Consumer-Driven Innovation
Insight Generation Services
We enable research teams to have meaningful and insightful consumer connections via traditional groups, Consumer Direct groups (team in room), one-on-ones, shop-along visits, home visits, and/or connections via digital/social media platforms. Our goal in the immersion process is to get your team connected so that great insights can open the door to business building opportunities.
Consumer immersions are designed based on project objectives and oftentimes include multiple qualitative methods to ensure the team gets a complete picture of the current/desired consumer experience.
Synthesis Insight & Product Design Maps
Donovan Research Insight & Product Design Maps are synthesis frameworks designed to help teams identify key insights from consumer immersions and understand their significance and/or relationship to one another. These synthesis maps are team created, Donovan Research guided, consumer-driven product and service models. These maps follow a consumer moments of truth model and help to identify white spaces for meaningful innovation.
Types of Synthesis Maps include:
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WHO Target Audience
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Brand Experience/Consumer Journey
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Product/Service Design Requirements
Ideation & Innovation Services
We utilize a flexible innovation game plan (based on the book The Lean Start-Up) that operates on a few simple principles:
1. Learn as a team with personal face-to-face consumer contact.
2. Create an operational model of the consumer journey and needs within your category.
3. Develop hypothesis, innovation boundaries (based on capabilities) and initial prototypes that can enable consumer learning and rapid cycle iterations.
4. Develop a disciplined momentum that keeps the project moving forward at a fast pace.
5. Create a collaborative work environment because it takes a strong team with the right skills, talents and expertise to deliver business building innovation.
ABOUT US
Donovan Research is a consumer-driven innovation company with 30 years of experience in market research, product development, products research and marketing working on over 100 of the worlds leading brands across 20 countries.
Michael Donovan is an insight and innovation expert that is passionate about connecting clients with their target consumers in a meaningful way to help them create business-building solutions. Michael is a "people person" that brings high energy, empathy, authenticity, professionalism, and expert level coaching to every research event and team innovation session.
Experience in the Following Categories
Food & Beverage
Health & Beauty Products
Candy Products
Allergy Care
Analgesics
Automotive Products
Baby Care
Batteries
Bandages & First Aid Products
Business Communications
Pet Food & Treats
Corrective Eye Surgery/Eyeglasses and Contacts
Cleaning Products
Fast Food & Casual Dining
Feminine Care Products
Financial Services
Food Storage Products
Fragrances & Body Sprays
Health Care Services
Home Interior Decorating Products
Gardening Products & Services
Golf Products
Hotels & Resorts
Ice Cream & Desserts
Laundry Products
Nutritional Supplements
OTC Drugs
Pharmaceuticals
Paper Products
Telecommunication Services & Product
Small Business Services
Surgical Devices
