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As an innovation consultant I help
companies in developing new product and
service concepts for new businesses
creating growth.
Filiep Dewitte
Innovation and design consultant
filiep.dewitte@verhaert.com
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What is roadmapping ?
Roadmapping is a powerful technique – pioneered by
Motorola in the 1970s – for planning and
organisation’s technological capabilities to
ensure they meet its commercial or
strategic goals in the future.
The graphical nature of roadmaps support
strategic alignment and dialogue
between functions in the firm and between
organisations
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Flexible approach
Roadmapping is a flexible approach
that can be readily customized to address the
particular strategic needs and issues
facing firms, government agencies and other
organizations.
It allows the development of a shared
vision of your organization’s
future, with identifies the key steps needed to
realize that vision.
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E-bikes take over the role of cars?
New meaning means fundamental growth!
“But how to come to this
opportunity?”
400% growth
In 5 years
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Envisioning
Painting a future use may leads
organizations towards novel
meaning. Often persona’s and
other explorative user centric
techniques are needed.
However, envisioning poses
great challenges to implement.
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Roadmaps are useful tools for :
Strategic and operational decision making and action planning
Improving coordination of activities and resources
Identifying, evaluating and selecting strategic alternatives
Communicating visions to attract resources
Stimulating radical innovation and investigations
Monitoring progress
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We organize roadmap workshops …
In company
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• Input from sales
• Input by user observations
• …To create differentiating products fot the future
Product launch Squaroedge 12 (mid 2013)Observations (mid 2011) Product ideas: Sketches and renders
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Headquarters
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tel +32 (0)3 250 19 00
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MASTERS IN INNOVATION® is a platform set up by VERHAERT to train, stimulate and incubate
you as an innovator.
We provide an extensive training program with different tracks and covering critical areas of new
products and business innovation.
Furthermore we manage the VERHAERT venturing program and organize our Innovation Day, an
annual conference on best practices and insights on new products & business innovation.