CSI Exchange: What are you missing? Finding hidden business opportunities
About this Event
Running a small or growing business can feel relentless. You’re focused on customers, delivery, and keeping everything moving, often with very little time to stop and think. When you’re this close to it all, it’s easy to miss what’s really going on beneath the surface.
This session gives you the chance to step back and look at your business with fresh eyes. You’ll spot opportunities to improve how things work, strengthen what you offer, and increase income, often by making better use of what you already have.
It’s not about complicated strategies or long-term plans. It’s about practical thinking and simple changes that can make a real difference.
What you’ll get out of it
In this 2.5 hour session, you'll:
- Take a step back and see what’s really happening in your business
- Focus on what actually creates value
- Spot gaps, inefficiencies, and missed opportunities
- See where small changes could have a big impact
- Leave with clear actions you can put into practice straight away
How it works
This is a practical, hands-on session, not a lecture.
You’ll work through guided exercises, group discussions, and simple prompts that help you:
- Question how things are currently done
- Notice things you may have overlooked
- Look at your business from a different point of view
You’ll have time to think, reflect, and learn from others in the room.
Why attend
When you’re busy running a business, it’s hard to find the space to think clearly. But that clarity is often what leads to better decisions and better results.
This session helps you to pause and reset so you can:
- See things you might have missed
- Refocus your time and energy
- Make the most of opportunities already in front of you
What you’ll leave with
- A clearer sense of where your business is right now
- A fresh perspective on what matters most
- Two or three practical opportunities you can act on straight away
The workshop will run from 9:30am-12pm, and participants are invited afterwards to stay for a light lunch.
Facilitator:
Roxana is the Director of AZRA Strategy and Delivery, where she helps ambitious organisations turn strategy into real, measurable impact not just through big thinking, but through practical, intelligent delivery. Roxana has worked across higher education, innovation ecosystems and business growth programmes designing initiatives, building collaborative partnerships and delivering measureable outcomes.
What is CSI Exchange?
CSI Exchange is a practical knowledge exchange workshop series delivered by the Centre for Sustainable Innovation at the University of Salford.
Designed for SMEs, start‑ups, alumni businesses and CSI affiliates, the series brings together academic expertise and real‑world practice to support sustainable growth, effective leadership and digital capability.
Each workshop focuses on practical tools, usable frameworks and shared learning, helping businesses navigate uncertainty, develop confident leaders, design impactful sustainability projects and build resilient strategies for today’s fast‑changing economy.
Sessions are led by University of Salford specialists alongside experienced external practitioners, creating space for open discussion, peer learning and immediate application.
Whether you are scaling a business, embedding sustainability, strengthening leadership capability or adapting to digital change, CSI Exchange offers accessible, insight‑led support for small and medium‑sized enterprises.
You can explore the other workshops in this series through the CSI Exchange series collection.
Where is it happening?
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