a cartoon drawing of a rocket

Product and innovation

We push boundaries to create innovative, intuitive products to help you to increase revenue, grow and retain users, and stand out from the crowd.

Talk to us about product and innovation

Free discovery call
Get in touch

Our product and innovation services

  • Product strategy

  • Product discovery

  • Product solutions

  • Leadership

  • Innovation

  • Training and workshops

  • Vision and strategy

  • Go to market

  • Product roadmap

Cute animated light bulb with a happy face, surrounded by colorful confetti and streamers, with a yellow crescent shape and geometric shapes in the background.

Product and innovation leadership

Turn ideas into viable products that customers want to use

  • Vision, strategy and roadmap creation

  • MVP to scale-up execution

  • Behavioural and AI technology innovation

  • Coaching and aligning multi-disciplinary teams

  • Deliver prototypes to test and experiment with to reduce risk and cost

Cute cartoon depiction of the sun and earth with cheerful facial expressions, surrounded by colorful stars and bursts, on a black background.

Mentorship and team growth

Nurture the talent to drive your business forward

  • 1:1 mentoring for product, UX, and design leaders and teams

  • Friendly and actionable advice to empower anyone to grow and succeed in their career

  • Inclusive team coaching and skill development

  • Guest lecturing and workshop facilitation

Cute illustrated electronic music recording set including headphones, a microphone, a music player, and a recorder, all with expressive faces and pink cheeks.

Podcast hosting, guest speaker or help to set up your own show

Expert help and advice from people who have had radio shows and manage podcasts

  • Get your message out to new audiences

  • Grow your content library

  • Increase brand awareness and thought leadership

Our approach to product and innovation

number 1 with cartoon device and hand

Discover and understand

We begin by getting to know you, your users, your business, and your ambitions.

Focus areas:

  • Product discovery and opportunity framing

  • User research, journey mapping, and persona development

  • Technical landscape and systems review

  • Innovation maturity and gap analysis

  • Stakeholder interviews for product vision alignment

number 2 with cartoon brain and magnifying glass

Strategise and define

We shape the foundation – aligning purpose, goals, and creative direction.

Focus areas:

  • Product and innovation strategy

  • User needs analysis and feature prioritisation

  • MVP definition and roadmap planning

  • Cross-platform experience architecture

  • Value proposition, positioning, and messaging

number 3 with two cartoon mobile devices to show good and bad design

Design, test and iterate

We bring ideas to life through inclusive, accessible design that is continuously tested and refined.

Focus areas:

  • Product prototyping and usability testing

  • Interface design and interaction patterns

  • Innovation testing and proof-of-concept development

  • Accessibility and inclusive design validation

  • UX writing and content strategy for digital products

number 4 with cartoon rocket traveling from one planet to another

Deliver and launch

We build, activate and roll out solutions that connect, convert and scale.

Focus areas:

  • Product build and technical handoff

  • Launch strategy and go-to-market activation

  • User onboarding and retention journey

  • Cross-functional delivery coordination

  • Performance tracking and iteration plans

number 5 with two happy dancing cacti

Support and evolve

We stay with you to measure success, mentor your team, and guide future growth.

Focus areas:

  • Product optimisation and feature evolution

  • Innovation coaching and ideation workshops

  • Design system governance and scaling

  • Growth experiments and A/B testing

  • Strategic advisory for product leadership

Why work with us?

Two women taking a selfie, with one showing peace sign and holding a smartphone, colorful background with flowers and leaves.

You’re not just a client. We partner, listen, challenge and adapt because the goal is to make your business, product and people stand out.

Cartoon of a smiling shopping website interface with a blue shopping basket, pink hearts, a pink speech bubble with yellow stars, a pink money bag with a pound symbol, and several small orange stars in the background.

We bring strategic clarity, inclusive design thinking, and hands-on delivery to transform your product, UX, design, and communication into impactful, user-centred experiences that sell and scale.

Colorful cartoon chameleon with a curly tail and large eye perched on a pink branch, surrounded by orange and pink stars, blue leaves, and a yellow tropical leaf in the background.

Versatility that’s rare. We have 40+ years’ experience working as leaders across many sectors, which means we can adapt quickly, offer a fresh perspective and push the boundaries of possibility.

Cartoon girl with blue hair, sitting in front of a yellow background, forming a heart shape with her hands, surrounded by pink hearts and orange stars.

We’re lean, not bloated. Everything is done with purpose and your customers in mind to create smart, scalable solutions to add value to your business and team quickly.

Black and white logo with a silhouette of a Native American chief wearing a feathered headdress, and the text 'BLAKE MILL' below.

“We're delighted by their work”

Mobile App Development client testimonial

Ken Price, CEO, Blake Mill

Interested in product or innovation - let’s work together

Free discovery call
Get in touch

Product and innovation FAQs

What does ‘innovation’ mean in your context?

We help you to push boundaries by identifying new opportunities, testing big ideas, and creating forward-thinking solutions that bring real business value. We bring a fresh perspective and can think differently about possible solutions to your problems.

Do you run innovation workshops or training?

Yes, we facilitate sessions that help teams think differently, break silos, and rapidly develop new ideas or ways of working.

Can you help us embed innovation in our organisation?

Absolutely, we offer consulting to help build internal innovation capacity, mindsets, and structures.

How do you make sure innovation leads to results?

We combine creativity with strategic alignment, clear success measures, and fast validation cycles. We’re considerate about the feasibility of products and make sure that innovation can be delivered.

What types of companies do you work with?

From start-ups, scale-ups and SMEs to large organisations – anyone looking to grow, evolve or disrupt with purpose.

Do you work on digital products only?

Our focus is digital, but we’re experienced in helping bring both digital and hybrid (physical  digital) products to market.

Can you support product strategy from inception?

Yes, we offer full lifecycle support including product discovery, strategy, roadmap creation and go-to-market planning. We can also help fix and support strategy for existing products and services.

Do you join existing product teams or lead projects independently?

We do both. We can plug into your team, co-create with you, or fully lead a project depending on your needs.

How do you validate product ideas?

We use research, prototyping, and user testing to validate desirability, feasibility and viability before launch.

Do you offer ongoing product support?

Yes, we provide post-launch support, mentoring, and optimisation services to keep your product evolving.

Colorful cartoon vending machine with a spaceship launching from the top, a sign that says 'Now Open,' and a smiling door with a face.

Designed for start-ups

We partner with start-ups at all stages to turn ideas into viable products that customers want to use.

Learn more about how we support start-ups

Our other services

UX

A cartoon yellow megaphone with a smiling face, pink cheeks, and a pink stripe on its funnel. The megaphone is surrounded by colorful icons and symbols, including three speech bubbles with stars and a lightbulb, as well as small orange stars and pink sparkles in the background.

Need help from humans?

We offer a few select 30-minute discovery calls each month for free.

Free discovery call

Read our product blogs

More in the blog