Innovation Design Services
Innovation Design Services for systemic impact
We offer 10 innovation design services, from problem analysis and design sprints to living labs and stakeholder engagement, tailored for complex multi-stakeholder environments. Each service covers the creative, operational and ethical dimensions of innovation, with ready-to-use templates to guide every step.
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Our 10 Innovation Services
Problem Analysis
Systemic analysis of complex multi-stakeholder challenges. We map root causes, stakeholder dynamics and leverage points to define the real problem before jumping to solutions.
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Ideation
Creative sessions generating innovative solution concepts. Using structured ideation methods, we help teams move beyond obvious answers and sketch genuinely new possibilities.
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Prototyping
Rapid construction of rough solutions to test core assumptions. We build functional prototypes, from interactive demos to service blueprints, so ideas become tangible fast.
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Solution Validation
Structured validation against technical, regulatory and user-acceptance criteria. We ensure your solution passes all the checks before scaling.
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Experiment Design
Design rigorous real-world experiments to test your solution in practice. We define hypotheses, metrics and learning loops for evidence-based iteration.
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Design Sprints
An innovation pressure cooker: 4-5 intensive days to go from challenge to validated prototype. Ideal when time is short and stakes are high.
Innovation Process Design
A custom innovation setup for your context: covering governance, decision gates, procurement alignment and stakeholder roles. We design the process, not just the output.
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Innovation System Design
Build a co-creation community or innovation ecosystem. We design multi-organisation collaboration structures that sustain innovation beyond a single project.
Innovation Coaching
Hands-on support for your team to build internal innovation capacity. We coach teams through live challenges while transferring methods and mindsets.
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Innovation Management
Effective innovation operation: portfolio management, KPIs, reporting and governance. We help organisations run innovation as a disciplined, repeatable practice.
How we see innovation
These ten are a menu, not a sequence. Most engagements use two or three of them, and which ones depends far less on where you are in some innovation funnel than on what is actually blocking you. A municipality that already knows what it wants to build but cannot get four departments to sign the same document does not need ideation. It needs process design.
That is the part most innovation work gets wrong. Creativity is rarely the constraint. Procurement rules, decision gates, who holds the mandate, whether the pilot has anywhere to land afterwards: these decide whether a good idea survives contact with the organisation, and they are design problems in their own right. We treat them as such from the first week, rather than discovering them at the handover.
The challenges worth working on are the ones nobody owns alone. Energy, circularity and liveability cut across departments, companies and legal boundaries, which is why linear approaches keep producing pilots that work and never scale. A systems view is not a philosophy here. It is the practical admission that what actually moves the system usually sits between the parties rather than inside any one of them, and that you have to design for the space between.
What you end up holding is a solution that has been tested against the checks it will really face, and a team that can run the next one without us. We would rather build the second capability than be needed twice.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Why do good ideas often fail in complex stakeholder environments?
In multi-stakeholder settings, government, industry consortia, research programmes, innovation must navigate reporting requirements, decision-making structures, procurement rules and ethical review. A great concept can stall at any of those gates. Our services address every dimension, not just the creative spark.
How do your services account for non-creative dimensions like procurement and ethics?
Each service comes with templates that cover the full lifecycle: from ideation through decision gates, compliance checks and procurement alignment. We integrate ethical considerations and reporting standards from the start rather than bolting them on afterwards.
Can I combine multiple services in a single engagement?
Yes. Most projects combine two to four services, for example Problem Analysis followed by a Design Sprint and Experiment Design. We tailor the sequence to your context and timeline.
What is the typical duration of an engagement?
It varies widely. A focused Design Sprint runs 4-5 days; an Innovation Process Design with stakeholder engagement can span several months. We scope every project individually.
Do you work with public-sector organisations?
Absolutely, municipalities, regional development agencies and EU-funded programmes are a core part of our practice. We understand public procurement, co-creation mandates and open-innovation frameworks.