The History of Sicor
Picture the scene – it is 2021, Sicor doesn’t exist, when Daniel, our soon-to-be CEO extraordinaire, is on lockdown and given some time to look at the society around him. When all business had halted and all the distractions of the world left his perception, he started to build on the idea of a perfect system of working. It’s a normal, sunny day, but then Daniel decides he’s going to take a shower; it’s during that shower that he changes the course of history, has his ‘Eureka!’ moment and the idea for Sicor is born.
Daniel explained the idea to his friends and family, who basically said “that’s nice dear, no idea what you're talking about but you have the determination, one day you might change the world” And so it began, Daniel grabbed his note pad and sketched out some initial designs for a system of working that is built around solving problems. These dreams turned to ideas and ideas to plans that resulted in real-world solutions.
After months of planning, Sicor was a registered company and we were off (24th August 2020, stick it in your diary; we do like a good birthday party). The first Sicor companies were hand-built by Daniel with Vincent & Marine helping to build the infrastructure of the company. These first companies addressed many issues that were found in the recruitment staffing, transportation, and reforestation spaces. Things started to expand and using the same solutions led approach; other companies were formed and partnered with. Growing the groups' offerings and capabilities with a focus on green, social impact, sustainability & not for profit initiatives. The rest, as they say, is history!
The Sicor ‘Why’
In a nutshell, the entire purpose of Sicor can be summed up rather concisely in the answer to three simple questions:
Why?
We believe there is a solution to all problems.
How?
We help people do what they love, pointing them at solutions to change the world for the better.
What?
We’re building a network of intelligent people so we can build and scale solutions globally and create real change.
If you see a problem in Sicor or the world for that matter, don’t ignore it, fix it, and if you don’t know how to fix it, discuss it and together we will find the solution. Just keep that at the heart of everything you do and you’ll be on the right path.
The Sicor Way
Sicor People Values
The fact that you’re reading this means that someone in the company has seen these qualities in you, but a quick reminder can’t hurt...
● Passionate Creative - You have to love creating things, products, processes, teams, and solutions. You have to be passionate for your subject and humanity. Passion isn’t just about work – you’ve got to love what you do so much, you’re doing it all the time, in work, and out.
● Inspiring Leader - You’ve got to be able to get people on board with your ideas, and make them happen. People want to follow you. Of course, you won’t always be leading, sometimes you need to just get on board with someone else’s project, and make it awesome.
● Curious - You’ll need to be constantly interested in what’s going on – How does that work? Why do we do it like that? Is there a better way to do this? How would Google do it? How would Apple do it? How would Nest, or Sonos do it?
● Commercial Mind - Everyone in Sicor has to have a commercial outlook – How does what I’m doing affect the customer? How about the company financially? How do I communicate it across the business, and make sure everyone is on-board?
● Solutions Led - This is something that is at the core of everything we do, DO NOT discuss problems, instead look for solutions. You don’t have a problem, you're in need of a solution! This mindset is key to life at Sicor!
Companies that form the Group
The company is a full service agency that has the ability and skill set to tackle any solution. Each member of the Sicor family adds to the groups resources, bringing their own talents and skill sets to the group. This allows you to hack growth for your own projects and also bring new skills to the table to help the growth of other companies working in the group.
Sicor is run as a ‘not just for profit’ and more like a co-operative. Creating solutions to problems always has to be wrapped in a business that makes it profitable, but not to the stage where it compromises on the values of the company/solution that is in place, this is often a fine line and some companies in the group are not tackling a large humanitarian problems, but if it makes money the funds are brought back in to the group and then used to fund projects and initiatives that are.
Each company is managed by an Architect/Architects that hold the larger vision for the solution and help champion the solution and keep it moving forward.
Sicor - Solutions Incorporated