Services to support your innovation journey
How can I support your innovation journey?
Dirty Boots can support your team to move from a Serious Problem to an implemented Tangible Solution. Although every innovation journey is different, a product development process often includes the same 4 phases. Dirty Boots can offer the following services:
Phase 1: A sense of direction
Phase 1: A sense of direction
You see a Serious Problem that needs to be tackled and you may even already have a bright idea for a solution. Or you see an opportunity for a new or renewed product with social, economic and ecological value.
Expressing your sense of urgency or direction by clearly defining a Serious Problem gives the motivation to develop new products and the strength to keep going when the process seems tough.
- Assisting in expressing the problem definition, e.g. with story telling, statistics, quotes, drawings or even videos
Phase 2: Situational awareness
Phase 2: Situational awareness
A deep understanding of the Serious Problem is crucial. This is where our boots will get dirty.
- Analysing and walking along current practises
- Involving (and inspiring!) all relevant stakeholders
- Developing the business model
- Testing assumptions, e.g. with Minimum Viable Products
- Generating product specifications
Phase 3: Tangible Solution
Phase 3: Tangible Solution
Since we’re developing a new product we cannot depend on existing designs and technology only but need to add creativity to the mix. Creating something inventive together, with your feet firm on the ground, is often the most fun yet challenging part of the process.
- Research on technology
- Concept Development
- Product design
- (Electro) Mechanical engineering
- Prototyping and testing
- Safety and Risk management
Phase 4: Implementation
Phase 4: Implementation
A new product in your hands can be breathtaking, though a successful innovation will require several more implementation steps.
- Manufacturing support
- Creating user manuals
- Service and updates procedures
- Developing training methods
- Certification procedures
Creating order in the chaos
Although the steps in an innovation journey seem straightforward, reality shows that many iterations are required to successfully develop a new product. New insights, failing prototypes or changing circumstances can lead to a chaotic process which needs to be managed accordingly.
Hands-on experience of managing the process helps to reduce both the time per iteration and the amount of iterations.