Independent Strategic Innovation & Design Research Agency

Strategic Innovation & Design
TheUnlock
™
Together, we are
Innovation roadblocks are inevitable!
Whether resource constraints, competing priorities, pipeline gaps, process, method, or mindset barriers - or simply too many options - an independent perspective can help bring clarity to move forward.
We blend the creative pace of design thinking with the commercial impact of business growth strategy to explore and structure the foundations for future success.
Through focused collaborations, we will help you to identify and address barriers to innovation progress and build clear paths to apply your team's creativity and expertise to market opportunities.
Services Overview
Strategy, Design & Innovation
Identifying growth opportunities, addressing challenges and priorities, and generating new, people-centred concepts through structured insight and creativity.
Thematic Expertise
Specialist category and sector knowledge across Consumer Packaged Goods, Consumer Technology, Health, Wellness & Personal Care, and FemTech.
Advisory & Leadership
Advisory & NED.
Speaking & Event Moderation
Innovation Capability Training & Entrepreneurship Mindset Coaching.
Collaboration Snapshot
Client Testimonials
2025
"You helped us really question everything about today's world and start with the consumer needs and the basic principles of innovation to build an empirical framework with which to discover and test new ideas and theories"
Innovation Director, R&D, Global Consumer Business - Client Confidential
2025
"You have an excellent facilitation style! Very accommodating, flexible and above all, listened attentively to all inputs"
R&D Team Member, $bn Consumer Brand Owner - Client Confidential
2024
"Ben's experience of fast-moving consumer and health markets, ability to pose the right questions, and skill in structuring and facilitating innovation workshops, has helped us prioritise, achieve consensus, and enabled the team to more effectively align brands, capabilities and technologies with market opportunity"
EVP, European Pharma Business, Client Confidential