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Structure & Processes


Structure and processes shape how organisations move from idea to outcome. We help build the setup that enable innovation to work.

As businesses explore new ways of working, it's essential to create an environment that fosters collaboration, flexibility, and accountability as well as processes that allow to act, connecting early insights to real-world outcomes. Traditional hierarchies often don’t fully support cross-functional collaboration and agile decision-making, so it’s important to design a structure that enables this. Many organisations struggle to balance exploration and execution: A modern innovation process shapes how customer needs are understood, teams collaborate, and solutions move from concept to business.

Our Approach

We help you design organisational structures and build agile, scalable innovation processes that support your innovation goals. Whether you’re building a central innovation function, launching an innovation lab, or aligning cross-functional roles, we collaborate with you to create frameworks that drive meaningful innovation. We close the gap between agile teams and core business units by creating clear governance points and hybrid operating models that enable smooth transitions, clarifying responsibilities, decision-making, and resource flows.

The Result

An innovation-driven organisation with clear roles, streamlined decision-making, and a structure that enables teams to work seamlessly together - driving faster, more effective innovation.

STAGES
01
Clarify Innovation Goals & Operating Model

Define the role of innovation and align it with your strategic direction.
We design operating models that clarify decision rights, interfaces and resource flows.

02
Define Governance, Roles & Responsibilities

Establish clear structures for who leads, funds and advances innovation.
We enable accountability, speed and cross-functional alignment.

03
Design and Roll Out Core Innovation Processes

Build tailored innovation processes - from idea generation to incubation and scaling.
We embed them into daily operations and empower teams with tools, training and feedback.

04
Build Enabling Infrastructure & Continuous Support

Set up systems that keep innovation adaptive - labs, platforms, review cycles and learning loops.
We ensure that innovation doesn’t just start - it sustains.

Stages

Set up your innovation structure and processes. From defining goals to building enabling infrastructure.

01
Clarify Innovation Goals & Operating Model

Define the role of innovation and align it with your strategic direction. We design operating models that clarify decision rights, interfaces and resource flows.

02
Define Governance, Roles & Responsibilities

Establish clear structures for who leads, funds and advances innovation. We enable accountability, speed and cross-functional alignment.

03
Design and Roll Out Core Innovation Processes

Build tailored innovation processes - from idea generation to incubation and scaling. We embed them into daily operations and empower teams with tools, training and feedback.

04
Build Enabling Infrastructure & Continuous Support

Set up systems that keep innovation adaptive - labs, platforms, review cycles and learning loops. We ensure that innovation doesn’t just start - it sustains.

HOW WE HELP

Work with us on your innovation setup & processes through different service offerings.

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LET’S TALK

Let’s talk about your innovation setup.
Whether you're scaling pilots, building labs or enabling collaboration - we support the structures that make innovation happen.

Prof. Dr. Christoph Wecht

Managing Partner