Corporate brochure of smartSpeed GmbH & Co KG

Think. Solve. Decide - Together ‘Every great idea requires landing gear.’ Charles Douglas Jackson Advisor to President Eisenhower 2 Who we are 4 Business case 5 Smart thinking @ speed 6 Product 11 Technology 17 Uses 19 License or Service (ASP) 23 Contact 3 Who we are Credo The knowledge, the creativity and the initiative of one’s own people are what really matters. Closely geared with customers, partners and consultants. Locally and globally. Smart brains become effective when they interact with a joint focus. Iteratively, spontaneously, unhampered by barriers. Today, an individual’s potential in a group is tied down like Gulliver, by a multitude of real or perceived compulsions and necessities. smartSpeed makes use of the computer as a catalyst that frees the forces of creation. Smart thinking @ speed is the “Best Practice“ of joint thinking. It is a mandatory every-day tool for today’s managers, subject matter experts and consultants. The company smartSpeed is a privately owned software business located in Hamburg, Germany. Computer-aided thinking and decision making in groups has been at the heart of our activities ever since 2001. As consultants, we have supported a great number of large and demanding organisations. More and more often, our clients asked us “Why can’t we do this ourselves?” In reply, since 2006, we have turned to developing software. For this, we have complemented our team of seasoned consultants by a team of young, ambitious and creative developers. The founders, Dr. Wolfram Hoegel and Dr. Alwo von Wickede, know the challenges and realities of large distributed organisations both from the perspective of the consultant and from the point of view of the responsible line manager and managing director. 4 Business case faster It’s about time. Time to achieve. Time that’s running out. Cycle time. Expensive time. Even the most affluent business and the most lavishly funded agency cannot afford to waste their key people. In particular, as such wasteful- ness is understood as contempt. Telepresence may save travel time. But it does not change anything concerning the time wasted in a meeting. smartSpeed meetings are 3-5 times faster. If required remote, and complementary to a telepresence session. more accurate What is more expensive than concealed risks, wrong or late analyses, solutions or decisions? smartSpeed gets down to business: Critical observations are shared. Original ideas meet open minds. Misunderstandings and dissent become visible for clarification or resolution. Without social stress. With smartSpeed, issues are put on the table and are discussed to the point. For more accurate analyses, better solutions and decisions. more effective The results of a meeting must be implemented. Often by people or teams of people who have not participated. For this, minutes are often (too) late, subjective and limited to actions, omitting the why and what. smartSpeed provides minutes automatically. In real time. Complete. Neutral. 5 fast Conventionally, only one person may speak at a time. With smartSpeed, communication becomes parallel. No idea, no contribution is lost. smartSpeed accelerates. By switching from serial to parallel. By providing focus. Remote meetings. Automatic documentation. smart thinking @ speed smart smartSpeed makes use of the intelligence of groups. Different perspectives are cross-linked. Insights are shared and combined. smartSpeed facilitates consensus. Differences of opinion can be discussed and resolved without personal prejudice. Smart implementation requires shared commitment. open - unprejudiced By providing anonymity, smartSpeed encourages openness. Critical observations are shared. New questions permitted. Better answers found. smartSpeed creates transparency. Prejudice is reduced. Contributions are judged on merit, not the originator. 6 creative New ideas. Farther horizons. Extended capabilities. Openness. Reduced prejudice. Creative, cross-linked thinking. However, dreaming is not good enough. smartSpeed provides process and structure that leads to results. Comprehensible. Reliable. Direct. process Thinking in groups is dynamic, iterative, cross- linked. smartSpeed is a catalyst for these dynamics. However, drive without process is inefficient. smartSpeed lends process to group interaction and leads to results. Smart thinking tools enable self-organisation. Order from dynamics. smart thinking @ speed motivating Palaver frustrates. smartSpeed catalyses results. Joint achievement motivates. Making it happen requires commitment. smartSpeed enables participation. People want to be heard. And be part of the solution. 7 smart thinking @ speed prioritised Options and alternative views are essential. However, the chaff must be winnowed from the wheat. With electronic votes, smartSpeed makes it easy for managers and experts to prioritise and assess alternatives on multiple criteria. To focus or to prepare for a decision. Neutrally. Precise. In real time. relaxed Dominance and vanity are only human. Hierarchies exist. But are toxic for joint thinking. smartSpeed is for results. Not presentation or exposure of the person. That’s why smartSpeed grants anonymity, whenever the focus is on the matter at hand. This overcomes social barriers and removes much of the hassle. any time “Same time” often translates into stress. smartSpeed enables teams to work asyn- chronously. Any time. This increases productivity. Improves results. Reduces hassle. Shared time in meetings is precious. smartSpeed makes it possible to focus on activities that must be same time. Because they are dynamic. Because change is on the agenda. Because consensus and personal commitment require meeting face to face. 8 easy With smartSpeed, thinking in groups ceases to be a form of art. Social barriers are minimised. The agenda and straightforward thinking tools provide structure and process. Templates make “best meeting practice” available for everyone. smartSpeed is much easier to learn than conventional facilitation.