Education, training, and coaching capability

Projects undertaken by Hydra Consulting on education, training and coaching

Hydra Consulting develops and delivers a wide range of educational, capability building, and training programs for a range of clients:

  • Industry-level capability building for government

  • Sector-level capability building for specific industries

  • Academic programs

  • Coaching in Accelerators and Incubators

  • Developing individual companies

Hydra Consulting education, training, and coaching capability statement

We have experience in:

  • Engineering

  • Business

  • Exporting

  • Collaboration

  • Start-ups

  • Marketing

Sector training

Our recent sector analysis work has included:

  • Distillers SA Export Capability workshop and toolkit

  • WA Wines to the World Export Capability workshops, toolkit and coaching

  • WA Wines to the World - AI in your Export webinar and coaching

  • Growing Cider Exports capability workshop series

  • Growing wine exports - Seminar series, Workshop series, Online series, capability materials development

  • WA Wines to the World webinar series on China, USA, UK

  • Creating the learning architecture for SA export training

  • Building the SA Export Fundamentals online experience

  • Darren delivers programs on Wine Innovation and Retail for the Adelaide University Wine Business Program

Accelerator programs

Our recent Accelerator work with companies in beverage alcohol, agricultural robotics/AI, fabric, dye, micro-mobility, sensor/AI, fermentation, machinery, and exotic metals included:

  • Co-founded and lead FOMENT, the world’s first WineTech Accelerator

  • Supporting the CSIRO-AIM India+Australia RISE Accelerator

  • Implementation of South Australia’s Global Expansion Accelerator

  • Australia-China Business Council Business Accelerator pitch program

  • Innovative Manufacturing Accelerator Program in South Australia

  • Led and coached in the AgTech initiative in South Australia

  • Coaches in the CSIRO RISE circular economy Accelerator

  • Mentoring in US Accelerators Conduit ACCEL and MASS Challenge

  • Mentoring in the INNOVYZ medical and environmental accelerators

  • Mentoring in the Musitec Accelerator

Development of tools

Our development of tools to support capability development has included:

  • Development of the usawinemarkettool.com

  • Development of the WineSage Storytelling review tool

  • Development of the WineSage Pitch Review tool

  • Development of the WineSage UVP review tool

  • Development of FoodSA’s AskSASI environmental compliance tool

Education innovation

We have innovated in the development of high industry-engaged education:

  • Flinders Enterprise Consulting: Guiding students in final-year Bachelor of Business, Advanced Business and Master of Business Students through a live consulting project, for a full-cost paying client, charged at commercial rates.

  • Business Planning for New Ventures: develop and deliver a subject to replace a Business Plan writing subject in the Flinders Business School. The subject was redeveloped into a program of hearing and interacting with customers in business and idea development.

“Very tangible resources that will really expedite the work we need to do going into new markets.”

- Paddy Gilhooly, Thisltedown Wines (Growing Wine Exports)

“This topic challenged my thinking from day one. It was in-depth, daunting and pushed me out of my comfort zone more times than I can count, but the result was invaluable. It shaped me into a professional...”

- Liana, undergraduate student in the Flinders School of Business about Business Planning for New Ventures