Developing products, businesses & people
From idea-creation to manufacturing, we work with you to develop products, build your business and support the people who deliver.
Our team is accessible, with large-company pedigree and small company agility, focussed on working with you to deliver high value results in innovation, products, business and team performance.
We bring highly experienced people with cross-sector knowledge and high ethics who strive to provide the highest quality of service and solutions for you. We collaborate with you and our network to understand your needs and develop solutions that meet those needs.
When we bring our three propositions together, the magic really happens.
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TECHNOLOGY & PRODUCTS
Our core is in technology and product development, including electronics, mechanics and software and services around those such as manufacturing and quality systems. We work in physical sciences too.
Working across sectors cross-fertilises innovation and solutions.
We:
support ideation and development, through to manufacturing scale-up, product launch and through-life maintenance
identify and develop innovative ideas to change your business
translate ‘technology-speak’ into ‘business-speak’
find development partners, or develop products with you
run technical projects with an eye on the business and market needs
roadmap development programmes to match budgets and revenue timescales.
We deliver concept designs, demonstrators, rapid prototypes, detailed designs, design-for-manufacture, tool-design and test systems.
We:
identify suitable manufacturing partners and supply chains and support New Product Introduction, NPI
carry out technical reviews, feasibility studies and offer project management or direction
set up and audit quality systems and design to medical and explosive standards
optimise R&D efficiency, including managing innovation funnels and Intellectual Property generation/ commercialisation.
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BUSINESS
We strive to improve your business performance using our experience of innovation, product development and technology commercialisation - from identifying a market need, to developing a business model, to implementation of processes and support.
We:
develop business and marketing strategies, processes and organisational structure
roadmap your product development programme to match market needs, technical capability, financial resources and revenue requirements; from concepts, to a Minimum-Viable-Product (MVP) and to the end of the rainbow
carry out market studies
develop an organisational structure to deliver your strategy, aligned to company size, skillsets and growth expectations
develop strategies for growth, develop sales and operational funnels (we recently took 23 companies through the Help-to-Grow programme)
review and optimise your R&D function to provide a healthy funnel of new ideas for your existing or new markets
review and implement quality systems and standards to deliver better business results
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PEOPLE
Your individuals and teams are crucial to making your business a success.
From identifying the skills required to deliver your technology and business strategy, to organisational design, recruitment, career development and retention, we help you organise to win.
We work with you to define your mission, vision and values and engrain them into your culture.
Our Level 7 qualified coaches and mentors train, mentor and facilitate at all levels.
We use the latest psychometric profiling tools to build and optimise team performance and aid recruitment.
Whatever your company size, we optimise your team and resources to deliver results.
Our Values
We deliver superior quality, high integrity services to help you and your business to succeed.
We are a small, accessible consultancy led by Steve Watts, with a team of people linked by our values and desire to solve challenges to make the world a better and sustainable environment for all forms of life.
We are honest and trustworthy with everyone we deal with. We strive to deliver excellence with everything we do. We constantly look for innovative solutions to our clients’ challenges. We collaborate with clients and partners to fully understand their needs and develop solutions to meet those needs. We treat everyone with equal respect and dignity and encourage equality, diversity and inclusion.
We work across sectors to cross-fertilise ideas and improve your performance by considering your business, technology and people needs alongside their environment and social impacts. We deliver small company agility with large company pedigree.
We thrive on solving real-world problems using technology and innovation. We truly strive to build a better world