Have you ever been talking on your cell phone and realized after a few minutes (or more) that no one is on the other end of the line? Well, if you have just invested money in research with consumers and you realize you have been talking to the wrong ones, it is very likely the same feeling.
Don’t risk making a decision in simulation mode where the results look good at first glance but the information presented is not sufficient to make a good decision. Here are four points leaders should consider to make better decisions:
Imagine walking but all you can do is look at your toes – it’s only a matter of time until you bump into something and have to look up. Well, look up because as the top executive of a restaurant concept, it is time to think about the future of the restaurant. How far out are you willing to let yourself think?
The Valen Group has consulted with major global 1000 innovation and brand focused companies and has significant global strategy consulting experience.
The way to solve a complex problem is to break it down into smaller problems that are much more easily solved. However, the first step in problem solving is to identify the problem we are trying to solve. If it isn’t written down and critically discussed, we haven’t completed what we call “Framing the Problem.”
Utilizing innovation and agile, market-learning approaches, Valen discovers whitespace with a transformational innovation opportunity.
Utilizing Valen’s proprietary agile research method, Fusion MethodologyTM for agile product testing to solve an insight problem with a social media platform prototype that the client team was previously unable to prove concept value
Adidas wanted to determine viability for the brand with a strategic partnership to launch in a sports drink category with innovative packaging solution
Chiquita was seeking innovation to help them move away from competing in a commodity market and Valen helped identify and develop a significant new business
Valen to reinvigorate growth for a mature $1B brand a new President had recently been assigned to lead
A premium branded manufacture needed a growth strategy to move from niche market to a larger market but not lose its brand equity and core values
Valen identifies an underdeveloped category for restaurant brand to expand market share
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