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Can you create a continuous and systematic process of getting deep consumer insights to supercharge the innovation process and new product pipeline?

The answer is yes according to these three authors, Thomsen, Govender, and Jacobsen of a new book that describes the current shift toward a new consumer paradigm. At the center of this shift is the episode reconstruction method.

The authors review three methods to generate insights about customers or consumers: the five-step IDEO process, the four-step lead-user process method, and Vivaldi Partners’ DIG or demand-first methodology and episodic reconstruction methodology. They also apply the episodic reconstruction method to help a kitchen accessories company and describe its success use in generating new innovation concepts and ideas.
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Special appearance by Erich Joachimsthaler
at the Marketing & In-
novation Forum Europe
Come and learn "How to Foster Innovation at Your Company".
Also come hear Alex Bogusky, legendary creative power behind the world's most awarded advertising agency CP+B, talk about "Relationships Between People and Brands," or author Steven B. Johnson talk about "Where Good Ideas Come From," and many more leading topics and thought leaders.
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The Conference Board and Vivaldi Partners invite you to join us at Westin Times Square, for 3 days of leading discussions on Corporate Image and Branding!
DIG // Demand-first Innovation and Growth
We put the
Consumer First
Whether through globalization or through better leveraging of the changes in technology, we believe growth comes from identifying opportunities from the Outside-In not the inside out. >>Learn More
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Five lessons on building brand social currency (from Vivaldi Partners SC100+ analysis) on Fast Company! Tell us your thoughts on our SC100+ website.
Read Erich Joachimsthaler’s article in Forbes on Social Sixes, that every brand should care about. And stay tuned for Social Currency Survey 2011!
Join our CEO, Erich Joachimsthaler, Bruce Brown, the CTO of P&G, and other thought and practice leaders at “Singapore Sessions,” discussing how to best enter emerging markets.
Welcome Melody Liu, Philip Ryan, and Dominik Blank, who’ve joined us in the past few weeks! Connect with them or just say hi on our LinkedIn page.
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Conference Board and Vivaldi Partners invite you to join us at Westin Times Square, for 3 days of leading discussions on Corporate Image and Branding!
More than any other firm, we focus on helping our clients in leveraging the opportunities that result from the sweeping impact of the internet on growth, the changing consumer or customer behaviors in today’s times of digital information overflow, and the profound impact of technology on innovation and businesses globally.
Everything we do is driven by the deepest and most profound understanding of customers’ or consumers’ market ecosystem.
James Burr // Head of Product Development
German Yunes // Principal
Paddy Miller // Advisory Board Member
Julia Wolfe // Consultant
Giancarlo Bozza // New Media Strategist
Richard Rolka // Chief Financial Officer
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Dirk Kammerzell // Creative Director
Anne Olderog // Director
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Nick Hahn // Senior Partner
Philip Ryan // Senior Consultant
Christian Wank // Engagement Manager
Rob Straker // Director
Charlotte Ho // Engagement Manager
Raja Gupta // Senior Consultant
Jorge Aguilar // Associate Partner
Andrea Wolf // Partner
Amanda Parra // Consultant
James Ou // Consultant
David Aaker // Advisory Board Member
Erich Joachimsthaler // Managing Partner
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Tammy Tan // Director
Royce Johnson // Associate Director
Andrew Holland // Senior Consultant
Melody Liu // Senior Consultant
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Ulrich Meyer-Höllings // Associate Director
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