Core Innovation Methodology
At Consumer Eyes, we take a flexible approach, customizing a methodology to the needs of each project. But we always build consumer-compelling ideas in stages.
Our core innovation process takes us from initial category and target investigations to insight building and opportunity identification all the way to optimized innovations and strategies.
Core Innovation Methodology
Creative Cultivation Methodology
Exploration & Immersion
Background Data /
Data Search
To ground us in existing brand, target and category data
Creative Stimulus
To inspire the team to creative thinking around project goals
Insight Mining
Tech-enabled research with target consumers to level-set our understanding of relevant consumer behaviors and category perception
Consumer Immersion
Our proprietary process allows us to dynamically explore a category or opportunity area from a wide range of perspectives at once, and combines creative brainstorming exercises and stimulating inputs like trend and cohort presentations, expert interviews, trend tours and more. Learn more about it!
Insight Synthesis & Opportunity Identification
Distilling insights surfaced during our work to date and identifying significant, business-building areas of opportunity. Learn more about our opportunity area output!
Opportunity & Strategy Identification/
Concept Creation
Real-World Check-In/Business Capabilities Review
We assess our emerging platforms and strategies to ensure they answer real-world needs and desires, and align with our clients' corporate guardrails.
Concept Development/Refinement
We bring new product ideas to multidimensional life and then iteratively optimize them through quant and/or qual research. Learn more about our concept creation capabilities!
To refine and build concepts and strategies based on the reactions of target consumers. The number of iterative rounds of consumer input and revision varies to meet the needs of each individual project.
Consumer Input
Recommended Concepts
Optimized concepts ready for validation.


