Strategists offer support
A TEAM of business strategists, technologists and design thinkers at one of Waterford Institute of Technology’s research centres, RIKON, are offering their services to Wexford businesses impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
This assistance will be for all business types and sizes, said Dr Pat Lynch, co-founder and Director of RIKON, irrespective of whether they are a sole trader, IDA company or Enterprise Ireland and Local Enterprise Office client.
‘In recent weeks, it has been heartening to see the resilience and adaptation of SMEs to the COVID-19 environment, finding new and innovative ways of working and utilising technologies,’ said Dr Lynch.
‘We are responding to an array of client issues such as crisis management, process optimisation, supply chain resilience, digital transformation, scenario planning and business model innovation, all to ensure that companies are best prepared for ramp up post-crisis.’
Mary Clare Curran, commercial manager, Business Strategy and Marketing at RIKON, added, ‘ The funding landscape has become increasingly crowded and RIKON is happy to work with companies to simply establish where they fit in this new landscape and determine which funding option is best for them.
‘We are working hard to assist companies through the application process and secure the appropriate funding,’ she said.
Normally based at WIT’s ArcLabs research and innovation hub, the RIKON team has adapted its way of working and moved its services online.
Its ‘BizTech’ strategists specialise in solving business problems and creating commercial opportunities through pioneering research advancements across business strategy, innovation, design, operational excellence and technology optimisation.
The mix of business strategists, technologists and design thinkers at RIKON aim to help create, incubate and deliver a future business that produces ‘extraordinary’ results, enabling it to ‘ leapfrog’ its competition.
See www.rikon.ie/ for further details.