A practical toolkit to bring your ideas to life.
A framework developed by Andrea through rich, personal experiences helping companies overcome challenges and proven through results that scale.
Testimonials
"From Stuck to Scale sets the new gold standard for growth. Practical, original tools that address urgent challenges and equip corporate teams, entrepreneurs, and ecosystem leaders to break through barriers and get unstuck. An inspiring industry leader, Andrea Kates applies decades of corporate insight to redefine how companies must innovate today. An eye-opening must-read and must-do."
- John Metselaar, Leader Innovation & Transformation Institute, The Conference Board and Former CTO, P&G Brussels Innovation Center.
"Andrea Kates provides the winning combination of world-class intellectual prowess and a rare ability to get corporate leaders and teams on board. Consistently a notch above–world-class transformation strategist."
- Thomas Krogh Jensen, CEO, Copenhagen Fintech
Getting from
stuck to scale
From Stuck to Scale is based on market conditions that didn't exist when traditional tools were popularized.
At its core, this five-step framework meets you where you are, helps you tackle blindspots and obstacles, and gives you what you need to lead your teams and partners toward breakthroughs.
Get started today with a simple Diagnostic that will identify where you're stuck, and get free tools to use immediately.
01
Envision
Teams have to overcome biases that prevent them from seeing unmet potential, especially when opportunities lie outside of their current set of products and services. You don’t think big enough.
The Envision tools zoom out on the real opportunities for business growth and societal impact.
02
Expand
Great initiatives die here when yesterday’s thinking is imposed on tomorrow’s big ideas.
The Expand tools stretch your thinking about emerging customer needs and technology potential.
03
Build
When pilots encounter hiccups, they are told to pivot, but we don’t show them how.
The Build tools structure experiments to make sure blindspots don’t get in the way.
04
Engage
If you build it, they won’t necessarily come. Getting buy-in is very different from pitching. And, building in scale requires skills in bringing in an entire ecosystem of support.
The Engage tools make sure that everyone whose support is crucial can be a hero of their own stories as a way to make your initiative take flight.
05
Activate
Nothing’s worse than lip service. Busy people who don’t make a new initiative their top priority. Getting people to nod their heads in agreement is very different from getting people to take action with passion and urgency.
The Activate tools equip you to stop pitching and start getting people to take action, putting your initiative onto the front burner.
Getting from stuck to scale
Working with organizations around the world to understand how to bring ideas and products to millions of people. What does it take? What's the path to get there?
More Success Stories
Rappi
Rappi began as a sandwich delivery service in Bogota, Colombia, and evolved into an omnichannel platform for financial transactions, logistics, travel, and other verticals.
Arthritis Society Canada
Arthritis is on the brink of massive breakthroughs, but it requires a movement to land on a cure and to galvanize a nationwide action plan.
Ahura Ai
Ahura gained traction as an AI buddy to leapfrog today’s workforce into artificial intelligence-enabled skills.