IDEO

• IDEO primarily focuses on developing consumer experiences for consumer-facing projects. IDEO works with 26 different types of organizations. These include organizations in the digital, educational, environmental, financial, government, food and beverage, health and wellness, hospitality and transport industry.

• IDEO believes in diversity in all aspects and sees it as a mandatory component in each design challenge. IDEO's design thinking philosophy is based on being people-centered and even as their methods evolve in response to new challenges, they are always designing solutions for people first.

• The company's innovation methodology as is aimed towards design thinking, which is their strategy and approach to viewing the world. The aim of this design thinking strategy is to enable IDEO to approach problem solving by stimulating a beginner's mind.

• IDEO clients include Google, Levis, Ford, Mattel, Swarovski, and Kate Spade New York. A list of case studies of companies they have worked with can be found here.

frog

• Frog design specializes in eight different sectors, which are transportation, consumer products, financial services, healthcare, social impact, mobile and telecom and retail.

• Frog primarily focuses on emotion; they strive to create the world as it should be, which results in experiences that people love.

• They look beyond point solutions and apply design in order to create new strategies, complex ecosystems and at times new businesses. Frog also integrates new capabilities and platforms for designs and intelligent systems including virtual reality, and artificial intelligence.

• Frog client portfolio includes Sony, Apple, Disney, Porsche, TouchTunes, British Telecom, Supersonic, Tuesday Capital, Lumen, Heatworks, Hyundai and General Electric. The entire client list can be found here.

?!What if Innovations

• ?!What if industry of focus is automotive, consumer goods, energy & utilities, financial services, food & beverage, healthcare, non-profit, retail, social and travel & hospitality.

• The company analyzes new growth contracts for organizations and then develop strategies for the potential futures by collaborating with leaders to establish the vision and goals. They aim to understand all the possible upcoming contracts and take into consideration and possible issues that may affect these contracts. These necessary precautions allows ?!What if to remain consumer-centric.

• ?!What if Innovation methodology focuses on experimental change, experimental strategy and experimental innovations. Their aim is to transform a culture by applying the practice of experimentation to de-risk change, unlock human potential and future proof organizations.?!What if Innovation strategy is to make financial contracts practical and actionable by using experimentation to create a dynamic, de-risked strategy for growth. They are also focused on inventing new products, businesses and services by using experimentation to de-risk bigger, bolder solutions and accelerate them to market.

• ?!What if Innovation client portfolio includes AB InBev, Millicano, Ikea, Steinway & Sons, KFC, Easy Jet, Cialis and Pfizer. Case studies can be found here.

LIVEWORK STUDIO

• The industries of focus for Livework Studio are the automotive, education, energy, financial services, government, healthcare, hospitality, information technology, insurance, manufacturing, media, retail, technology, telecom, and transport industry.

• Livework Insight is composed of a group of designers, researchers, consultants and psychologists who work towards keeping Livework at the forefront of the service design practice and discipline. Livework seeks to understand where organizations are struggling to serve customers and investigate how services can make a positive difference to both.

• Livework Studio has codified 15 years of its experience, "making internal knowledge tangible and complementing external validation and inputs." In doing so, the company has built models for its consulting practice and has conducted research to come to new insights. The company works with its clients to understand their challenges and move beyond them through close follow-up, well-defined designs, and clear communication.

• Livework's client portfolio consists of more than 50 companies or organizations which include Ford, Adidas, London Underground, Public Health England, Ultimaker, Mustad, Amsterdam City Council, Gjensidige, Kone, and E.On.

FABERNOVEL INNOVATE

• The industries of focus for Fabernovel Innovate are the banking and insurance; energy and utilities; fashion; food and beverage; healthcare and life sciences; industrials and manufacturing; internet, software & IT; luxury; media and entertainment; mobility; professional services; public sector and NGO; real estate and construction; retail; travel and hospitality; and well-being and beauty industry.

