Venbridge | The Public Sector Innovation Agency

When developing leaders for the future, there is a need to understand the changing landscape that we face and therefore the skills, capacity, and mindset that leaders will require in order to navigate that unpredictable future.

In 2021, Venbridge worked with their client to secure start-up funding from the Welsh Government to create an innovative training academy to transform leadership in the health and care sector.

Tracheostomy training had been hit hard by Covid-19. This life saving procedure occurs in high intensity scenarios with many variable factors at play. Even before the pandemic, training was undertaken 1:1 with low fidelity mannequins in a scenario that bore little resemblance to the clinical reality.

The Innovate Trailblazer competition was launched to catalyse healthy ageing innovation in the UK. Our clients had been working with multiple partners for some time in this area.

“You have been excellent. You consistently go above and beyond the formal requirements of any scope. I have so appreciated your personal support to me as a leader which has been of equal importance to the work you deliver. It is a pleasure to work with you.”

Piers Ricketts,
Chair AHSN Network, Chief Exec, Eastern AHSN

“Truly outstanding, you’ve done a remarkable job and we’re so looking forward to taking this forward with you”

Dr. Jonathon Gray,
Director of Innovation and Improvement, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

“I found working with you to be stimulating, congenial and reassuring – I could always rely on you to deliver the things you promised. Would I recommend you? Emphatically – Yes!”

Professor Kevin Morgan,
Pro-Vice Chancellor, Cardiff University

“You have a rare gift of bringing together (necessarily) disparate elements into a convincing whole. Highly recommended.”

Richard Clarke,
Director of Partnerships, UEA

“This looks to be a hugely impressive approach that stands an excellent chance of delivering significant innovation”

Innovate assessor

“(This is) a compelling business case for funding to enable them and their partners to build upon the valuable and important work and environment already created.”

Innovate assessor

"It’s been great to have you involved in the process. Your perceptiveness and ability to articulate things that I can’t quite capture myself has been invaluable"

Simon Lancaster,
Principle & London Office Lead, Nous Consulting

"You were insightful and engaging, and posed thought-provoking questions to the team. We look forward to working more with you in the future."

Alexandra Gill,
Founder Nous Women’s Network

The Public Sector innovation agency

Harnessing the power of innovation for the benefit of people and places. Our mission is to co-deliver and diffuse innovative social and economic practice to pave the way for a stable and secure 22nd century.