When good advice is darely needed and ideas are rare, an ideation workshop can help. Ideation is a synonym for idea development or idea creation. It doesn't always have to be about solutions, though. Sometimes, quite different ideas are required.…
Ideas are of course a necessary part of successful innovation. Even if having ideas is not sufficient for innovation. It is mostly just a minor fraction of the overall innovation process. Idea Management is one option, to handle ideas within…
Innovation means developing something new. But not just anything. Something which is successful in the target group. For companies, this usually means designing new products, services and business models. When companies open their doors and arms to cooperation with outsiders,…
How a Patent Booster Workshop works R&D people are familiar with this situation: Sitting alone before the laptop, doing regular patent researches, generating ideas with the hope to develop a patentable solutions, tackling current technical problems and meeting the annual…
Introduction iEER is an Interreg Europe funded flagship project that has been revived for 2022, bringing together 8 regions. Originally initiated in 2016 by a group of regions awarded with the European Entrepreneurial Region label, iEER defined smart paths and…
Or: From Probationary Innovator to Proven Innovator Jakob Jessen* is an industrial engineer. Throughout his professional life, he has been active as a consultant in the industrial sector: automotive, plant engineering, mechanical engineering, aviation. Always on the move. Always highly…
Do Startups need consulting? One might think it's unnecessary. Established companies regard startups with some envy. Innovative, creative, great publicity, and plenty of eager investors. On the other hand, there is talk of 90-hour weeks, long dry spells. And, after…
When was the last time you saw a really new product? The first smartphone? Quite a while ago. The Segway? Very nice, but unfortunately a market failure. Series production was discontinued. The 3D printer? Actually quite old, but as a…
Innovation should pay off. Whether it does depends on the business case. More precisely, the "Innovation Business Case". If there is no foreseeable prospect that the idea will pay off, then you say "There is no business case for that!".…
New products and services pursue the goal of exciting as many customers as possible and convincing them with real added value. That is why it is important for businesses to orient themselves to target customer needs and ensure that their…