Back by Popular Demand! After its success at SSOW Autumn 2024, the Innovate-a-thon returns in 2025 - offering a unique and dynamic space for creative problem-solving, deep collaboration and fresh transformation insights.

In this interactive 3-hour session, you'll team up with like-minded peers, tackle a specific challenge and develop innovative solutions together. All while competing for the winning title and having fun together!

How It Works:

• Teams of six select one specific Challenge Statement, define their group ethos and develop a solution
• Craft your strategy and pitch your ideas, leveraging visualisation tools
• Top teams in each group will be awarded a prize to kick-start your SSOW Autumn in style!

Challenge Statement One: Defining, Measuring and Communicating the GBS Value

Leader: Phil Priest, Head of GBS, Rolls-Royce 

Challenge Statement Two: Identifying Agentic AI Application Use Cases

Leader: Rakesh Sangani, CEO, Proservartner

Challenge Statement Three: The Challenge of Doing More with Less

Leader: Mira Viswanathan, GBS Programme Office Director, Imperial Brands (formerly Imperial Tobacco Group)

Embedding digital capabilities at early stage of your global business services is imperative to be future proof. Join this workshop to hear the best practices in building towards a truly AI and digital enabled GBS operation from the get go.

• Sharing best approaches in adopting emerging technologies such as RPA, machine learning, NLP and predictive analytics - systematically
• Streamline workflows, optimise resource allocation and facilitate real-time decision-making
• Exploring different ways of converging digital technologies and AI into existing GBS structures, processes and systems
• Fostering a culture of continuous improvement and transformation within GBS