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innovation is not randomState of the art in research combined with proven methods and consulting experience will lead you towards innovation. Discoveries, inventions and improvements can be generated systematically.

innovation is teamworkMulticultural and multidisciplinary settings offer new perspectives to lead towards success.

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We offer you our expertise in innovation consulting. You will benefit from our strategic approach in the development of new products, services and processes. Helping you to create a culture of innovation within your organisation and rediscover the fun and fascination of your field are our utmost goals.

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We will help you to turn challenges into chances and opportunities to grow your business.

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You will get tangible results instead of boring concept papers and won‘t waste time in meetings.

Your company will benefit from access to our pool of creativity methods and our process knowledge.

Our human-centered innovation process will deliver creative solutions to wicked problems.

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As consultants with an academic background, we keep in touch with the scientific community and transfer the latest insights into the field. We believe in constant self-improvement and love to pass our knowledge on. As teachers of the HPI School of Design Thinking, we have been instrumental in the foundation of the first D-School in Europe. Since 2007, we have accompanied over 40 innovation projects in a variety of industries and educated over 100 students.

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foundersEach one of the founders has over ten years of experience in a variety of industries such as: IT and internet, gastronomy, tourism, event management, education and science, media, health, building and construction. Because of our multicultural heritage, we are able to offer our services in English, German, Russian, Korean, Spanish and Turkish.

meet the team

extended team and networkDiversity is key in our project teams. Our specialists have formal training in Design Thinking as well as years of experience. In case you require expertise in a field that is not covered by our team, we draw on our network of scientists, engineers, artists, business people and many more fascinating personalities who have touched our lives over the years.

Daniel RotherDipl. Ing. Industrial Engineering

Ahmet AçarM.A. Communication Science

Maxim SchnjakinDipl. Computer Science

Impulses for innovations can be hidden in unexpected places. Whether it is employees, users, suppliers or other stakehol-ders, great ideas are hidden gems, waiting to be uncovered through digging in human needs and values. We start with people because we believe that those who create, deliver and use products and services are the ones with the experience to make them better.

focus on people

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we start with the peoplePutting the interest of users first always leads to the best solutions. Our goal is to reconcile the desirability of a solution with its technological and organizational feasibility as well as its financial viability. To be able to do this, it is important to us to dive deep into a problem and understand what moves people.

we are biased towards actionTaking action leads us faster along the way to great solutions. To see something happen right away, we take that first step on the spot and move forward in a rapid pace. Action leads to feedback and gets results. That’s why we approach problems with a playful and explorative trial-and-error mindset.

we deliver tangible resultsOrganizations need tangible deliverables beyond the typical output of consulting. We have seen that analysis reports, strategy papers and other written results simply illustrate the disconnect between clients and consultants. We bridge that divide by creating prototype solutions which already lead towards implementation.

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Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day - teach him to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Although this proverb is well known, typical consulting firms will simply throw their advice and solutions your way. We open up our work process to get you and your customers involved in a shared experience.

a new take on consulting

ingosuhow you can benefit

method knowledge We provide a systematic innovation process accompanying leading you from user and market research to idea generation and solution finding. Expand your knowledge and skills with our workshops and seminars on creativity methods and human-centered problem solving. Transforming your company culture by adapting Design Thinking will increase your innovation potential and grow your business.

expertise in innovation We offer consulting in the initiation and execution of innovation projects and attend you in the realisation of solutions. Our consulting expertise is not limited to any one field. As experts on the process of innovation, we use a wide network of specialists to access various technologies, materials and procedures.

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In your daily business, you‘ll rarely have the time to lean back and reflect on your own company culture. We understand that companies and organizations thrive through activity and that taking time off for introspection is difficult to do. That‘s why we are offering a way to foster a culture of innovation without coming to a standstill.

a culture of innovation

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consulting services • innovation consulting: product and service development • strategic consulting: internal processes & workflows• research: user needs and trend analysis

We create environments that engage, inspire and support people to connect with their values and realise their potential to make things happen. Helping organizations to take on and solve challenges is at the core of our services. Connecting different stakeholders to each other by creating meaningful interaction enables us achieve solutions with positive impact.

creativity services• idea generation and visualization• storytelling and idea communication• service, product and process prototyping

training services• knowledge toolkits and methods• workshop design and facilitation• workflow and process training

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Ideas may look great on paper and they can really be convincing if presented well. However, whether a concept will really work or not will only show itself in its implementation. That‘s why we are putting them out into the real world and use evolution as a model to test and improve business ideas.

evolution as your model

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seed lab • business model generation• competitive team evaluation• idea visualization and testing

You are an investor looking for great ideas and excellent teams? We can support you with the selection and business model generation during seed stage and early stage investment. Our prototyping and testing methods can help you to judge the demand of new products and services and evaluate the team dynamics of start ups. You will be foster an innovation culture in the invested companies right from the start.

early stage action• user and market research • product and service development• training and facilitation of start-ups

innovation environments• building creative workspaces• establishing innovation workflows

We interview customers and extreme users, observe people in their daily lives and discover what motivates and moves them. How people interact with products and services within their social context provides us with information about their physical, psychological, social and cultural needs regarding existing solutions. Using the insights we gain, we create new ideas.

gaining insights in the real world

ingosuhow we work

analysisBy diving deep into the challenges of our clients, we find new opportunities. Using interviews with experts and users, by including external information and recognizing trends, through observation of users, we are able to define the essence of the problem at hand and thus gain insights to hidden needs and wishes.

visualization and testingIdeas are nothing without action. We put our ideas to the test without overthinking them. By turning ideas into tangible experiences, we are able to rapidly test for their desirability. We find out what works and what doesn‘t. Only ideas that make sense to users are then regarded under feasibility and viability viewpoints to be put into implementation.

ideationBuilding on insights and a strong problem definition, we use various creativity and association methods to generate a huge number of ideas for possible solutions. By working with your users and experts as well as our own network, we are able to benefit from a multidisciplinary, multicultural setting that can provide a rich and exciting spectrum of impulses.

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Innovation can be generated reliably with the right systematic approach. Design Thinking has been cultivated during the last twenty years and has proven to be effective. We merge the practices of ethnographers and designers with the analytical thinking of engineers and business people to deal with wicked problems. By overlapping three aspects of a question - desirability, feasibility and viability - we provide the foundation for innovative solutions.

strategic innovation

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Design Thinking is the foundation for D-Schools, which are considered the next step in the evolution of business schools. The d.school in Stanford has set a new standard in the education of engineers and MBAs and inspired the establishment of further d-schools around the world. The success of this approach and its importance for organizations has been widely featured in various high-profile business publications. At the very core of design thinking is an open culture of problem solving with a strong focus on people. Users are involved at various points of the process, thus generating solutions that are highly attractive.

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Tell us your story and let‘s take the journey to innovation together. In an initial free consultation, we can discuss your problems and goals and introduce you to our approach. You will then receive our offer customized to your needs. To get an introduction into our methods and deliverables, you can also receive a special workshop package.

reaching innovation

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Would you like to know more? Visit our website for further information about us, our approach and use cases on Design Thinking. If you happen to be in the area, you can drop by for a drink and some engaging conversation. We would love to hear from you.

how to reach us

ingosu Daniel Rother & Açar GbR

Krausnickstrasse 22D - 10117 Berlin

+49.157. 71 46 27 92+49.177. 69 23 [email protected]

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your innovation specialists