Team expertise

Insight & Strategy

Creating the data, analysis and strategies for evidence based innovation decisions

  • Innovation planning & strategy
  • Multistakeholder research
  • Commercial & market insights
  • Intellectual property landscaping & strategy
  • Technology scouting & mapping
  • Opportunity discovery & assessment
  • Value proposition design
  • Technical & commercial due diligence

An ambitious innovation strategy can turn a static project into a market win. CDP takes a systematic approach to the collection and prioritization of evidence, to uncover new opportunities and develop winning strategies, whether your goal is incremental excellence, a category breakthrough, or total market disruption.

Our multi-disciplinary culture is put to work, first to understand your business and innovation needs, then to design highly customized cross-sector research programs. Evidence-based insight is always our guide, as we translate recommendations into actionable specifications that will drive your future success.

Our solutions are dynamic, leveraging definitive truths and reflecting emerging market influences. These may include stakeholder or user needs, cultural references, technical or IP landscapes, commercial objectives and capabilities, external regulations, or market trends. Whatever factors shape your process, the expert minds at CDP work together to ensure the final outcome, whether a product, service or system, delivers extraordinary results.

AVON

Using smart packaging to support consumer trials

Seeking proof that consumers would follow novel usage instructions over time, Avon turned to diialog™ – our unique miniature sensing technology – to capture quantitative data during user tests.

Innovation strategy workshops align teams around shared goals, ambitions, and priorities
Live concept sketching – both physical and digital – is a powerful insights tool
Creating the evidence and analysis needed to optimize investment decisions
Multinational creative workshops explore insights and strategy without borders

Spotlight

Design Sprints

The Design Sprint has the power to fast-track your innovation journey and manage the risk of bringing a new product or service to market. Originally developed by Google Ventures, Design Sprints are an agile method for moving from problem to solution in rapid time.

Insights

News:
Collaborating to improve lives through innovation

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Webinar:
Emotion by design

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Analysis:
The three pillars of FemTech success: #2 Experience-led design

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