Clayton Utz
Developing and delivering a comprehensive capability-building program designed to increase the team's innovation clarity and skill.
Clayton Utz wanted to bring structure, a shared understanding, and the capability to innovate into the firm to drive better problem-solving and ultimately, firm growth.
What we did for Clayton Utz
Inventium developed and delivered a comprehensive capability-building program designed to increase internal innovation clarity and skill. We equipped lawyers and non-lawyers with tools to solve client problems more innovatively and to get quick runs on the board for the firm. As part of this, Inventium:
- Ran several workshops with all partners across the firm to educate them on the what and how of innovation
- Delivered innovation capability building to 55 Innovation Champions, a number that continues to grow every quarter
- Led an “Invention” project on a specific challenge, whereby we identified three breakthrough opportunities for innovation, generated 60+ ideas for their biggest challenge, ran two experiments, and are now providing mentoring to the Innovation Champions in designing further experiments and analysing results
The results
- Aligned the partner group on the importance of innovation and how to get better at it. Inventium’s Ignition workshops delivered a shared understanding and purpose for innovation
- Through one of the firm’s first experiments that Inventium helped to lead, the firm made a significant sale through its work on addressing a real client frustration
- The firm now has a clear and deliberate approach to coming up with solutions to problems and then testing ideas rigorously without spending much time, money, or effort
- Significantly increased firm-wide engagement in innovation
- Generated over 90 ideas for one of the specific Innovation Missions Inventium worked on, of which five ideas are now in experimentation
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