Consulting Services for Professional Societies

Bridging the Gaps

Often professional societies have gaps in their knowledge base relating to the patent and entrepreneurial process. We can help you identify and bridge these gaps. We will work with members of your society or their individual companies.

Skills Development

Being a member of a team that is responsible for developing innovation and invention has its own unique sets of skills. The team member needs to understand program management principles and the creative process. They also need to have a solid understanding of the basic statistics and DOEs required to prove inventions under the team charter. Team members above all must understand the importance of sharing their skills and insights.

Team Building

For a team just starting out or for a young team of inventors or innovators the learning curve can be quite steep. There are many skills to develop and the understanding of how the team should work is often not intuitive to the team leader or team members.

Team members need to be comfortable with the goals and objectives for the team.

Team Leader Training

Being a team leader responsible for developing innovation and invention has its own unique sets of skills. The team leader needs to understand program management principles and the creative process. They also need to have a solid understanding of the basic statistics and DOEs required to prove inventions under the team charter.

Improving Efficiency

Every organization can become more efficient.

Updated training for inventors and innovators who have been producing for some time is a challenge. Knowledge of the latest principles of creative development and how to obtain the state-of the art quickly are key skills to 21st Century organizations. Quite often evaluating how other inventors have worked and achieved success provides the shot in the arm a creative team needs.