Innovation Consulting
Impulse Partners is reinventing the strategy consulting model by integrating the driving forces of innovation that are fuelling the transitions ahead: innovation labs, start-up investment, entrepreneurship, third places, new studio offerings, etc.
Enlightening, guiding, accelerating, implementing
Since 2011, Impulse Partners has been providing its expertise in strategic and operational innovation consultancy to support major groups, professional organisations, local authorities, SMEs and start-ups.
- Strategic studies and benchmarks: providing input for our customers' thinking on new issues: biomaterials, water issues, artificial intelligence, digitalisation, decarbonisation, etc.
- Strategic planning: helping managers to define and implement their strategic roadmap.
- Innovation organisation: identifying key success factors and proposing processes and governance for innovation.
- Open innovation systems: equipping the company with new tools to create value beyond its historical model (start-ups, corporate ventures, entrepreneurship, spin-offs, innovation hubs, etc.).
‘We support both business experts and ExComs in defining their innovation strategy.
Jérôme Pasquier
Partners - Impulse Partners
Consulting services
Innovation Governance
Advice to senior management, strategic alignment and direction.
Research, benchmark and case studies
Mapping stakeholders and solutions internationally, comparing with peers to better position and strengthen the impact.
Market study
Anticipating business potential and improving performance.
Innovation roadmap
Providing strategic advice, expertise, methodologies, pace and ad hoc resources to manage innovation projects.
Open-innovation consulting
Innovate collectively and create special relationships with start-ups.
Investments, Acquisitions, Due diligence
Define objectives, framing the investment approach, set up an investment plan, explore opportunities...
Corporate Accelerator programs
We leverage on our extensive knowledge of corporate-startup collaboration to support our clients willing to engage in start-up challenges, incubators, accelerators, investment funds...
A strong experience of city sectors and innovators
Our experience in innovation consulting is based on solid knowledge of the construction, infrastructure, industry, energy and real estate sectors. Our analyses are enriched by our knowledge of the key players and innovators in the value chain.
Listening for signals
Interviews with employees, international benchmarks, exchanges with stakeholders and start-ups.
Analyze and compare
Synthesize findings and strategic orientations, enrich them through interaction with decision-makers and stakeholders, and draw up recommendations for action.
Accelerate and implement
Accompaniment in implementing actions, design assistance, facilitation of experimentation, animation of internal innovation dynamics, production and dissemination of content.
Measure and reinforce
Importance of Key Performance Indicators, assessment and feedback.
A multidisciplinary team and unique sector knowledge
For each project, we assemble a dedicated team of consultants and experts, bringing together international talents with a wide range of skills. Our multi-disciplinary team excels in specific fields such as innovation management, strategy, marketing, engineering, architecture and entrepreneurship.
We have a strong background in the urban sectors, and many of our employees come from these backgrounds: particular attention is paid to the diversity of profiles and personalities in our team.
Find out more about our business sectors
They trust us
Air Liquide
Advice and recommendations for the refurbishment of the Saclay R&D laboratory.
Saint-Gobain
Identify opportunities for a Group entity's water strategy by referencing pioneering countries in water management, best practices and the positioning of other players in the value chain.
GSE
Explore market opportunities and strategic positioning in the renovation sector (market analysis, benchmarking, recommendations).
Orano - Circular economy market study
A Europe-wide study of all the ecosystems (funds, universities, laboratories, etc.) providing circular economy solutions for industry and filtering for Orano's businesses.
setec international
Raison d'être and corporate project. Support for setec international in defining its raison d'être and writing a 3-year strategic plan.
Testimonials from our clients and partners
‘Impulse Partners is both consulting and something very pragmatic.‘
‘Thanks to Impulse Partners, we're tuned in to market trends, new businesses, new activities.‘
"Impulse Partners has a fresh look in a very conservative industry, a young and innocent look but without certainty or arrogance.
Impulse has helped us a great deal to make progress on issues such as carbon footprinting, strategic animation and development in the energy field, concretes of the future, and also partnership projects with start-ups in the property sector and industries related to the construction trades. We appreciate their know-how and they know how to speak the language of builders, developers, architects and customers. We value their interpersonal skills, and they know how to speak the language of builders, developers, architects and customers."
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If you need help structuring your innovation strategy, accelerating its implementation, or acculturating your employees, contact us!