theidol.com
DESCRIPTION
theidol.com provides intuitive solutions to the FinTech and financial services sector, offering a partnership that delivers more than a piece of software.
The disruptive technology company based in Cumbria is an authorised intermediary and provides their service to numerous household comparison sites. Their highly skilled cross-functional teams work successfully to deliver the very best solutions. theidol.com are authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority for the sale of regulated insurance products.
To meet the demands for their exciting growth plans, theidol.com selected Godel as their nearshore software development partner to help them succeed and deliver change at pace.
Godel Technologies and theidol.com
Craig Morrison
Strategic Partnership Director
CASE STUDY
The Godel and theidol.com partnership kickstarted in 2021 when they wanted to improve some of the support and services they could offer their partners and needed to grow their technical team.
“When we started our relationship with Godel COVID had just hit. We had about 50 employees and would normally focus on the northwest when it came to recruitment. As ways of working changed in the UK and globally, finding local talent became difficult because suddenly you could live in Penrith and work for a company in London.” Craig Morrison, Strategic Partnership Director
Theidol.com proceeded to broaden its options outside of local recruitment and look for a nearshore partner. The business had heard good feedback about Godel’s relationship with external parties on a tech basis and was always mentioned positively.
“We knew of the Godel brand so we reached out to learn what they could offer in a partnership. We identified they had the necessary development resources we needed in our business to effectively take some of the projects we’re working on at an accelerated rate. Over the last three years, we’ve been really impressed and excited by the relationship.” Craig Morrison, Strategic Partnership Director
MANAGED AUGMENTATION
Something that Godel is always aware of is making sure that team members feel integrated into their partner’s business.
“Lots of things have worked well in the partnership. There has been a real, conscious effort to bring a managed augmented solution to the relationship. Throughout our partnership, we’ve hosted the Godel team at our HQ in Penrith to have that face-to-face relationship to develop and deepen the relationships across the team.” Craig Morrison, Strategic Partnership Director
Innovation is approached in lots of different ways. From a technology perspective, theidol recently introduced a function called labs that looks after the technological innovation within theidol.
“We’ve done a number of hackathons in which we’ve always involved Godel colleagues as we understand the experience they could bring from previous deployments with Godel, with different companies, maybe in different markets, different ways of doing things, different ways of working.
When we are introduced to new Godel colleagues, it’s always very seamless and that’s thanks to Godel’s intercultural workshops. Looking at the future of the partnership, I believe we will continue the strong collaboration between our teams and I’m looking forward to continuing to work together.” Craig Morrison, Strategic Partnership Director