• Fabernovel Innovate is developing its very own model similar to that of a talent company comprising various designers, analysts, developers, data scientists, change-makers, and finance specialists, among others.

• Fabernovel Innovate works with its clients to "invent, craft, code, launch, and coach in a tangible, tailored and pragmatic way" while ensuring that the company meaningfully impacts clients’ talents, business, and image.
• With a team of leading experts, the company uses unique methodologies to shape the future of its client's company or industry.

• Fabernovel Innovate has a client portfolio consisting of more than 250 clients. Some clients in its portfolio are Hachatte Livre, La Poste, Biomerieux, Bourjois, BNP Paribas, Caisse des Depots Groupe, Bottega Verde, Carolina Herrera, FNAC Darty, and Docadom.

FAHRENHEIT 212

• The industries of focus for Fahrenheit 212 are the automotive and mobility; energy and industrials; retail and commerce; non-profit and public sector; communications, media and entertainment; consumer products; financial services and insurance; travel and hospitality; healthcare and life sciences; and private equity industry.

• Fahrenheit 212 has diverse talents and takes a two-sided approach to innovation.
• The company provides the infrastructure its clients need for a sustainable innovation culture with offerings ranging from capabilities to processes, from talent to funding.

• Fahrenheit 212 develops long-term innovation road maps together with its clients. These road maps identify strategies and build the foundation for innovation within a corporation.
• The company has a broad range of disciplines and capabilities to be able to solve its clients' ever-evolving challenges.

• Fahrenheit 212 has a client portfolio consisting of approximately 80 clients. Some clients include Advent International, Audi, Bain Capital, Buffalo Wild Wings, BRP, Catterton, Citi, CocaCola, Cox Communications, and Diageo.

RESEARCH STRATEGY

DOBLIN

• Doblin is a global innovation firm that helps clients across a variety of industries to innovate by combining "leading business experience, user research, and a design-led approach."
• They work by using a rigorous, interdisciplinary approach to help organizations solve complex problems and thrive in the midst of constant change. They combine technology, design, social science and strategy to reveal opportunities and stimulate ongoing growth.
• Their innovation methodology involves helping organizations do the following: set innovation strategy through exploration alongside senior leaders; become better innovators through the empowerment of talent and executive leadership with the right tools; and design, build and launch innovations by working with clients to gain insights that will grow "businesses based on real customer needs, new technical possibilities, and business viability."
• Their client portfolio includes Adidas, American Express, Barclays Africa, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Humana, National Australia Bank and Scandinavian Airlines, among others.

INSITUM

• Insitum is global strategic innovation consulting firm that helps clients (startups, Fortune 500 companies and public sector institutions) to solve "complex and often ambiguous problems" through the creation of human-centered experiences, services, brands and products.
• They work by using people-centered approaches and a "deep understanding of human behavior" to design solutions for growth and transformation. Their multidisciplinary team collaborates by integrating expertise in research, strategy and human centered design and working side-by-side with clients to empower them and help them establish an internal culture of innovation.
• Their innovation methodology involves "employing a variety of agile, design thinking methods grounded in behavioral science, ethnographic research and business strategy." Their services include strategic research, brand strategy, product definition, service design, healthcare innovation, organizing for innovation, social innovation, digital strategy and continuous innovation.
• Their client includes Abbott, Toshiba, Unilever, Bosch, Pinterest, CocaCola, Microsoft, Panasonic, PayPal and Uber, among others.

BOARD OF INNOVATION

• Board of Innovation is a consulting firm that makes corporates innovate, think and work like startups.
• They work by "adopting a mindset of experimentation and stimulating transparency and open feedback." They promote entrepreneurship; challenge themselves and others to constantly raise the bar; believe in helping others and promoting freedom; are open-minded and straightforward; and promote learning every day.
• Their innovation methodology involves cross-pollination, where they apply business models from one industry to a model in another industry. They help businesses by creating innovation statements, building a focused innovation portfolio, designing innovation plans, assessing organizations' innovation culture, evaluating innovation capabilities, and providing playbooks of innovation tools.
• Their client portfolio includes Total, KLM, GE, Novartis, TD Bank, Adidas and Roche, among others.

