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ALIGN FOR SUCCESS
Alignment. Business Planning. Innovation Strategy
We’ve gotten senior management on the same innovation page.
We’ve prevented “Ready, Aim, Oops” syndrome.
Innovation Engine Assessments. Business Process Redesign
We've
assessed
new product development processes for BDPs and gaps.
We've created and tuned up environments that encourage, organize and manage new ideas.
We’ve flowcharted the current way you work, envisioned a better future, and implemented the changes.
Filters
We’ve built filters that quickly sort ideas based on weighted priorities.
FIN
D AND PRIORITIZE IDEAS
Needs
Assessment
We’ve wandered around the market watching, listening, and finding real problems.
Brainstorming. Concept Sketching
We’ve drawn the first napkin-sketches for a thousand ideas.
Quick Screens
We’ve taken a quick, impulsive look that pares down large pools of raw ideas.
THICKEN IDEAS
Industry Scrap-booking
We’ve scanne
d for what’s out there and what’s not, to understand the space around ideas.
We’ve studied p
receding ideas that are comparable.
Friendly Input
We’ve picked up the phone and met in coffee shops to listen to potential customers and subject matter experts.
Business Model Design
We’ve helped big ideas understand themselves and their best pathway to market.
Idea Rendering. Risk Prioritization
We’ve forced consideration of the many optional pathways forward.
We’ve used concept-stage tools to pivot wisely; and while the pivoting is easy.
IP Analysis and Patent Mapping
We’ve uncovered patent landmines and open fields.
Financial Analysis
We’ve prevented over-analysis with our Prelude pro forma and Quick-capitalization table.
Idea Investigation Report. Commercialization Plan. Project Management
We’ve started companies based on university research.
We’ve gotten research out of the lab.
We’ve taught scientists that today’s actual status is different than tomorrow’s hopeful status
We’ve written thorough commercialization plans for new product and new business ideas.
We’ve organized ideas into projects so they can get started; and be managed.