Approach

Increase your digital mindset

 

Inspire. Realize. Activate. Three phases in the transformation to a digital future. Where can we make the biggest impact within your organization? After years of experience with various clients, we know that an approach is often customized, focused on tangible goals. Not getting stuck for too long, but doing things together. Scaling up and adjusting with new insights and experiences. Read here how we can help you in every phase of your digital transformation.

Inspiration

What opportunities exist for you?

We look externally, we look ahead and sometimes we look back. From technological developments to societal challenges. What is relevant for your organizationLet us inspire you with the latest trends and insights on data, digitalization, innovation and sustainability. Our lessons learned will help you catch up and accelerate.   

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  • Inspiration trips
  • You don’t need to go to Silicon Valley or China for a peek behind the scenes of the experts. Inspiration within and outside of your sector can often be found much closer to home. We take you to discover how frontrunners innovate. How do they deal with the trends, opportunities, issues and challenges that are also relevant to your organization? This will keep you abreast of possible changes the future may bring, you’ll gain insight into what these changes could mean for your organization, and help you inspire your colleagues to focus on the future.  

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  • Talks
  • We believe that growth comes from inspiration. New insights create drive, a broader view and energy. This is what you will leave with after a Talk. With a considerable track record in various sectors, we bring unique knowledge, developments, new insights and know how to translate those into what is relevant for your organization. 

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Realisation

From words to actions.

The ambition is clear and you know where you want to go as an organization. But sometimes that speck on the horizon is not sharp yet and the number of roads to it seems endless. When do you know you have achieved success? How can you translate this within all the different parts of an organization? We help you clarify the goal and the route to give direction and accelerate the transformation.   

 

Our Shapers have been involved in countless transformations within organizations. Our approach is pragmatic and solution-oriented, always making the speck on the horizon manageable. We often help organizations with the entire change process, but we also offer guidance on specific components. For example, in learning new ways of working or the adoption of (new) systems and technology.  

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  • Program & Project Management
  • Working with programs is a good way to jointly tackle complex, temporary and goal-oriented transformation assignments. With direction and steering, we ensure focus, coherence and positive energy to make the desired impact. After all, adjusting and accelerating fits well into these times when change seems to be the only constant.   

     

    We can guide both the entire program and parts or (projects) within it. We learn and adapt. Step by step, we work in co-creation towards concrete and tangible goals. That speck, remember?  

  • Change management
  • Digital transformation is driven by technology, its success is determined by people. This aspect is often underestimated but can make or break a transformation. We understand people and we understand technology. Our strength is connecting the two.  

     

    We map the impact of change on your organization and employees and draw up an action plan. For example, by effectively deploying leadership, involving the (right) departments, aligning KPIs and streamlining communication.   

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  • Leadership development
  • We guide the leaders. Because they play a crucial role during transformations. Not just by setting a good example, but by actively creating support, indicating urgency and communicating clearly and consistently. On one hand, we offer tangible tools to use the role of leader as efficiently as possible. On the other, we continue to challenge and inspire on vision, developments and impact for the organization 

     

Activation

Building a digital playground  

Innovation is not ‘top of mind’ for everyone. But without awareness of the opportunities and possibilities, new technology will remain on the shelf. What a pity that would be. So, it is high time to work on the digital mindset of your employees. How? By making it fun.  

 

Learning new skills requires adaptability, which is often perceived as exciting. By casting new digital themes in game form and exploring these in groups, team members are not addressed on what they can or can’t do, but playfully stimulated to step out of their comfort zone. Our workshops and games are instructive, interactive and contain the right dose of fun, making them highly suitable as teambuilding activities.   

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  • Workshop: Design Thinking
  • Learn to think in terms of solutions and innovation. Design Thinking is practical and creative and can be used for big issues like sustainability to smaller challenges like adjustments to products or services or developing new propositions

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  • Workshop: Working with data
  • Data is fun. Especially if you understand what you can do with it. In this data workshop, we teach you how to set up a data study. How can data contribute to your organization’s strategic issues

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  • Gamification: Space Innovation Battle
  •  Make it fun. We challenge participants to playfully discover the possibilities and opportunities of technology. For this, we use game techniques and design to ensure that people are stimulated to go the extra mile.

     

    Space innovation Battle 

    Looking for an original idea for a team day out? In our Space Innovation Battle, our astronauts take your team on a space journey. In one hour, you and your colleagues will learn about different applications of innovation in a playful way. In this way, we come up with solutions to today’s and tomorrow’s challenges.  

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  • Gamification: Digital Escape Room
  • Do you want to enthuse people about digital technology ? Or have them practice a new way of working? The Digital Escape Room is fully tailored to your team’s issue and is particularly suitable for a team day. 

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“Digital Shapers consists of a team of congenial and efficient people. Throughout the project they always provided adequate advice. The Shapers were up and running quickly which was very valuable to us.”

Esther van der Velden – Global Marketing Directeur bij Keune Haircosmetics

“Ze voelen aan wat een groep nodig heeft, durven uitdagend te zijn en mensen een spiegel voor te houden. De opbouw van het programma stond als een huis. Gebundelde lef, kennis en energie die aan het denken zet en tegelijkertijd uitnodigt om aan de slag te gaan.”

Brend Knuvers – Head of Shared Sales bij T-Mobile

“Digital Shapers heeft ons uitstekend geholpen om de digitale strategie van de regio Drechtsteden op een hoger plan te tillen. Vol nieuwe energie is een duidelijke structuur neergezet en zijn nieuwe kansen gesignaleerd die bijdragen aan onze ambitie om de Digital Mainport Drechtsteden verder te versterken en positioneren. Het project werd professioneel begeleid, verwachtingen waren duidelijk en alle stakeholders betrokken.”

Maarten Burggraaf – Wethouder Economie, Financiën en Evenementen

“Shapers zijn slim en vriendelijk, met een proactieve mindset. Ze werken hard, kijken goed naar het team, gefost op ‘getting things done’ en gaan goed om met zowel interne als externe stakeholders.”

Maarten Mackaaij – Head of Sales Support ERIKS

“Digital Shapers heeft ons geholpen om digitaal talent beter te begrijpen, om als werkgever nog aantrekkelijker te worden. Met behulp van duidelijke aansturing verliep het project soepel. Met creativiteit, een kritische blik en boordevol energie hebben de Shapers gezorgd voor waardevolle inzichten. We zijn zeer tevreden met het resultaat van de samenwerking.”

Nadine Beister – HR Directeur HEMA

“Verfrissende aanpak, maken continue de slag naar praktijk. Mensen voelen zich onderdeel van het proces, krijgen zin in wat komen gaat.”

Jan-Paul van den Bosch – Algemeen Directeur bij Mourik Holding

“De betrokken Shapers waren erg fijn om mee samen te werken, out of the box denkend, positief ingesteld, makkelijk bereikbaar en harde werkers. Ze hebben een enorme drive om gave resultaten neer te zetten. Ze helpen je echt om inhoud op een leuke en lerende manier te verpakken. Kortom, ik ben erg enthousiast over Digital Shapers en raad ze zeker aan!”

Anouk van Dijken– Digital Change Manager bij Royal Schiphol Group

“Ze kijken per situatie wat specifiek nodig is. Zetten de mens echt centraal en zijn creatief in hoe ze nieuwe oplossingen laten ervaren.”

Simone van Neerven– Innovatie Directeur Vueling