By editorial team (original publication in Spanish)

What is your innovative future? You have probably asked yourself this question at some point in your life. Both professionally and personally, we think about our future and how special, different and impactful it will be from the rest of the world. We are at a crucial moment in which innovation plays a key role to stay afloat. Entrepreneurs, companies and citizens in general are looking for new ways to adapt and reinvent themselves.

In order to provide solutions and respond to current challenges, the annual Pentagrowth Certification will take place on 1-2 and 8-9 June. The objective is to offer the necessary tools to accelerate the growth of a business following a methodology that offers a new way of looking and designing strategies to lead an ecosystem.

What does this roadmap look like? Pentagrowth talks about exponential growth in its DNA. It offers a series of steps, or levers, to restructure an organisation and generate positive impact together. Summarising its potential is no easy task, but in this article we highlight the 5 ways to accelerate your business and drive innovation. Take note!

1. Anticipate. ‘Something changes in our environment that forces us to change’. This is the starting point, as innovation is born when there is a change around us. You have to get ahead of the challenges and think of a model based on future challenges. From there, think about the business of tomorrow to aspire to a #FuturoQueMola and lead your ecosystem.

2. Find out. Often we don't look at the potential of what's closest to us. There are hidden resources within a company that have great potential. Analysing internal abundance will allow you to generate new value to contribute to the system you are part of. If you optimise your resources, you will accelerate your goals and those of your organisation. If you change your point of view, you change the way you see things.

3. Explore: Have you stopped to investigate what your ecosystem does, what new and innovative elements you can bring to it? Look at what you have available in the environment to boost your development.With each new technological, social and economic wave, a new space opens up in which to act.This is exemplified by Javi Creus, founder of Ideas for Change, in his article New generation purposes require new generation systems, but how, he talks about ‘capturing the value driven by emerging systems and communities’.

4. Combine. Having made these points, it's time to combine to innovate.Use what you have learned to solve the challenges in your organisation and design a business model that combines your internal and external potential.Lean on your resources and those offered by your environment.You can go further if you work together and create the best match up. Generating value can serve as a reference for others and lead to success.

5. Grow. Take action, implement your plan... however you want to say it, but break through! Achieve the change you want in your business and in the system. Your tools and strategies can help other organisations grow, so share your knowledge and develop communities of support.

With innovation always as a guide, the Pentagrowth methodology identifies the key aspects of your organisation and drives its growth. If you want to adapt it to your business, sign up for the 2021 Certification where you will work together with our team of consultants and take away a unique toolkit to design impactful systems.

Don't imagine your #FuturoQueMola, create it.