CERTIFIED PARTNER
Extend the world’s standard for innovation into your market.
A GIMI partnership gives you a proven portfolio, a global ISO-aligned brand, and the backing of a worldwide network. Partners either deliver GIMI’s methodology to organizations or embed it into academia.
WHY PARTNER WITH GIMI
One partnership, a complete innovation business.
Everything you need to win and deliver innovation work is already built, so your firm can focus on growing, not on building a practice from scratch.
What every partner gains
A proven portfolio
A proven portfolio you can deliver from day one: GIMI’s complete methodology, assessments, programs, certifications, and tools.
A global standard and brand
A global, ISO-aligned standard and the GIMI brand that set you apart as the credible innovation authority in your market.
Go-to-market support
Go-to-market support: co-branding, marketing and sales enablement, and visibility through GIMI’s global network.
The edge to stay ahead
The edge to stay ahead: the latest frameworks and research, the GIMI Think Tank, and a worldwide community of peers.
Trusted by leading organizations worldwide
Ecopetrol
Bank Muscat
Food & Agriculture
Government Partner
Haier
Global Network
CERTIFIED PARTNER
Build an innovation practice on a global standard.
GIMI Certified Partners are firms that sell and deliver innovation services. Here is who they are and what they are looking for.
Who it is for
CONSULTING FIRMS
Advisory and management consulting firms adding a proven innovation practice to what they already sell.
TRAINING PROVIDERS
Training and education providers delivering accredited innovation certifications and programs.
What they are looking for
- ✓ A proven methodology and complete portfolio they can deliver from day one
- ✓ A recognized, ISO-aligned global brand and the credibility that comes with it
- ✓ The brand, network, and go-to-market support to grow their own practice
- ✓ Local-market insight backed by a global standard
Why organizations partner with GIMI
As knowledge becomes democratized and AI makes expertise more accessible, organizations face a new challenge: how to stand out, deliver measurable impact, and build trusted innovation capabilities. Whether you are a consulting firm, training provider, innovation hub, accelerator, chamber of commerce, economic development agency, or corporate innovation center, GIMI helps you expand your impact and accelerate your growth.
Expand Your Portfolio
- ✓ A full innovation practice, no building from scratch
- ✓ Add certifications, assessments, and programs
- ✓ Proven frameworks, tools, and IP
Gain Credibility
- ✓ A globally recognized, ISO-aligned brand
- ✓ Internationally recognized certifications
- ✓ Evidence-based, not ad hoc
Accelerate Growth
- ✓ New revenue from training, advisory, and coaching
- ✓ Joint proposals and co-delivery
- ✓ Enter new markets with a global network
Deliver Real Impact
- ✓ Methodologies proven across sectors
- ✓ Move clients from ideas to outcomes
- ✓ Tools that support implementation
Strengthen Your Ecosystem
- ✓ A global network of experts and partners
- ✓ Shared best practices across geographies
- ✓ Connect clients to a broader ecosystem
Future-Proof
- ✓ Stay ahead of innovation and tech shifts
- ✓ Evolve with new frameworks and research
- ✓ A lasting edge in capability and network
What you can do, and where you can focus
As a Certified Partner you can deliver GIMI’s full portfolio. Most partners focus on one of these three areas first, then expand:
Inspire, Assess & Focus
Win the room and set the direction
- • Innovation Keynote Speech
- • Innovation Potential Assessment (IPA)
- • Organizational Innovation Assessment (OIA)
- • Innovation Strategy Workshop
Drive Breakthrough Results
Turn strategy into concrete outcomes
- • Open Innovation Accelerator
- • Idea Crowdsourcing
- • Project Acceleration
- • Service & Process Improvement
Build Lasting Capability
Embed innovation for the long term
- • Innovation Academy
- • GIMI Certifications
- • Innovation Management System
- • Coaching & tools (AKAIO, Eureka)
Who you serve
CORPORATIONS
Enterprises that need to build a repeatable innovation capability, accelerate growth, and turn strategy into measurable results.
Examples: HSBC, Pfizer, P&G, IBM, Philips, Verizon, Johnson Controls, Cigna, Roche, Haier, Bank Muscat, Ecopetrol.
GOVERNMENTS & PUBLIC SECTOR
Ministries and public bodies that need to diversify their economies, modernize services, and build national innovation ecosystems and talent.
Examples: Dubai government entities, Qatar ministries, Lesotho Revenue Authority, Saudi Aramco, EDB Singapore, King Abdullah II Center for Excellence.
Our Certified Partners
ACTIVE IN 33+ COUNTRIES
AIM
UCOTRA
Clarus
TDM International
DoraCrea
Grupo Edutec
PARTNER VOICES
What our partners say.
Certified Partners and collaborators from across the GIMI network.
Salim Berbache
Partner, Ucotra Consulting & UC Design
“GIMI Institute and UCOTRA Institute seal a strategic partnership to support the profitable and sustainable growth of businesses in North and West Africa.”
Grayson Bass
Manager, Smart Waterloo Region Innovation Lab
“This strategic partnership is the start of a global movement to teach innovation, compassion, and complex problem-solving for K-12 students around the world.”
Truls Berg
Partner, Open Innovation Lab of Norway
“The Open Innovation Lab of Norway is proud to team up with GIMI on our mission to make innovation professionals the heroes of their corporations. Our partnership ensures Nordic innovation professionals have their skills acknowledged by GIMI’s globally recognized standards and certification program.”
How partnering works
Apply
Tell us your market and how you want to grow.
Get licensed & onboarded
We train and equip you on GIMI’s methodology and tools.
Start delivering
Win work and deliver GIMI programs under the global brand.
Ready to grow with GIMI?
Tell us how you want to grow and we will guide you through licensing and onboarding.