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What AI, Ecosystems and Product Stories Have in Common
After two inspiring days at ISPIM and the Innovation Conference Board in Granada, I returned with fresh ideas, new connections and renewed confidence in the future of innovation.
A clear theme emerged: innovation isn’t just about technology. It’s about understanding people, anticipating change and communicating ideas in ways that inspire action.
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5 Observations From The Quirks Event London May 2022
Untapped partner, Sally Kemkers attended The Quirks Event in London May 2022. It was her first face to face conference of the season with plenty of familiar and new faces to see. Here are Sally’s five over-arching themes that struck…
Social Listening – How do you hear what’s not being said?
David Oglivy, research and marketing guru from the 1960s wrote: The problem with market research is that people don’t think how they feel, they don’t say what they think, and they don’t do what they say. At Untapped, we often…
10 minutes with… Kimberly-Clark
Untapped Innovation chats with Kimberly-Clark about the story behind Andrex Classic Clean’s award-winning journey from bold idea to Product of the Year.
The simplest way to create good ideas, the Untapped ‘DBD’ Model
How do you come up with a good idea? It’s the number one question that we are asked most often.The simplest way is to remember … DBD: A good idea = Desirable + Believable + Distinctive Desirable Ideas come from…
How To Get The Most Out Of Your Research Agency
A few weeks ago, I wrote about “Setting Up Research For Success” and how in a time and budget constrained environment, clients can best plan their research for maximum return on investment. Collaborating with highly experienced research and innovation expert,…
Setting Up Research For Success
There is increasing pressure on brands to unearth new powerful insight with research that goes deeper, yet budget and time constraints present a challenge. Research methodologies are continually evolving to reveal deeper insight with greater agility, so how can clients…
Magical Stories: 5 Lessons for Innovation
We love how stories are so central to human experiences and how powerful they are in connecting with people. As we all head back to work, school and reality after the summer holiday season, we give you five lessons on…
Inventing Emotional Innovation
In today’s world we know that brands will only be successful if they connect emotionally with their users. This is more straight forward for markets that create an obvious and close bond with consumers such as fashion or travel, but…
Innovation Gym: A new way to improve your Innovation Skills
Innovation is all about seeking out new and better ways to do things. So when it came to creating our innovation training, we also looked for new and better ways….asking ourselves how we could help clients build innovation skills, even…
Rob Morgan Delves Into Academic Theories On Innovation
We were delighted for Rob Morgan, Sir Julian Hodge Chair and Professor of Marketing & Strategy, to join us on our recent Innovation Gym Webinar. His academic insight into the world of asset mining is fascinating. We’ve pulled together some…
What’s New In Human Insight Methodologies?
The world moving online over the past year has necessitated innovation in market research methodologies. With digital techniques already prominent in every researcher’s toolbox, there was a broader need to adopt and accelerate online methods that capture actual human behaviour…
Why Innovation Teams Should Untap Existing Assets To Enrich Future Projects.
Our recent Innovation Gym webinar explored the topic of Asset Mining with guest speakers Rob Morgan and Dr Youmna Mouhamad. Here at Untapped, we typically define Asset Mining as a process that takes teams back through existing knowledge-based assets before…