KT CONSULTING

• KT Consulting is an emerging consulting firm whose client roster and industry focus are largely US government organizations.
• Specifically, KT Consulting's client portfolio includes the US Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Interior, Transportation, Treasury and Veterans Affairs.
• The DNA of the KT Consulting team is reflected in its relatively small size, with only seven manager-level consultants, including the founder and President.
• Notably, three out of the seven managers are veterans, and all of KT Consulting's team have extensive experience working with security companies and/or the US government.
• Additionally, KT Consulting's DNA centers around managers that are all well seasoned, with the current roster boasting between 10 to 40 years of relevant experience each.
• Although KT Consulting offers services across program management, management consulting, engineering services, scientific services and ISO standards, it appears that the company's largest source of work and experience is in program management.
• Specifically, the company's innovation work in the area of program management revolves around the deployment of a "proprietary web-based" project management system, as well as established methodologies for everything from "organizational effectiveness" to "mission capacity expansion."

ZERO360 INNOVATION

• Zero360 is an innovation-centric consulting firm whose client roster is primarily comprised of German companies, and whose industry focus is broad-based, ranging from public and private sector clients, as well as across the consumer goods, transportation, retail and pharmaceuticals industries, among others.
• Specifically, Zero360's client portfolio includes BVG, Daimler, Kaufland, Lufthansa, SAP and Braun.
• The DNA of the Zero360 team is somewhat eclectic, comprised of 23 core consultants, four sounding board partners and a "digital transformation network."
• A review of team profiles and recruiting information suggests that the DNA of the innovation consultants centers around just that, innovation, alongside the bravery, imagination and inspiration to seek new solutions and challenge existing assumptions.
• While the consultancy's innovation methodology is also somewhat eclectic and undefined, Zero360 consultants deploy a variety of concrete tools and methodologies including process and culture assessments, strategy and transformation plans, employee coaching and training and implementation plans, among others.

INNOLEAPS

• Innoleaps is an innovation-centric consulting firm with an emphasis on "the startup way."
• The consultancy has a robust list of international clients as well as a broad-based industry focus, including in the areas of banking, energy, technology, consumer goods and consulting, among others.
• Specifically, Innoleaps's client portfolio includes P&G, Heineken, McKinsey & Company, ABN Amro and Thales.
• The DNA of Innoleaps stems of its 25 consultants, including its two serial entrepreneur founders.
• Innoleaps DNA generally centers around a startup mentality, and builds on the lessons from the founder's prior venture, Startupbootcamp, as well as the parallel organization, The Talent Institute.
• Innoleaps offers a variety of services, ranging from venture building to launching new products, by using its underpinning "Lean Transformation Framework" approach.
• Notably, the "Lean Transformation Framework" methodology emphasizes the entrepreneurial mindset, both in rapidly identifying and deploying opportunities at low cost, as well as in transitioning the "agile mid, skill and toolset" of the entrepreneur to the client organization.

WHATAVENTURE

• Whataventure is a team of innovation experts that focuses on corporates, helping them to innovate like startups. 
• They work by applying "validation-driven, result-oriented, and scalable" processes to organizations. Their processes have been created in collaboration with international universities and leading accelerators; and enhanced by what they learned through their support of over 2,000 corporate innovation teams and startups.
• Their innovation methodology combines startup agility and corporate power. Whereas startups require access to markets, know-how and infrastructure, corporates require new services and products for them to stay relevant and competitive. Whataventure has a large worldwide startup database, and finds those in each corporate's search field.
• Their client portfolio includes Swarovski, Audi, Porsche, Bosch, Caritas, Startup Live, University of Mannheim and Hawaii Pacific University, among others.

