Meet “MATE”
Micro-Accelerator for Transformation and Employee Development
Why are startups so much better at quickly turning ideas into tangible results when established companies have so much more resources and know-how? One important reason is freedom of development.
Established companies usually focus on ongoing operations. Maintaining the status quo with quality assurance and cost efficiency is in the foreground. Most of the time there are idea management systems, but ideas are usually assessed very early on – without an examination of the potential of ideas at customers, etc., which is necessary for this decision.
What makes “MATE” special?
- Ongoing business is not disrupted (implementation by employees 1 day / week)
- Maximum “outward orientation” and expertise (external experts as coaches)
- Suitable for every level of employees (not just high potentials)
- Employees’ initiative is encouraged
- Responsibility for results is encouraged
- Real data enable better quality of decisions
With MATE, ideas get a chance to survive the first phase. Through an open evaluation of the idea potential, space is created for experimentation.
a quick start with
MATE Single (MATE-S)
Information
- already starting with 1 idea (max. 3 participants per idea)
- standardized process (can be started at any time)
- no adaptation effort
- individual support (basic)
- 6 top expert coachings
Included services (see chart):
Guide & Free Space (3)
The MATE toolbox as a constant companion gives your staff pioneers and intrapreneurs exactly the support they need at the right time on their development journey.
The core is the guidebook, which maps a guided transformation and innovation process based on design thinking and rapid prototyping, including guidelines and checklists, such as
- scorecards for evaluating and assessing hypotheses
- Business Model Canvas, a development framework for business models
In addition, MATE contains a small budget (usually € 1,000) that can be flexibly used by employees and monitored by kickworkx. This gives them the necessary leeway for the flexible development of their project, as necessary small purchases (e.g. books, test website, social media advertising, material for prototypes) can be handled unbureaucratically and quickly.
Booster coaching (4)
Up to 6 booster coaching sessions: Individual consulting by external experts (boosters) with extensive experience in topics relevant for transformation and innovation projects, e.g.
- Innovation profiling, to gain a better understanding of one’s own innovation preferences, and the resulting consequences for communication with stakeholders.
- Design thinking, to first identify and then focus on the spectrum of possible alternative actions.
- Storylining, to develop a powerful positioning, including a “one-sentence pitch”
- Graphic design, to put the project/product in the right light visually as well
- Business case check, done by an experienced project manager
- Legal review, done by a lawyer with startup, SME or corporate experience
- Pitch coaching, done by communication experts and peers
- Booster Joker, an expert from our network individually adapted to the project
MATE-S includes 6 coaching sessions, with individual coaches assigned on a project-specific basis by kickworkx.
Startup Space (5)
In a Startup Space, employees gain new perspectives, get inspiration and motivation and immerse themselves in a network of potential impulse providers, sparring partners, etc. through exchanges with startups, pioneers and collaborators.
In the course of the 12-week kickworkx process, the idea bringers/teams have unlimited access to a local startup community and co-working space including their networks, tools, events and platforms (e.g. Impact Hub, Aula X, etc.).
innovation for the greats
MATE Business (MATE-B)
Information
- already starting with 1 idea (max. 3 participants per idea)
- standardized process (can be started at any time)
- no adaptation effort
- individual support (basic)
- 6 top expert coachings
Included services (see chart):
Kick-off event (2)
The joint (or cross-company) kick-off event forms the starting point for the intrapreneurship journey of the selected idea bringers & their teams:
- Presentation of the best ideas to the decision-making body
- Selection of the final intrapreneurship participants
- Intro to the Kickworkx process and the Kickworkx idea toolbox
The kick-off event can be organized and held in-house or externally.
Guide & Free Space (3)
The MATE toolbox as a constant companion gives your staff pioneers and intrapreneurs exactly the support they need at the right time on their development journey.
The core is the guidebook, which maps a guided transformation and innovation process based on design thinking and rapid prototyping, including guidelines and checklists, such as
- scorecards for evaluating and assessing hypotheses
- Business Model Canvas, a development framework for business models
In addition, MATE contains a small budget (usually € 1,000) that can be flexibly used by employees and monitored by kickworkx. This gives them the necessary leeway for the flexible development of their project, as necessary small purchases (e.g. books, test website, social media advertising, material for prototypes) can be handled unbureaucratically and quickly.
Booster coaching (4)
6 booster coaching sessions: Individual consulting by external experts (boosters) with extensive experience in topics relevant for transformation and innovation projects, e.g.
- Innovation profiling, to gain a better understanding of one’s own innovation preferences, and the resulting consequences for communication with stakeholders.
- Design thinking, to first identify and then focus on the spectrum of possible alternative actions.
- Storylining, to develop a powerful positioning, including a “one-sentence pitch”
- Graphic design, to put the project/product in the right light visually as well
- Business case check, done by an experienced project manager
- Legal review, done by a lawyer with startup, SME or corporate experience
- Pitch coaching, done by communication experts and peers
- Booster Joker, an expert from our network individually adapted to the project
MATE-S includes 6 coaching sessions, with individual coaches assigned on a project-specific basis by kickworkx.
Startup Space (5)
In a Startup Space, employees gain new perspectives, get inspiration and motivation and immerse themselves in a network of potential impulse providers, sparring partners, etc. through exchanges with startups, pioneers and collaborators.
In the course of the 12-week kickworkx process, the idea bringers/teams have unlimited access to a local startup community and co-working space including their networks, tools, events and platforms (e.g. Impact Hub, Aula X, etc.).
Individual support (6)
Individual support of the idea contributors through the idea development process until the goal is achieved by the local partner of kickworkx including kick-off meeting, mid-term check and trouble-shooting hotline.
for “enterprise-grade” program
MATE Business PLUS
(MATE-B+)
Information
- when ideas are not yet fixed, but are to be identified and selected in a separate process
- when materials are to be available in the corporate layout
- when increased internal and external communicative marketing is to take place
- when additional external expert input is to be integrated through VIPs
(optional) in addition to MATE-B:
Idea Call (1)
Preparation (e.g. info sessions), organization and announcement of Idea Challenges – depending on the size of the company internally or across companies. Using a wide variety of methods and analog and digital communication media and formats, ideas are collected from employees, interactively enriched and refined, pre-qualified by experts and evaluated by as many participants as possible (internal ranking of the top ideas). This step can be supported analogously, by internal tools or by purchasing an external idea management tool.
- Identification of idea generators and intrapreneurs
- Information & inspiration of employees
- Collection, screening and pre-testing of existing ideas
Preparation of the kick-off event
Experience value: for every 100 employees, 1-5 ideas/year are expected to be qualified for an intrapreneurship program.
White-labelling (optional)
Alignment of documents with corporate CI.
Communication (optional)
Internal & external communication package (photo, video, social media, etc.)
Executive Academy (7)
- 4 top impulses with international expert on individual topics
- 4 sparring sessions
Your contact persons
Nikolaus Mittheisz
+43-1-343-0129
nmi@kickworkx.com
Michael Siegmund
+43-1-343-0129
msi@kickworkx.com