NEWSLETTER

Spark Global Business Newsletter January 2014

New Year; New Adventures

Spark Global Business had a fantastic 2013 with assignments as far afield as Lebanon, Bahrain, Puerto Rico and Spainand 2014 looks to be just as exciting with our work in Africa steadily increasing.

Sparks deep understanding of people, commerce and entrepreneurism shines throughso much so that Activ8Change have invited Spark to join our Portfolio, and SEEA now forms a fundamental part of the Formula that drives community development and transition into employment / enterprise within challenging environments.
- Jay Baughan, Activ8Change

Intrapreneurship
Our 2014 Survey shows that, over the last 3 years, more organizations are investing time & energy into innovation through corporate entrepreneurs [take part here]

Corporate Effectiveness
As markets start to move, organizations are looking at how to effectively engage with their peopleSparkWave is our structured approach to intervention and turnaround in order to achieve corporate objectives... [find out more here]

Enterprise & Employability

The African Academy (SEEA) is now up-and-running and we are looking to extend the program into our other key markets. [find out more here]

Our A-F portfolio comprises:

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Advice Business Services Consultancy Development Enterprise Funding

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Learning AND Development

SEEA has a long-term focus building sustainable education programs that are closely aligned with core-vocational skills provision, emotional intelligence skills development and antiradicalization. Our learning & development is focused on practicality - can you go back into the community / workplace and actually use the skills given to you? Our mentor-led enterprise / employability incubator (Spark Lab) is designed to fulfil community development needs.

Helping to achieve powerful visions

Spark in Africa
We have been working for a year with Activ8Change in the development of the African Centre for Human Capital Development (ACHCD). ACHCD is the creation of both a development center and large scale Africa Gateway within Ajaokuta, Nigeria, to deliver mass skills acquisition and development, and to support on-going community transition into self-sufficiency.

We have been delivering learning & development programs since 2001 with a growing emphasis on facilitated peer-learning (group discussion and exploration) and applied learning (20% theory, 80% activity). This helped Spark to secure the agreement to deliver work as part of ACHCD in Africa.
Applying knowledge

The Spark Enterprise & Employability Academy was officially launched on January 1, 2014. A not-for-profit organization, SEEA re-invests profits into a charitable foundation, business incubation and a no-fee recruitment business specializing in the placement of SEEA Graduates into meaningful employment.

Our overarching goal is simple: the sustainable development of societies through the creation and growth of new businesses and meaningful employment.

Click here for more about our work in social and economic development

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2014 launch of new HR Consultancy

Spark has been working with customers in the Middle East since 2010 and this has led to us opening a dedicated office in the region. We have already worked in Bahrain, Dubai, Egypt, Kuwait, Oman and Qatarand welcome the opportunity to work further afield. Working with you in both Arabic and English, we have delivered programs on behalf of government as well as to academic and private sector clients.
Cultivating corporate excellence

Spark in Middle East

Strategic HR is a critical part of any organization and we have extensive experience of supporting CEOs and HR Directors in achieving corporate objectives. As a consultancy, we specialize in Corporate Effectivenessthe cultural attitude that focuses leaders, managers and teams on increased revenue, raised profitability, innovation and employee engagement. Our use of Emotional Intelligence gives us a distinct advantage over the traditional consultancies as we dont just focus on toolkits but also concentrate our efforts on attitude, mindset and culture . We have brought Sparks 6-point approach A-F to the Middle East. Advice, Business Services, Consultancy, Development, Enterprise and Finance.

Click here for an informal discussion about your corporate objectives and how we can help you

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Enterprise
Sparks work with government, private & public sectors and academia means that we are one of the few organizations in the world to design & build enterprise ecosystemsthe environment that nurtures startups. Spark is the only organization in the world to have mapped the intrapreneur ecosystem. Our work in this area includes speaking at leadership and management forums.

Thought leadership

Spark in Europe
In 2013, we have traveled widely to speak and advise on intrapreneurship. intrapreneurship is an organizational investment into developing a structured approach to using improvement, innovation and invention to achieve something new and inspirational whether this is for social or financial returns or both (Boost! Enabling Intrapreneurs) As well as speaking at international events, we also advise government and major corporations on enterprise. Our work in this area includes the development of entrepreneur ecosystems, intrapreneur ecosystems and spinoff policies that enable organizations to create new ideas and then spin them out of the businesssomething that is of growing interest to local government.

Global reach

Not only have we mapped out different ecosystems but we have also developed Spark Lean Intrapreneurship Model (SLIM) - a blend of workshops, mentoring, projects and funding that will take an organization from concept -tolaunch in 14 weeks.

Intrapreneurship can help your organization to create a sustainable environment of increasing revenue and growing profits whilst embedding innovation within an inclusive and positive team culture.

Click here to contact us for an informal discussion about intrapreneurship

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