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BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
Whiteboard Workshops™
DEEP-DIVE PROBLEM SOLVINGHave a technical challenge? Need an innovation boost? Feel stuck on a problem? Does your business strategy need a refresh? DISHER can help! Whiteboard Workshops are customized, collaborative ideation sessions led by certified facilitators to solve unique challenges. Based on the organization's need, a Whiteboard Workshop can range from an hour, a day, to one-week long.
FOUR REMARKABLE SOLUTIONSDISHER offers four types of Workshops based on the problem to be solved.
Whiteboard Wednesday™A Whiteboard Wednesday is a free one-hour brainstorming session with a trained facilitator. These are held at any one of our DISHER locations.
Whiteboard Extreme™A Whiteboard Extreme is designed to tackle more complex challenges facing an organization. They typically last from a half-day to two days in length and incorporate a DISHER team of experts based on the issue at hand.
Strategic Vision Mapping™These sessions help organizations define their business strategy, including their: Why, Way, What, Who, and Where. They typically last from a half-day to two days in length and incorporate a DISHER facilitator/strategist, graphic designer, and industry expert.
Innovation Workshop™DISHER expedites the creative process of product development with these two to three day intensive workshops. Together, we determine the user desirability, production feasibility, and commercial viability of new and existing products and features. DISHER supplies trained facilitators, subject matter experts, and industrial designers. As a team, the group will ideate, rank, expand ideas, and develop playbooks in an efficient and effective way.
PROVEN PROCESSDISHER has a proven process for each workshop that incorporates boosters and boundaries for maximum ideation generation. A unique space has been dedicated entirely to Whiteboard Workshops at DISHER, but we also are prepared to collaborate on-location to meet an organization's needs.
• Think Time• Round 3 - Develop Playbooks• Rank Playbooks• Estimate Time to Market• Compare Results• Determine Next Steps
PRODUCTIONFeasibility
COMMERCIALViability
USERDesirability
INNOVATIVESolution
ValueFunctionality
Manufacturability
DEFER JUDGEMENT STAY FOCUSEDONE CONVERSATIONAT A TIME
BUILD ON THEIDEAS OF OTHERS
GO FOR QUANTITY BE VISUALENCOURAGEWILD IDEAS
EVERYONECONTRIBUTES
WHITEBOARD WEDNESDAY®A certified facilitator uses a proven process to ensure there is maximum ideation output. Bringing in the designers and engineers whohave the most experience in the industry orthe problem that you are facing, we strive to select the best of our team to join the session.
Duration: 1/2 Day to 2 Days DISHER Staff: 1 Certified Facilitator, 1 Designer, & 1 Subject Matter Leader* (or more) Org. Size: 6-20 People Location: DISHER or Customer Location
Duration: 1/2 Day to 2 Days DISHER Staff: 1 Certified Facilitator/Strategist, 1 Graphic Designer, & Optional Industry Expert* Org. Size: 1 - 10 People Location: DISHER or Customer Location
Duration: 2 to 3 Days DISHER Staff: 1-2 Certified Facilitators, 1 Creative Lead, & 1 Subject Matter Expert* (Additional staff based on size.) Org. Size: 1 - 12 People (or more) Location: DISHER or Customer Location
We love to serve customers who want to partner with us; who value our people and what we do. We provide our customers with direct hires, dedicated resources, cross-functional project teams, and pay-for-performance opportunities.
We are on a journey to Make a Positive Difference and leave the world better than we found it. We will go wherever
we are needed for our customers and stewardship partners. This may include regional offices in Ann Arbor, Indianapolis,
San Francisco, and beyond, as well as ministry connections in West Michigan, Alaska, Guatemala, and the ends of the earth.
We will continue to grow and get “there” based on our ability to empower our team to create Ripples of Influence™ in strategic directions that motivate our team and meet the needs of the market.
MISSIONMake a Positive Difference• Assist our customers and team• Be the best choice• Be a positive example• Provide career opportunities • Exhaust our innovation• Be a vehicle of service
MISSION is everything, the six bullets define us and our twelve culture
characteristics help us live it out.
PROFIT comes from the efficient and effective use of our
resources to sustain our business.
GROWTH comes with relationships, increasing responsibility, earning referrals,
expanding our reach, and increasing revenue.
CULTURE CHARACTERISTICSUnvarnished CommunicationExecuting the FundamentalsPlanning & PreparationFinding Your Sweet SpotTaking RisksTrusting RelationshipsInnovationRejuvenationJust Do ItTwo Extra ThingsHigh ExpectationsStewardship
WE OPERATE
WE DO WE SERVETHE WE EXISTIn everything we do, we strive to leave this world better than we found it by Making a Positive Difference with our customers, coworkers, and communities.
The way we Make a Positive Difference is by empowering very capable professionals with great
attitudes and a passion for their work and unleashing them to help purpose-driven organizations solve complex problems.
We develop integral relationships and innovative solutions for customers who value our work.
WE ARE GOING
WILL WE GET THERE
WE ARE DIFFERENT
J U N E 2 0 1 7
DISHER is a nationally-recognized product development, talent attraction, and business consulting firm. Since 2000, we have helped hundreds of Fortune 500 companies, suppliers, and independent inventors successfully discover, design, engineer, and manufacture high-impact products and services.
Our experienced team of over 160-qualified experts partner with clients to deliver a breadth of solutions including: Product & Manufacturing Solutions, Talent Solutions,
and Business Solutions. We are passionate about helping our customers achieve higher performance, productivity, and profits. With offices in Michigan and Indiana, DISHER is making a positive difference alongside clients locally,
Let's Get Started! C o n t a c t D I S H E R f o r m o r e d e t a i l s .Great Place to Work® in USA
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*Note: In addition to DISHER's presence during the workshops, a larger team delivers an extensive amount of pre- and post-workshop activities based on the nature of the workshop. These include but are not limited to: research, benchmarking, data organization and analysis, detailed summaries, infographics, and playbooks.