“The Collaboration Company provided exceptional ideas, advice, guidance and facilitation on this major initiative. We couldn’t have done it without them”
Guy de Vere, Data Architect, Chief Architecture Office, Reuters

“We had a fantastic day and really appreciate all the hard work and support that the team gave us both in the lead up to the event and on the day.
The feedback we have had from those who attended was really positive and I think everyone really liked the idea that we did something that was so different and challenging. The work that you did was fantastic”.
Caroline Wallace, Training Project Manager, Leadership & Management Development, British Airways

“I think the team worked very well together. By the end you couldn't tell who was from Save the Children and who was from First Group - a real tribute to our coming together as a team. I was amazed too that you managed to channel all of our ideas into the presentation we made at the end and if we can realise the strategy we outlined to our respective CEO’s, I'll be very happy. All in all, it worked every bit as well as I hoped and many thanks again.”
Paul Moore, Group Public Affairs and Communications Director, First Group

“We had very positive feedback on the workshop both from Tesco attendees and those invited to join us from external organisations. The relationships made during the workshop are also continuing with regular meetings. We were able to progress with the strategy with pace.”
Louise Goodland, Tesco

“We needed to do some critical consultation on Mencap’s direction with children and young people with an extremely important group of staff. Thank you so much with the day and all your help, it really started to stimulate conversation within and around the group.”
Alison Cokeley, Mencap

“It was a powerful and exciting session which helped us to lay the foundations for a great project.”
John Anderson, ICI

What the charities say…

ChildLine
“The experience strengthened my resolve to pursue radical options to guarantee not only survival but also extend our vital service to all the children needing our help”
Carole Easton, CEO
 
WWF
“Thank you for the quality of your thinking and the time and energy you gave to help us better understand what we could do differently to engage with business leaders on climate change.”
Robert Napier, UK CEO
 
Help the Aged
“It was incredibly valuable and I hope that everyone else got as much out of it as we did? “
Mike Lake, CEO

Plan International UK
“A BIG THANK YOU. We’re excited by the new perspectives that you gave us!”
Marie Staunton, CEO

RNIB
“A really worthwhile exercise. The thinking has dared us into doing something different”
Lesley-Anne Alexander, CEO
 
MENCAP
“I was buzzing when I left last night and I’m still thinking about the ideas. Their work was insightful, timely and creative”
Jo Williams, CEO
 
Young Minds
“Thanks for all your hard work. The group was great.”
Barbara Herts, CEO

Marie Curie
“Thank you!  I was very impressed by the programme and the freshness of the ideas.”
Thomas Hughes-Hallett, CEO

Kidscape
“I really appreciate all your hard work and input into Kidscape.  Now we have to make decisions and move on them.”
Michele Elliot, CEO
 
Comic Relief
“We found the session incredibly interesting and very useful. We will now put our heads together and work on some of the ideas that came out of the session.” 
Kevin Cahill, CEO
 
RSPCA
“Thank you! It was a very successful event and certainly gave me food for thought. 
Jackie Ballard, CEO


What the participants say…

“A brilliant idea! A great way to develop your leadership talent and give something back at the same time”
Mark Rogers, UK CEO, Apple
 
“Terrific, exhausting, inspiring and challenging”
Charles Middleton, CEO, Triodos Bank
 
“One of the most exciting and relevant leadership programmes we have ever been involved with”
Debbie Moore, Director of Resourcing and Talent Management, Royal Mail
 
“A fantastic development experience”
Peter Attfield, VP Organisational Effectiveness, Unilever
 
“I have learned that collaboration is key”
Adrian Hosford, Global CSR Director, BT
 
“An incredibly useful and stimulating concept. I observed and learned newways of thinking and working”
Rolf Deusinger, Global HR Director, ICI
 
“I came away knackered but empowered, humbled and better educated. I learnt how to be a better mother”
Barbara Matthews, Executive Director, Royal Court Theatre 

“It has fundamentally changed the way I look at the world and the way I do things”
David Davies, Managing Director, Grazia, POP and Emap Esprit
 
“I thought the whole concept was really invigorating and it's one of the most effective forms of personal development I've experienced”
Jane Hayman, Head of Marketing Design & Production, Marks & Spencer
 
“This was one of the best (if not the most engaging and valuable) corporate courses that I have attended - it had learning, but also hopefully output and it made me feel good.”
Captain Rod Young, General Manager Corporate & Air Safety, British Airways

“ I feel really happy!"
Kate Phillips, Head of Development, BBC Entertainment

“I really enjoyed it – particularly working with the group.  There were some fine  minds. “
Nicky Belben, HR Director, TubeLines

“I enjoyed learning about a totally new sector and had fun with the group which felt very energizing.    
Lisa Day,  UK Head of learning and Development, Pfizer