Sep 27, 2018
Dori Dori is a Catalan company that produces pastry and confectionery on successful BTB operations to food distributors in Spain.
In 2018, they requested Araland Businesss support for a project to improve their production line, through the Lean Manufacturing and Lean Startup methodologies, in order to become more efficient and improve their customer service.
We carried out two training and co-creation actions, after which a multidisciplinary team made of Founders, Maintenance managers and Human Resources in Dori-Dori, focused on the problem until they came up with innovative ideas, which they later transformed into innovative prototypes.
Oct 18, 2017
DATA SHEET
- ABM is an engineering company specialized in water engineering, civil engineering and construction, located in Girona, and that operates throughout Catalonia.
- Project’s Goals: To facilitate the transformation of the company
- Year 2016-17
- Sector: professional services in the field of civil engineering
STORIES
ABM is a small company that has been transformed on several occasions since it was founded in 2000. Firstly, to respond to its growing number of clients. Then, to face the crisis in the construction sector that affected most of its customers and most recently to respond to the challenge of digital agenda.
In 2016, Araland Business began working with the company’s leadership in a process of development of the business’ strategy and innovation, which we branded “EiI”. This project had as its basic goal to empower all the employees and involved them in the strategic change processes the company needed to take.
On a previous phase, we prepared the team for the innovation processes. We then carried out an analysis of the 360º leadership culture of the teams and also different workshops and individual meetings in order to co-define a new way of working that could foster innovation and the development of internal talent.
On a second stage, we covered a scoping and ideation workshops and meetings to focus on growth opportunities and prepare “prototypes or pilots” to test new lines of work.
Currently, our collaboration with ABM is still on-going.
According ABM’s director, Robert Mas, the first “EiI” results have been very positive. “The work process has allowed us to generate awareness in the whole company’s team about the need to innovate to adapt to the market and to make Sustainable business. Besides, EiI’s program has led to the emergence of new leaderships together with changes at the organization level, suggested by the professionals themselves. This program has allowed us to generate a dynamics of strategic analysis from which different business proposals that are being worked on to create new business lines “.
Oct 15, 2017
DATA SHEET
- Project’s goals: leadership development, innovation and change management.
- Scope: Primary care staff in the Lleida area (Catalonia).
- Sector: Health
- Dates: 2014-2016
STORIES
According to the ICS data, the health status of people is determined up to a 14% by the quality of primary care. That is why ICS invests in the training of its health personnel constantly, not only in medical or health contents, but also in management skills and continuous improvement. Since 2014, we have trained the primary care staff in the province of Lleida (practitioners, nurses, midwives), first hand in hand with Sural Consultores, and currently as Araland Business.
We have accompanied them to develop the leadership of the section chiefs in primary care, we have trained them in techniques to promote innovation within primary care teams, and in stress management and emotional intelligence at the workplace.
Oct 14, 2017
DATA SHEET
- Project’s Goals: to provide tools of strategic innovation to the business community within Catalonia.
- Industry: Public Administrations
- Year 2016/17
STORIES
Araland Business has been included into the Diputació de Barcelona’s official training catalogue (Recull) for year 2017. (http://www.diba.cat/documents/36150622/95160818/Recull+2007.pdf/0b613b71-b8e8-4542-a0e4-341113e64c43)
This is a training catalog with contents suitable for the local businesses and entrepreneurs offered by the Diputació de Barcelona through local agencies, to promote the development of the local business community.
Araland Business offers two training activities: Design Thinking Tools to innovate and grow in the company (T / IN31), with the objectives of providing the most current tools to promote innovation within the Catalan SMEs and to learn to innovate with user-centered approaches. The second action is “Creativity for entrepreneurs” (SE / IN34), and aims to: awaken the inner creativitity in the attendees; Remove barriers to creativity, provide tools to conduct group creativity sessions and acquire keys to drive creativity into action plans.
