2 Mar 2018

What’s a Rubber Chicken got to do with creativity?

Creativity has been defined as 'making inspired connections': Connections between unmet consumer needs ... and business capabilities Connections between materials functionality ... and practical challenges Even connections between product attributes ... and consumer beliefs Creative ideation workshops can be aRead More
30 Jan 2018

Optimisation, Renovation or Innovation?

Everyone recognises the need to grow their business in 2018. But which strategy would be best for your business: Should you play it safe and go for optimisation? Should you invest in core renovation? Or should you bet big –Read More
6 Jan 2016

Trends for 2016

Happy New Year! January is a perfect time to review the past year, pick up on the key trends from the last 12 months and start thinking about how to use these themes to optimise future innovation. Having absorbed mountains of articles andRead More
21 Dec 2015

Yollies win even more awards!

Some innovation projects are obvious winners from the outset, others require a bit more vision and commitment. We loved working with the fabulous Kerry Dairies team on the Yollies project as they had all the vision and commitment we could possiblyRead More
30 Nov 2015

Noodles made from wood-pulp!

It's hard to know whether to be horrified, or really impressed.  We've settled for really impressed Japanese textile company Okimenshi produces a fibre from tree pulp that they have started to spin into edible noodles.  The brand are marketing themRead More