by Frederik Wouters | Apr 8, 2020 | FMCG & consumer, Perspectives
The COVID-19 pandemic seems to be a crisis unlike any other in recent times. Governments and organizations continue to work toward containing and fighting this pandemic, but the growing humanitarian toll is severe. Consumers in lockdown need to stay home and...
by Dany Robberecht | Mar 26, 2020 | Digital innovation, FMCG & consumer, Perspectives, Strategic innovation
In today’s digital economy, the pace of innovation is unrelenting and creates an urgency for companies to transform. With Covid-19 many are now facing weak business models based on transactional revenue streams. Service design, business model design and finding new...
by Lieven Claeys | Mar 17, 2020 | Digital innovation, Perspectives, Product innovation
2016 was the year that the Internet of Things (IoT) entered the mainstream consumer domain with smart thermostats, smart appliances and even smart home solutions. Similarly, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is definitely not new anymore and many company processes are...
by Niels Verleysen | Feb 14, 2020 | Industry & chemistry, Perspectives, Product innovation
AI and big data have been revolutionizing technologies and applications in all industries. Many an article has been written on the fruitful application of AI in the medical sector and the automation sector. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the chemistry...
by Wouter Hendrickx | Feb 5, 2020 | Life Sciences, Perspectives, Strategic innovation
The majority of all medical innovations fail to enter the market due to human rejection. Even though the innovative solution has proven to offer increased efficiency, effectiveness and even cost reduction, the decision maker or end-user is very often not convinced of...
by Dany Robberecht | Dec 2, 2019 | Industry & chemistry, Perspectives, Strategic innovation
GEO living labs can accelerate maritime cooperation between corporations and startup Earth Observation technologies to encourage digitization of maritime systems. Over the last decade, Earth Observation (EO) has grown as more companies and their satellites became...