i&i Members

i&i is the Community of Practice for business improvement and innovation.

Communities of Practice are emerging as valuable structures for building peer networks to support increased demands on professionals to acquire the latest technical and market knowledge. These collaborative networks are effective methods for developing capability and spreading information and practical know-how in leading organisations.

i&i was launched in January 2008 with 10 Founding members:

• Credit Suisse (Global)
• Dupont De Mours (EMEA)
• The Royal Mail (UK)
• SCA Personal Healthcare (Europe)
• Shell International Ltd (Global)
• Starwood Hotels and Resorts (Europe)
• Sun Chemical Europe (Europe)
• TNT Express (Global)
• Virgin Media (UK)
• Vodafone UK (UK)

The Founding Members share a common goals in driving their business improvement programmes. They recognise the massive benefits achieved from collaboration with other organisations and access to shared resources which supports accelerated professional development of in-house expertise.

“i&i is an opportunity to gain access to and maintain an ongoing dialogue with other organisations facing the same challenges and objectives.”
SUN CHEMICAL

“Royal Mail recognises that the domain of Lean Six Sigma will evolve and the importance of aligning the business to progress with that evolution. i&i is a huge enabler of both individual talent and organisational development.”
ROYAL MAIL

“i&i is an opportunity for Shell to participate in global collaborative activities and is a mechanism for connecting our people to the wider improvement community.”
SHELL INTERNATIONAL

“i&i represents an opportunity to drive the deployment of business improvement, change and transformation in Vodafone through connectivity and dissemination of knowledge.”
VODAFONE UK

“i&i enables networking. DuPont recognises the importance of looking outwards and learning from other organisations, deployments and expertise with whom we can share ideas and experience.”
DUPONT

“The motivations for SCA joining the i&i network include ongoing learning for the Black belt and Master Black Belt community and quality (effective and relevant) benchmarking”.
SCA PERSONAL HEALTHCARE

Corporate members are supported by online and offline services that create value from collaboration and knowledge sharing. i&i connects leading organisations through structured formal networks, enabling knowledge transfer, professional collaboration, and peer-to-peer evaluation.

A dedicated team of community event co-ordinators and technology developers support the first global platform for collaboration between improvement and innovation programmes.

To find out more, and to request an invitation to join the i&i Community of Practice, use the contact form below.