Foresight & Innovation

Future growth unlocked – through strategic thinking and cutting-edge technology to create user-centered products, services, and business models.

We explore and empower the new

Innovation drives progress in every industry. But true innovation happens when inspiration meets technology and breakthrough opportunities are created.

Our experts in innovation help you to strategically penetrate future trends and turn them into user-centered products and services. With our diverse expertise - from research and consulting to design and development - we create solutions that seamlessly combine digital, service-oriented and physical product innovations.

As one of the world's leading innovation practices, we support companies through all phases of the innovation process. Together, we develop future scenarios, implement innovation strategies and launch visionary product innovations. With us, you are ideally positioned to actively shape the future.

Our Key Services

Strategic Foresight & Innovation Consulting

We make companies future-ready with our services: innovation strategy, AI-supported innovation, strategic foresight, consulting, coaching, training and corporate venture building. Together, we shape the future of your industry. Through precise analyses and forward-oriented planning, we identify opportunities and minimize risks. Technology and trend scouting as well as in-depth market and user research form the foundation of our work. With our innovation strategy consulting, we develop and implement pioneering concepts and business models - tailored to your goals and challenges.

Product, Service & Business Modell Innovation

In an open innovation ecosystem, we support businesses throughout all stages of product, service and business model innovation. We identify opportunity areas by analyzing genuine user needs, delve into emerging technologies, validate prototypes, and ultimately transform them into tangible products. With co-creation and design-oriented methods, we enable teams to collaborate effectively and solve complex problems. Based on a customer-centric approach, our clients benefit from a global pool of experts who we seamlessly integrate into our innovation activities.

Latest insights

Foresight & Innovation

Digital transformation in the automotive industry

Digital transformation often poses a challenge to historically product-oriented companies, such as automotive manufacturers and suppliers. How can you stay on top of your core business and corporate culture in the fast-moving digital innovation age?

Foresight & Innovation

Innovation in life sciences

Life Science is facing industry-specific challenges when it comes to improve interaction with external ecosystems. The Life Science (LS) sector has shown difficulties in adapting to Open Innovation and the reasons are various.

Foresight & Innovation

XR, AR, VR, MR – What’s the difference?

XR, AR, VR, MR – The supposedly unimpressive abbreviations conceal the treasure they contain. Do you know the abbreviations used in connection with digital realities? What is behind which?

Innovation strategy serves as the foundation for driving innovation in a company, enabling the development of groundbreaking products, expansion into new business areas, and the optimization of processes for long-term success. Our expertise further empowers organizations to streamline and digitize their innovation process, ensuring efficient collaboration and maximizing the impact of their efforts.

DR. GIORDANO KOCH | MANAGING PARTNER, HYVE A QVEST COMPANY

User-centered design is at the heart of what we do, encompassing both smart, phygital and physical products as well as services. By engaging ourselves in research and understanding people's aspirations, we turn insights into tangible solutions. We weave together every interaction to deliver seamless experiences that leave a lasting impact and satisfied customers.

SIMON KINDLER | HEAD OF CONCEPT & INDUSTRIAL DESIGN, HYVE A QVEST COMPANY

What sets us apart – your benefits

Our clients benefit from the combined experience of our partner network throughout the entire innovation process. We combine systematic idea generation, design and testing with the help of prototypes with agile working in every phase of the process.

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End-to-end innovation from strategy to implementation

With our strategic insights, unparalleled expertise, and solid groundwork we enable you to formulate strategies and execute plans to realize your products, services, and business models.

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User-centric mindset

We put the end users for any target group and market first in the development of new and commercially successful solutions, by applying scientifically proven methods and tools.

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Holistic innovation in product, service, & business model

With our diverse skillset, we can create innovations by combining our expertise in digital and physical products, services, and business models to develop the best solution for customers.

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Profound academic research & constant technology exploration

With decades of experience in user-centric innovation, we continuously push the boundaries by constantly exploring new topics and technologies including Sustainability, Artificial Intelligence, and Extended Reality.

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