22nd March, 2021
Connected Internet of Things (IoT) products can help to enable more sustainable outcomes by measuring use, driving...
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Many innovation leaders I talk with are clear on the value of connected products and the Internet of Things (IoT)...
Read more23rd February, 2021
I am currently planning my own house build. I have the plot and outline planning permission granted. I...
Read more02nd February, 2021
Christmas seems like a long time ago, right? So why am I writing about it now, at the end of...
Read more28th January, 2021
Whilst many businesses have found the past year challenging, the healthcare industry has seen an increase in...
Read more18th December, 2020
2020 has been an extraordinary year with extreme disruption, pivots, challenges, and opportunities. As we...
Read more15th December, 2020
Working as a product design engineer I get to enjoy blending creativity, technology, and empathy. I personally enjoy...
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Last week, Maia Sandu, a former World Bank economist, won Moldova's presidential runoff vote. The election was...
Read more03rd November, 2020
At university, I studied a module entitled ‘Chemical Pharmacology’, the science of the development of...
Read more07th October, 2020
Imagine how different our lives would be today if Michael Faraday had not built the first electrical generator...
Read more02nd October, 2020
2020 has brought with it incredible levels of business disruption: COVID-19, Brexit, technology advances, climate...
Read more10th September, 2020
This article was been adapted from the question and answer discussion that followed our July 1st webinar...
Read more20th August, 2020
On Monday 20th April something happened for the first time in history. Oil companies had started having to pay...
Read more11th August, 2020
I spent about a year living in the Bay Area of California, a short drive from a few wonderful national...
Read more04th August, 2020
Watching the daily news briefings from both sides of the Atlantic it is interesting to observe how often leaders can...
Read more02nd July, 2020
Alan and Edwina both have young kids, and throughout this lockdown, there have been some quality Lego...
Read more18th June, 2020
On this day last year, I was in beautiful Florence chairing an innovation masterclass as part of the Front End...
Read more09th June, 2020
What a year to start a new enterprise! In this article, we reflect on some of the big global events that have...
Read more13th May, 2020
So, before we start I really should introduce myself. My name is Martin Miller, an Industrial Design Leader with 20...
Read more29th April, 2020
I was listening to a recent podcast from the usually excellent BBC podcast "More or Less" about...
Read more07th April, 2020
We are super excited about the new home for IEX that we are starting to build; there are some big personalities and...
Read more25th March, 2020
We set up Ignite Exponential to help companies to grow sustainably in increasingly uncertain times. At the founding,...
Read more25th March, 2020
I’ve worked in innovation for more than twenty years using a broad range of innovation tools, processes and...
Read more10th March, 2020
Watching Frozen 2 at the weekend reminded me that I have a confession to make. No, it wasn’t the pretence of...
Read more11th February, 2020
Those that know me will be aware that when I’m not helping companies innovate, I love an outdoor...
Read more13th January, 2020
I just escaped two full-on days at CES2020. Despite my FOMO (fear of missing out), there will be much I...
Read more13th December, 2019
In the UK we have just had a general election. It has been a contentious battle with politics being disrupted as...
Read more28th November, 2019
Ten years ago I was working for a company which developed low power multimedia processors. My role was to design and...
Read more18th November, 2019
This is the third blog by Peter in his series ‘Disruptive Tech’. ...
Read more29th October, 2019
On 6th November, the NEC in Birmingham will open its doors to the Farm...
Read more22nd October, 2019
Companies often desire for a product or service to be ‘intuitive to use’ or incorporate...
Read more07th October, 2019
Coca-Cola’s recipe is one of the best kept trade secrets in the world. Developed by a pharmacist, it has been...
Read more19th September, 2019
‘Radical innovation is becoming normal’ was a recurring theme at this...
Read more12th September, 2019
In this blog, Peter Debenham gives his opinion on the future of the meat industry, and its disruptive lab-grown...
Read more04th September, 2019
People often see idea creation as the most important aspect of innovation. We hear people lament, “if only I...
Read more22nd August, 2019
The classic quote goes: “hard skills get you the interview; soft skills get you the...
Read more14th August, 2019
Imagine this front page heading in your newspaper tomorrow morning: “Electric car sales reach 25%: All...
Read more30th July, 2019
In this blog series, resident IEX Senior Consultant, Peter Debenham, shares his predictions for how certain...
Read more12th July, 2019
Several years ago I had needed to seek the advice of UK doctors and physiotherapists to try to treat a long-standing...
Read more25th June, 2019
The Front End Innovation (FEI) Europe conference was held last week in parallel with the larger ISPIM...
Read more21st June, 2019
This is the final blog of our 5 part Ignite Innovation blog series from the Head of Ignite Exponential, Alan...
Read more19th June, 2019
This is the fourth blog of our 5 part Ignite Innovation blog series from the Head of Ignite Exponential, Alan...
Read more12th June, 2019
This is the third blog of our 5 part ‘Ignite Innovation’ blog series from the Head of Ignite...
Read more06th June, 2019
This is the second blog of our 5 part "Ignite Innovation" series from the Head of Ignite Exponential,...
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This is the first blog of our 5 part "Ignite Innovation" series from the Head of Ignite Exponential,...
Read more30th May, 2019
I led a workshop in Toronto last week exploring the need for strategic innovation and some...
Read more20th May, 2019
This year’s FEI Boston was one of the...
Read more14th May, 2019
Customers have been asking us to solve some of the hardest engineering problems for nearly thirty years. In...
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