ENGINE GROUP

• Engine Group is a consulting firm that focuses on providing marketing solutions and services to businesses.
• They work by "collaborating seamlessly with the partners, tools and data systems" that businesses already rely on, to help them measure upcoming growth opportunities, convince consumers to buy their products, or increase their return on marketing spend.
• Their innovation methodology combines traditional market research with cutting-edge products to give businesses an all-round view of their markets, employees and customers. They also design brand experiences using modern media and platforms to ensure they reach the right audiences at the right time, and they build custom media strategies and solutions to drive business growth. In addition, they use marketing technology solutions to "drive traffic and boost revenue."
• Their client portfolio includes LA Clippers, Red Bull, Snapchat, HBO, Google, Vans, Nike, Soulcycle, Jagermeister and Liberty Mutual, among others.

SI LABS GMBH

• SI labs GmbH supports companies in transforming to innovative organizations by developing fresh digital services with innovative business models.
• They work by providing service innovation as well as business transformation. They develop end-to-end innovations that are technically feasible, desirable for users and profitable for companies; and enable companies to "build appropriate processes and structures for innovation systems and help to identify and empower intrapreneurs."
• Their service innovation methodology is as follows: they look into market environments and technical possibilities then develop the strategic vision; identify user problems and look for solution options from other industries; create solution options and develop prototypes; simulate reality and investigate the behavior of real users; and launch the MVP in the market and learns from real life experiences.
• Their business transformation methodology is as follows: they analyze the innovation maturity of an organization; orchestrate the transformation; develop new and innovative services together with the organization's team; customize processes that make innovation reproducible in the organization; and scale the processes by testing them to a larger part of the organization.
• Their client portfolio includes Audi, Volkswagen, Zürich, Bla Bla Car and Dräger, among others.

INNOVATION BOOSTER

• The company does not mention any industry of focus. Based on the clients and case studies provided on the website, the industries they've worked with include insurance (Interamerican), financial services (ING), health (Noordhoff Health), staffing (Adecco), energy (Eneco), flowers (Flora Holland), and food & beverage (Heineken). This is only a sampling of the companies and industries.

• According to the company jobs page, they work with internal client teams to develop new processes, services, and products.
• The focus is on teaching the clients to "do" rather than doing it for them. Clients learn a new way of working.
• Often working with the initial client team leads to teaching more employees the new way of working as well.
• Boosters (as employees are known) design innovative experiments that are then tested with data to help clients develop innovative ways to work.

• The company innovation method is called Entrepreneurial Innovation. This is a combination of elements from Design Thinking, Lean Startup, and Agile Scrum.

• Allianz
• Blue Sky Group
• Euler Hermes
• Eurobank
• Holland Casino
• LeapFrog
• NIBC Direct
• OMV Petrom
• PGGM
• Seaway Heavy Lifting
• UNICEF
• Unilever

SKETCHIN

• Sketchin has worked with over 200 global companies and they fall within a wide range of industries: publishing, tourism, sport, agriculture, energy, banking, telecommunications, radio/TV, healthcare and automotive.
• Of the projects shown on the website, banking, publishing, and tourism are the industries represented most often.
• The company also states that employees do not specialize in any particular industry.

• Sketchin believes that work is better when people work in teams, so all projects are assigned to multidisciplinary teams that follow it from start to finish.
• The teams are agile and are inspired by the Scrum methodologies in their work. The focus is on collaboration, empowerment, and quality.

• According to the company manifesto, their innovation focus is on the customer experience. People are at the core of what they do and the goal is to give people an experience that is beyond what they expected.
• When a person has a positive experience it improves lives, surprises people, and is simple.

• Allianz
• Iren
• Luxottica
• Benetton
• Nike
• Vonaphone
• Sky
• Samsung
• Red Bull
• Dreamboard
• SAP
• Epson

LEAP

• Leap consulting offers IT consulting services for businesses, professional services, mining services, non-profits, and engineers.

