ITG Innovation Blog

Tyler Thompson Tyler Thompson

How to Integrate Consumer Insights Into New Product Development

Transform your innovation pipeline by systematically integrating consumer insights into every stage of new product development. Discover how co-creating directly with your target audience empowers your team to build solutions with true speed and substance.

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Monica Grant Monica Grant

Great Innovation Takes Work

Innovation shortcuts are tempting, but they run the risk of producing ideas that look just like everyone else’s. The teams generating concepts that actually move brands forward share one thing in common: they do the work. Here are the four ways to truly show up for innovation, and why ITG is designed to make that commitment less daunting and far more rewarding.

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Tyler Thompson Tyler Thompson

The Importance of Specificity in Innovation

Mass appeal doesn't come from the middle—it comes from the margins. When consumer insights get sanded down through layers of research reports, we lose the messy, specific truths that make innovation possible. The paradox? The more specific you are to one person's deep emotional reality, the more universal your innovation becomes.

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Ideas To Go Ideas To Go

Recognizing Hispanic-Owned Brands

To welcome and celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, we asked some of our Hispanic CCs to detail some of the especially innovative Hispanic-owned brands, products, and artists they love from their own perspectives.

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Ideas To Go Ideas To Go

Consumer Panel: Elevating Black Voices in Innovation

Watch ITG’s Creative Consumers® associates discuss their thoughts on the importance of inclusion and diversity in the innovation process. From the things brands are doing well to represent the black community, to their personal experiences in ITG projects, the insights and thoughtful responses from consumers shed light on the necessary reflections of representation from companies.

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Ideas To Go Ideas To Go

How To Leverage a Consumer Insight

Once you've got great consumer insights, what do you do with them? See how to make the most out of consumer insights to drive effective innovation and marketing.

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