From strategy to innovation
We support companies in the development of their long-term innovation strategy as well as the definition of playing fields
- Map key trends and innovation challenges – megatrends and industry trends
- Define innovation fields of play – white spots and search areas
- Connect strategy to innovation and formulate an innovation strategy – make innovation strategy visible and communicate
- Develop long-term smart and measurable innovation goals – input, throughput, output
- Map innovation opportunities in 3 horizons – improve core, extend core, create new & disrupt
- Define an innovation roadmap – innovation funnel in stages
- Define an innovation value creation path – financial value, customer value, ecological value, societal value
Set up a strong innovation environment
We help you build the right environment for talent, processes, methodologies, and external partners to drive innovation.
- Manage dual transformation of core and new – different set-ups are key
- Foster a culture of innovation across all units
- Build up a talent pool of innovators – activate the innovation power of your employees
- Connect to the start-up community and open up innovation to other entities
- Create innovation transparency over all stages
- Set up the right instruments to manage the innovation funnel
- Secure sufficient resources for innovation – change the logic of resource allocation
Execute innovation and build new businesses
We execute the internal development of new business and support in the collaboration with external startups
- Increase speed to market and to innovation value creation – Pioneers in residence help you speed up
- Optimize your innovation funnel and introduce latest validation and scaling methods
- Our technical venture architects help to connect the dots between business and the Tec & IT-world
- Pioneers ecosystem for innovation implementation is giving you a boost
- Build new ventures – set-up, grow and integrate
Venture Building
We help validate early-stage business ideas through a wide range of customer-centric testing methods.
- Facilitating internal teams to build new ventures through structured design sprints and innovation labs
- Training teams in prototyping and wireframing techniques
- Supporting internal teams through co-creation and hybrid innovation formats
Corporate Venture Studio
Together with our partner HYVE, we help companies build and run their own corporate venture studio to develop innovative business models outside the core.
- We define a strategic portfolio for positioning and building future ventures
- We conceptualize a venture process ready to roll-out
- By connecting existing processes, we ramp-up the venture studio program and start the ideation, evaluation, and selection of promising opportunities
Startup Collaboration
We run a variety of startup collaboration programs – ranging from scouting to accelerators, incubators, hackathons, innovation days and co-creation programs.
- With access to our extensive and global startup network, we make sure you collaborate with the best-in-class startups
- We scout and match top external players with your business needs
- We facilitate collaborations and take on project management for implementation
Intrapreneurship
We deliver programs that enable your talent to create positive change through entrepreneurship and innovation.
- Training, upskilling and facilitating culture change through mindset formats
- Supporting internal teams to build ideas and products
- Coaching and mentoring internal startups from idea to roll-out
