Our differentiator
What makes us unique? Concrete ideation
Our clients say we have unique competences to deliver ‘Concrete ideation’. It includes a distinctive ability and behavior to always think creative and conceptual throughout the entire innovation process. Furthermore, Verhaert is capable to make, elaborate and present innovative solutions in the most concrete way.
Verhaert embodies its core competence through:
- Infrastructure and tools to make everything tangible with rapid prototyping and visual thinking
- Combination of skills: 8 labs fueling multidisciplinary teams
- Robust methodology to generate and develop ideas
- Wide range of activities allowing a transfer of best practices and technologies: a cross sectoral ecosystem
TANGIBLE
Visual thinking as key enabler
In a multidisciplinary context, visual thinking is key to connect experts and stakeholders and come to integrated solutions. Over the years Verhaert developed extensive tool kits, development environments and equipment to make the process and the output as tangible as possible in no time.
- Canvasses based toolbox
- Rapid prototyping
- Visualization techniques
MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Combination of skills to manage the sweet spot of innovation
Innovation has become a critical process that should be mastered in performance and delivery. To maximize the innovation potential of your project, you have to take into account the technological, business and human aspects. An integrated approach to implement the viability, feasibility and desirability, will get you to the sweet spot of innovation.
METHODOLOGY
Unique and robust methodology to generate and develop ideas
Strategy driven
Understanding the value drivers/chain by an integrated approach:
- Reliable: open and transparent, predictable and loyal
- Innovative: state of the art, embracing the unknown
- Creative: out of the box and solution oriented
- Entrepreneurial: hands on, engaged and pragmatic
Deliver on added value
Reverse the learning curve
Fail fast, learn last – Manage the unknown – Embrace new insights
Focus on success
Risk management: create options for success based on game changing technology platforms and insights
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER & BREAKTHROUGH INNOVATION
Technology transfer to create unexpected opportunities
- Multi sectorial
- Open platform
- Academic partners
- Access to space technology
BOOKS ON OUR METHODOLOGY
The practice of new products and new business
By Johan Braet & Paul Verhaert
Het verhaal achter Nieuwe Producten
By Koen Verhaert
