We are dedicated to educating and supporting innovative and transformative practices for better business and thriving communities

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What we do

We work with partner and intermediary organisations and all levels of Government to stimulate energy, new thinking, future-readiness and connections to create opportunities, growth and ultimately a wide-reaching ripple effect for communities by building confidence and capability in innovation, entrepreneurship, digital transformation, creativity, future-skills, customer experience and marketing.

We have worked with the Australian Government, State Governments, Local Government Authorities, industry organisations and many corporations that want to provide the greatest impact for their business community.

Our expertise

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BUSINESS GROWTH & INNOVATION PROGRAMS

Our programs are dedicated to education and supporting the adoption of transformative and innovative business practices. Our aim is for startups, scaleups and small to medium sized businesses to adapt their mindset and operating environment to be more competitive (including the digital economy) and ultimately see an increase in maturity and growth.

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ECO DEV ACTIVATION

We facilitate strategic design and action planning by bringing people together to understand the context and problem, allow them to feel heard and genuinely contribute to building outcomes. We extend our strategic engagement to include storytelling and human benefits to consider the impact and implementation of actions to reach the strategic economic development visions.

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COMMUNITY INNOVATION

We use a Design Thinking process to facilitate the development of innovative ideas and solutions to real economic development problems (often supported by interesting and fun tools such as Lego Play or technology partners such as IdeaScale). We facilitate large scale public events, hackathons and competitions or intimate and targeted groups.

Business Growth & Innovation Programs

Targeted goal-based education, coaching and mentoring programs,

MBA accredited, personalised, micro-education in an online learning & resource portal

Full-scale business transformation programs

Workshopping

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You’ll get:

  • Award nominated existing growth and innovation programs with proven impact measurements

  • Access to a team of qualified and experienced education and learning design specialists and innovation consultants to tailor our programs to your specific objectives

  • Subject matter experts designing future-ready multi-media content

  • Hybrid program design with a supportive engaging experience

  • Genuine business transformation outcomes

  • Custom program design for targeted business community challenges

  • Real relatable case studies

  • Holistic end-to-end service for delivery partners

 

25eight Business Growth and Innovation Programs

Startups

Specifically designed to help navigate the opportunities and challenges of entrepreneurship, our programs aim to increase the number and sustainability of Startups:

  • Pitch Training Program (PTP)

  • Startup Marketing Program (SMP)

  • Startup Pre-accelerator

  • Startup Accelerator

  • Brand Accelerator

  • Investor Ready Program (IVP)

SMEs

Helping SMEs survive and thrive in evolving markets, our programs aim to equip businesses with future of work knowledge and skills that build the capability in their business to adapt and grow:

  • Micro MBA (MMBA)

  • Small Business Accelerator (SBA)

  • Small and Medium Business Acclereator (SAMBA)

  • Trade Event Ready (TER)

  • Trade Accelerator

  • Digital Marketing

  • Digital Transformation

  • Digital Skills/Support/Economy

  • Innovation Program

Custom

Helping those that want to achieve a specific commercial goal build the capabilities to do this internally or in partnership with a group of stakeholders:

  • Go-to-market strategy

  • Digital tool adoption

  • International expansion/Export into a new market

  • Industry verticals

“You can’t change the way people think, all you can do is give them a tool, the use of which will change their thinking.”

— R. Buckminster Fuller

Eco Dev Activation

Innovation economy, ecosystem and framework

Community program planning and reviews

Startup and business community engagement and strategy

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You’ll get :

  • Co-designed solutions

  • A tested but targeted process

  • An engaged ecosystem and stakeholders

  • Insights driven outcomes

  • Validated tangible actions

 

Community Innovation

Design hacks, hackathons and ideas jams

Innovation events and competitions

Innovation program support

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You’ll get:

  • Catalysation of the community voice

  • Co-designed solutions to real problems

  • A toolbox of frameworks and methodologies

  • Engaging experience facilitators fostering quality input

  • Co-owned visions and outcomes with community

  • Holistic event management and support

 

Regional Growth Project

The Regional Growth Project was established in 2019 by 25eight Pty Ltd in partnership with the State Government of Victoria and Local Councils across Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.

It has now grown into a national project that supports business leaders and their teams to adopt innovative practices (business strategy, growth, digital, and innovation) to scale their business.

Our goal is to create a community of like-minded business leaders who come together around common challenges and ambitions to build better business outcomes. The success of the Regional Growth Project will be measured by growing the number of healthy, sustainable and scalable businesses throughout Regional Australia.

Let us help you make impact

Click the button below to speak with our Co-founder Phil Ore who would love to discuss how we can partner to create impact for your community.