Rakansas Business
Consulting and
Training
Technical Proposal for a
Strategy Workshop
“Business Innovation 360°”
 Business Strategy
 Business Innovation
Dr.Kabaly P Subramanian
PhD, MCMI (UK)
CEO and Principal Consultant
www.rakansas.in
+91 7358518439
+91 9176833802
info@rakansas.in
rakansas.consulting@gmail.com
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Table of Contents
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About Rakansas Business Consulting & Training and brief on its
Services
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Scope of Work
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Profile of our Consultant & Trainer
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About Rakansas Business Consulting & Training
Rakansas Business Consulting & Training - is a business strategy and innovation consulting firm
based out of Chennai, India and also operating in Muscat, Oman and Dubai, UAE. The firm is
represented by Reem Al Bawadi , Oman in the GCC region . Staffed by Senior Strategy and
Innovation Professionals with more than 20 years of experience in the GCC region and India, the
firm offers customized Strategy and Innovation solutions to its clients. The firm offers solutions
in the following areas.
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Strategic Direction
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Strategic Thinking
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Strategy Formulation
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Strategy Execution
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Strategy Audit
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Business Innovation
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Business Model Innovation
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Balanced Scorecard Implementation
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Innovation Management
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Strategic HR
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Leadership Assessment and Development
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“Business Innovation 360°”
Objectives of this program
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To provide an overall understanding and appreciation of “Business Innovation” to Senior
Management Team (SMT) of Firms / Businesses /Enterprises / Organizations
Intended Results
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SMT’s enhanced understanding, appreciation and application of Innovation, Innovating
and Innovator in their work environment.
Target Participants
CEO’s, Presidents, General Managers, Functional Managers, Members of Top Management Team
Proposed Approach
2 Day Workshop on Business Innovation
Curriculum for 2 day’s workshop on “Business Innovation 360”
The workshop will be delivered in an interactive format, using simple language (avoiding
jargons) and laced with lot of real life business cases.
The workshop will begin by introducing the importance of “Innovation and Innovation
management” at different levels of an organization to achieve superior performance and
sustainable competitive advantage.
To illustrate “Innovative Thinking” in action, Apple, 3M cases will be introduced and discussed
with participants.
Having understood the importance of innovative thinking, and want to be an innovative
organization, one need to have a thorough understanding of “Innovation and Innovation
management”
Also, we introduce the approaches essential for “Innovative Thinking”: Systems Thinking, Design
Thinking and Entrepreneurial Thinking.
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Then different approaches to Innovation will be introduced: Value, Open, Product, Process,
Management, and Business Model.
Broadly the workshop will be divided into three parts, focusing on
Innovation
Innovating
Innovator
1. Innovation
Innovation
This part of the workshop will focus on
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Why to Innovate?
Energize
Growth and Profit
Survival
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What to Innovate?
Product
Processes
Business Model
Management
Here the focus is on understanding and appreciating different perspectives and approaches to
Business Innovation
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2. Innovating
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Innovating
How to Innovate?
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Innovators DNA
Business Model Innovation
Open Innovation
Reverse Innovation
Value Innovation
Culture and Innovation
Leadership and Innovation
Here the focus is on providing a high level understanding of the Innovation Process and
Managing Innovation in Organization.
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3. Innovator
Innovator
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Who Innovates?
Individual
Team
Organization
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Proposed Methodology for the workshop
Presentations
Case Studies
Discussions
Activities( Individual and
Group)
Profile of Consultant
Dr.Kabaly P Subramanian PhD, MCMI (UK)
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Dr.Kabaly P Subramanian is the Founder, CEO and Principal Consultant of Rakansas Business
Consulting and Training, a Strategy and Innovation consulting firm with a mission of “inspiring
people through intellectual stimulation”.
He has conducted several corporate training programs in India, Oman and UAE. His clients
include
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Jaleel Holdings (UAE)
Al Batha Group (UAE)
Al Siraj Holdings (Oman)
Oman Fisheries Company (SAOG)
Sweets of Oman (SAOG)
Falcon Trading LLC Oman
Confederation of Indian Industries
Junior Chamber International
Rotary International.
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The unique value proposition of Rakansas Consulting and Training is that the consulting and
training it offers is powered by cutting edge research, practically implementable and result
oriented.
Dr.Kabaly P Subramanian is a Certified Professional Trainer approved by HRD Academy, UK and
Ministry of Manpower, Sultanate of Oman.
Dr.Kabaly P Subramanian is an alumnus of Indian Institute of Management (FDP), Kozhikode
(India), Member of Chartered Management Institute (UK), Member of Strategic Management
Society (US), Member of Project Management Institute (US), Strategic partner of Blue Ocean
Strategy Regional Centre (Malaysia).
He was a University Professor with Arab Open University, which has campuses in eight
countries across the world. At Arab Open University, he was part of the team leading the
prestigious MBA program of Open University, UK, which is one of the very few triple accredited
Universities across the world. (Accredited by AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS).
Dr.Kabaly P Subramanian has been in Learning & Development for the past 18 years. Prior to
Arab Open University, he worked with University of Madras affiliated college (India) as Assistant
Professor, Head of Academic Section in Regional College of Technology, Ministry of Manpower,
Sultanate of Oman.
Ministry of Manpower, Sultanate of Oman conferred on him the best employee award during
his tenure as Head of Academic Section at the Department of Business Studies, Regional College
of Technology.
Dr.Kabaly P Subramanian holds a PhD in Management from Alagappa Institute of
Management, Alagappa University, India. His doctoral thesis is on Marketing Strategy. His
research interest lies at the intersection of Business Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
He is in the Editorial board of several academic research journals. He has presented his research
in several International Conferences and Journals in India, Oman, UAE, Kuwait and Malaysia and
won best research paper award.
He is a Certified Professional Trainer approved by HRD Academy, UK and Ministry of
Manpower, Sultanate of Oman.
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Some of his corporate training programmes include:
Strategy Formulation
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Strategy 360°
Strategic Thinking
Being a Strategist
Designing Business Strategy
Business Model evaluation/generation
Strategizing : Strategy Formulation and Implementation
Recent Trends in Business Strategy
Blue Ocean Strategy
Strategic Innovation
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Innovation 360°
Business Innovator
Value Innovation for Managers
Strategy + Innovation = Business Transformation
Business Model Innovation
Designing innovative Value Proposition
Strategy Execution
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Balanced Scorecard as a Strategy framework
Executing Business Strategy
Customer loyalty : Measurement and Management
Measuring and managing Service Quality
Dr.Kabaly P Subramanian’s consulting interests include Business Strategy, Business Innovation,
Service Quality and Customer Loyalty.
He also coaches and mentors young entrepreneurs.
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