeted, and build to something big
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Including:
How to avoid common financial mistakes for early ideas
How to create quick financial models to map assumptions
How to create a financial pitch for stakeholders
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Including:
How to turn dull presentations into memorable ones using storytelling frameworks
How to preempt stakeholder concerns and questions
How to use vocal tone to bring your presentations to life
How to stand on stage to give the audience confidence in you
How to warm up ahead of a presentatio so you look and sound great in front of any audience
What training participant say…
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"Probably the best session we've had - lots of useful info, very interactive and engaging"
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“Love the examples that are given after each new point.”
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“Amazing workshop. Learned a lot”
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"delivery was polished and engaging, leaving a lasting impression on all participants.
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“a program that was transformational for all the participants! The training was a fantastic combination of exciting and challenging.”
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"Fab, all really useful info and super easy to engage with"
Meet some of our coaches
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Andy Ayim, MBE
Has supported leaders at Google, Uber, Diageo, Tesco, Wise and many more.
Draws on deep experience as a product leader, founder and investor.
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Jordan Schlipf
Supported innovation and leadership training at DHL, Jaguar Landrover, Experian, Bunzl and many more.
Jordan is a serial founder, investor and creater of a first-of-its-kind Corporate Venture Builder.
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Hattie Willis
Has trained leaders at Lloyds Banking Group, DHL, Experian, Rambøll, Thales Alenia Space and many more.
Hattie has deep experience designing and delivering company-wide training programmes.
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Daniel Kolodziej
Has mentored leaders at Google, Ikea and Ford and led corporate innovation across multiple sectors including Consumer Health, CPG, Telco, logistics and FS.
Dan brings deep expertise in Lean, Agile, JTBD, Design Thinking and Human Centered Design processes.
FAQs
If you have anything else you want to ask, reach out to us.
Which industries do you work in?
We are industry agnostic, firmly believing in the benefit of cross-pollinating ideas across industries. Our trainers have experience serving clients in sectors including: Financial Services, Space Technology, Automotive, Logistics, Consumer Goods, Engineering, Maritime, and many more.
What size events can you run?
We can 1:1 coaching for team members, up to events for hundreds of employees.
Who are your trainers
Our trainers are experienced founders, intrepreneurs and corporate leaders, who bring our workshops and training to life with their own stories, experiences and hard-won lessons alongside best-in-class frameworks and tools.