Programme overview
What does the programme involve?
CDI provides the opportunity for North West businesses to explore what digital innovations are available across artificial intelligence, cyber security, industrial digitalisation, and immersive technology and how embedding these innovations can transform business.
The fully funded programme is designed to help businesses take your idea, stress-test its features, confirm the market place and get you ready to launch.
You will gain access to workshops, research and development (R&D), technical support and a connected network to develop new products and technologies, create new supply chains, build collaborations and train your staff.
CDI is unlike any before in its ambitions to harness digital innovations. The breadth of partners in the consortium is far-reaching and include industry partners such as Barclays and Siemens, amongst others.
What do the CDI workshops cover
- Who your customers are explicitly
- The key principles of innovation
- The problem that your innovation solves for your customers
- Idea screening and concept development
- Funding and resources needed for launch
- Business analysis and product development
- Commercialisation and post-launch
- Change management
- Storytelling for communication.
By participating in the CDI programme, you will gain valuable insights from the following companies:
