Consulting
Drive scalable new innovation projects with our support.
Sometimes you need an independent perspective, a strategic view, an expert opinion, or an extra resource to carry through a special project. We provide our services as you need them: If we can assist you with an hour’s phone discussion or a multi-month engagement, we’re more than happy to help. In the action-focused spirit of design thinking, we provide you with the means to experiment and avoid exhaustive analysis or evaluations before taking action. If there’s something on your mind, pick up the phone or send an email and we can have a conversation focused on your issue within 24 hours.
We provide consulting ser vices in project execution and situation analysis, in the areas of: innovation strategy, innovation opportunity research, new product concept development, business model analysis and development, and planning for growth.
Phone Consultation
Why not ‘get it out of your head’? Simply, this is a key message of design thinking: don’t think for too long without taking some action, by way of experiment or research. These are essential ways to learn, and to inform your thinking. Do you have an issue that is causing you some concern? You’re not sure what the right course of action is, but you know you must do something. Or, you may have a very specific problem that you are working on, and you need to double check your preferred course of action. Why don’t you book an hour’s phone consultation with us? This is an excellent and innovative way to get solid, expert advice, quickly. Send us information with your initial enquiry (if possible) about your business and your particular topic at issue. If we can help, we’ll arrange a phone consultation to discuss the issues with you, probably within 24 hours, and we close out the discussion with a return email summarising the discussion and our view of the outcomes. This may help consolidate your existing plans, suggest modifications or provide alternative strategies. You’ll get quick high quality advice with no further commitment. Our fee for this service is a fixed €150 per consultation. You may use this service as often as you like, as a stand-alone service or as a preliminary discussion for a more substantial consulting engagement. In all our services, our role is simply to help you, and your organisation, make progress towards becoming an innovation leader.
Phone Consultation
Why not ‘get it out of your head’? Simply, this is a key message of design thinking: don’t think for too long without taking some action, by way of experiment or research. These are essential ways to learn, and to inform your thinking. Do you have an issue that is causing you some concern? You’re not sure what the right course of action is, but you know you must do something. Or, you may have a very specific problem that you are working on, and you need to double check your preferred course of action. Why don’t you book an hour’s phone consultation with us? This is an excellent and innovative way to get solid, expert advice, quickly. Send us information with your initial enquiry (if possible) about your business and your particular topic at issue. If we can help, we’ll arrange a phone consultation to discuss the issues with you, probably within 24 hours, and we close out the discussion with a return email summarising the discussion and our view of the outcomes. This may help consolidate your existing plans, suggest modifications or provide alternative strategies. You’ll get quick high quality advice with no further commitment. Our fee for this service is a fixed €150 per consultation. You may use this service as often as you like, as a stand-alone service or as a preliminary discussion for a more substantial consulting engagement. In all our services, our role is simply to help you, and your organisation, make progress towards becoming an innovation leader.
On-Site Consultation
Would a half-day review and expert analysis help confirm or improve your approach to a critical innovation problem? Instead of or after a prior phone consultation, we’ll plan a half-day site visit to discuss in detail about your innovation issue. We’ll meet you and your colleagues and we’ll provide a prompt report with our findings, analysis and suggested follow-up actions. In a well scheduled half-day targeted on an area of concern specified by you, we can review existing arrangements, interview interested parties, help understand the essence and root cause of a problem, and discuss your proposed or new solutions. We’ll give objective expert opinion. We’ll support or suggest amendments for existing plans, and recommend fresh areas for investigation, where appropriate. In short, the value for you in a fixed half-day consultation is to rapidly confirm or amend proposed plans and/or to uncover possible new alternatives. These outcomes are made available to you in a succinct report. This is achieved quickly, with fixed and minimal outlay of your time and money. Our fee for this service is €500 per half-day consultation. Send us information with your initial enquiry (if possible) about your business and your particular topic of concern. If we can help, we’ll arrange a ½ day on-site consultation within 2 weeks. You may use this service as often as you like, as a stand-alone service or as a preliminary exploration for a more substantial consulting engagement. In all our services, our role is simply to help you, and your organisation, make progress towards becoming an innovation leader.
On-Site Consultation
Would a half-day review and expert analysis help confirm or improve your approach to a critical innovation problem? Instead of or after a prior phone consultation, we’ll plan a half-day site visit to discuss in detail about your innovation issue. We’ll meet you and your colleagues and we’ll provide a prompt report with our findings, analysis and suggested follow-up actions. In a well scheduled half-day targeted on an area of concern specified by you, we can review existing arrangements, interview interested parties, help understand the essence and root cause of a problem, and discuss your proposed or new solutions. We’ll give objective expert opinion. We’ll support or suggest amendments for existing plans, and recommend fresh areas for investigation, where appropriate. In short, the value for you in a fixed half-day consultation is to rapidly confirm or amend proposed plans and/or to uncover possible new alternatives. These outcomes are made available to you in a succinct report. This is achieved quickly, with fixed and minimal outlay of your time and money. Our fee for this service is €500 per half-day consultation. Send us information with your initial enquiry (if possible) about your business and your particular topic of concern. If we can help, we’ll arrange a ½ day on-site consultation within 2 weeks. You may use this service as often as you like, as a stand-alone service or as a preliminary exploration for a more substantial consulting engagement. In all our services, our role is simply to help you, and your organisation, make progress towards becoming an innovation leader.
Analysis & Action Report
Do you have an innovation issue that needs investigation, clarification and recommendations for action? Innovation is packed with uncertainty, and as the scale and impact of the innovation projects increase, so does the variety of options and complexity of decision making. It’s not easy to decide the best way forward – while maintaining the status quo is not an option. How can you get clarity amidst the fog of fuzzy data and uncertain future? How can you select from the bewildering range of options across technology, product platforms and features, partners, markets, channels – or alternatively seek to create a distinctive new solution for your organisation? It’s not easy, but we can help. We have experience working with diverse organisations and complex choices, and design thinking is a proven method for generating holistically appropriate and compelling new pathways. We’ll explore the internal and external environment. We’ll look for opportunities and we’ll generate fresh ideas to add value. We’ll discuss, refine and present concepts for you to consider, and we’ll synthesise recommendations for action. Call or mail us with your enquiry. We’ll be delighted to work with you; if we don’t have the availability or expertise to help you directly, we’ll be happy to recommend a trusted colleague. Where we can help you with certainty, we’ll agree a guaranteed budget and time scale for our work in advance. The output will be a set of actionable recommendations aligned with your strategy and capabilities. In all our services, our role is simply to help you, and your organisation, make progress towards becoming an innovation leader.
Analysis & Action Report
Do you have an innovation issue that needs investigation, clarification and recommendations for action? Innovation is packed with uncertainty, and as the scale and impact of the innovation projects increase, so does the variety of options and complexity of decision making. It’s not easy to decide the best way forward – while maintaining the status quo is not an option. How can you get clarity amidst the fog of fuzzy data and uncertain future? How can you select from the bewildering range of options across technology, product platforms and features, partners, markets, channels – or alternatively seek to create a distinctive new solution for your organisation? It’s not easy, but we can help. We have experience working with diverse organisations and complex choices, and design thinking is a proven method for generating holistically appropriate and compelling new pathways. We’ll explore the internal and external environment. We’ll look for opportunities and we’ll generate fresh ideas to add value. We’ll discuss, refine and present concepts for you to consider, and we’ll synthesise recommendations for action. Call or mail us with your enquiry. We’ll be delighted to work with you; if we don’t have the availability or expertise to help you directly, we’ll be happy to recommend a trusted colleague. Where we can help you with certainty, we’ll agree a guaranteed budget and time scale for our work in advance. The output will be a set of actionable recommendations aligned with your strategy and capabilities. In all our services, our role is simply to help you, and your organisation, make progress towards becoming an innovation leader.
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