Program I
Innovation Tours
Multi-day itineraries through startup ecosystems, R&D centers, and innovation districts — built to expose leadership teams to new technology, business models, and ways of working, firsthand.
What This Looks Like In Practice
A working week, not a sightseeing trip
An Innovation Tour takes a leadership or innovation-mandate team out of the office and into the field for a working week. Mornings are spent inside factories, labs, and startup offices; afternoons in structured debriefs that turn what you just saw into decisions you can bring home. Every stop is chosen to answer a question your team is actually asking — not to fill an itinerary.
Most tours span two or three cities so your team can compare ecosystems directly: a smart-nation policy lab in Singapore one day, a hardware factory floor in Shenzhen the next. That contrast is often where the real insight shows up.
Sample Itinerary
Five days, two cities — Singapore to Shenzhen
Arrival & Orientation — Singapore
Welcome briefing on Singapore's innovation policy landscape, followed by a visit to a government-backed innovation lab to see how a nation-state operationalizes a national tech strategy.
Fintech & Capital — Singapore
A morning inside a fintech regulatory sandbox, followed by a roundtable with regional venture investors on where capital is flowing across Southeast Asia.
Transfer & Market Immersion — Shenzhen
Fly to Shenzhen. Afternoon walking tour of the Huaqiangbei electronics markets to see how a hardware idea moves from component bin to working prototype in a single afternoon.
Manufacturing & Robotics — Shenzhen
Full-day visit to an electronics manufacturing floor and a robotics R&D facility, with an evening briefing from a local hardware entrepreneur on sourcing and supply-chain strategy.
Synthesis Workshop & Departure
A structured workshop translating the week's observations into a set of concrete recommendations for your business, followed by departure.
This itinerary is illustrative. Every Innovation Tour is rebuilt around your industry, team size, and the specific questions you're trying to answer — cities, stops, and pacing all flex accordingly.
Who It's For
Leadership and innovation-mandate teams
- Executive teams scanning for signals before setting next year's strategy or budget priorities.
- Innovation and R&D groups looking to benchmark against faster-moving ecosystems.
- Cross-functional cohorts sent as part of a leadership development or offsite program.
What's included
Full itinerary design, all site-visit coordination and access, ground transport between stops, professional interpretation, a pre-trip briefing pack, and a written post-trip synthesis report your team can circulate internally.
Format & Investment
Every tour is quoted against your itinerary
Pricing depends on group size, destinations, season, and the depth of access required — there's no fixed rate card. Most engagements start with a paid discovery call, where we scope your goals and return with a proposed itinerary and quote.