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"In terms of dealing with the business challenges, PA impressed us with the follow through and the commitment of its people involved in the project."

Dr Graham Ogden, R&D Director, rotork

Transforming innovation performance

PA Consulting Group can help transform innovation performance, by drawing on our long history of technological innovation, accompanied by expertise in organisational change, strategy development and systems implementation.

Innovation is a proven driver of business growth, yet many companies find it difficult to deliver high-value, ground-breaking innovation. They are then left behind by the relentless pace of change and are unable to meet ever-increasing market and consumer demands and expectations. See PA's summary report on Open Innovation.

PA helps companies harness innovation to get ahead, through:

Developing innovation strategies: our proven methodology helps clients define what they want to achieve, the strategy required and then the action plan for implementation. Our insights into technical, market and customer trends, combined with this robust process, provide our clients with high-growth, market-winning innovation strategies.
Improving innovation performance: many companies struggle to deliver on their innovation ambitions. PA’s innovation footprint methodology diagnoses the barriers to success and provides a focus for performance improvement programmes. This reduces time to market, ensures effective management of innovation processes and improves returns on investment.
Implementing open innovation: open innovation (OI) encourages companies to look externally to access new technologies and innovation at a faster rate and lower cost. Our OI service helps our clients to develop a clear strategy for OI and create high-value partnerships. They can then implement new OI processes and tools that enable the whole organisation to become open innovators and deliver cultural and organisational change. See our views on what open innovation means to pharmaceutical R&D and how can it be realised.
Creating an innovation culture: innovation is not just about strategy, process and new technology. Without the involvement of all employees, many companies fail to deliver. PA’s organisational and cultural change expertise helps to remove the obstacles and organisational challenges that hinder innovation.