• Company employees are expected to be "committed to always having respect, honesty, operating with integrity and being loyal."
• Teams work with clients and are expected to be leaders, putting the needs of the team and clients ahead of personal needs.
• All employees are expected to provide sparks of knowledge that help move a project toward conclusion.

• Leap created a unique engagement model that focuses on people, process, management, and technology.
• The process begins with measuring staff capabilities to see how they compare to other companies. Staff surveys allow for recommendations on how to keep staff engaged and happy.
• Even if a company has unsuccessfully attempted to make changes to the way things are done in the past, bringing in an unbiased third party can provide the necessary momentum to get processes changed so they are more efficient.
• By taking over the management of the technology, Leap frees up management to focus on their areas of expertise.
• Finally, Leap identifies the best tech model for companies based on their size, industry, experience, and goals.

• Leap Consulting does not provide client information on their website. 
• The company does provide one case study for a client called Galvin's. However, this can only be fully accessed by providing contact information.
• To locate other clients, we scanned the company's social media pages including Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Unfortunately, this did not provide any additional information.
• We did find three additional clients by looking for reviews of Leap's consulting services: MODAL, White Chalk Road, and Byblos Group. Since all of these reviews were two years old, we have no way of knowing if they are still clients.
• Our research indicates that Leap does not publicly name their clients.

DESIGNIT

• Designit works in various sectors, including healthcare, finance, IT, telecommunications, automotive, and consumer goods.
• The company offers integrated strategic design and innovation services, including product design, service design, and experience design, with an emphasis on mobile digital media and business design.

• Designit produces meaningful experiences for individuals enabled by technology, and they generate strong business value for its clients.
• The company works in cross-disciplinary teams, involving clients and end-users in the design process as they believe that co-creation is the most reliable means to obtain a complete view of the requirements of businesses, stakeholders, and customers.
• Designit operates together from ideation to application, to provide a positive impact for individuals, as well as bottom lines.

• The company links deep technology competencies, an interactive, competent Future Customer Journey methodology, future trends, world-class design capabilities, as well as user and business insights to transport projects through validation, prototyping, and feedback loops.
• They have crafted a reliable Strategic Design Process that extends beyond category and dissolves silo-restricted rational to develop brand-new, meaningful experiences that satisfies client's expectations.

• Smukfest (Skanderborg Festival), Sandvik, Lufthansa, Grandhood, Mahindra and Mahindra, Max Healthcare, Ferrovial, Satselixia, Nykredit, Celsia, United Airlines, Operasjon Dagsverk, Google, Molslinjen among others.

FJORD

• Fjordnet specializes in developing digital services and experiences that engage consumers across various platforms.
• The company markets its services to a wide range of industries worldwide, including entertainment, finance, telecom, travel, and retail.

• Fjordnet uses the combined skills of multi-disciplinary teams to take on their customers’ challenges, and utilizes creative visual designers, business strategists, technologists, interaction designers, content designers, data designers, and forward-thinking developers.
• The company utilizes a collaborative method, where each individual provides contributions, and commemorates breakthroughs together.
• They also depend on diverse experiences and viewpoints and seek to gain insight from others.

• The company has a three step approach for its innovation:
• Design-led Strategy: In this approach, they progress business value "by pivoting service, product or entire organization, with people held firmly at the heart."
• Service Design: They visualize and create services that clarify the intricate for workers and consumers, and that function across various touchpoints.
• Product Creation: Fjordnet structures, develops, and introduces connected and digital products that provide impact.

• Natwest, LOOC, MSF, Auris Health, Good Return, Accenture, Joy, Unilever, Lynk, Velux, Sensis, Piraeus Bank, among others.

IDEA COUTURE

• Idea Couture offers consulting and advisory services and provides clients with the capabilities to craft organizational transformation, internal innovation, and design thinking.
• The company works across industries like technology, health, energy, consumer-packaged goods, fashion, finance among others.

• Idea Couture employs design thinking methodologies to resolve issues and take advantage of business opportunities, helping to create economic value, meaningful differentiation, and new growth.
• For every project, they supply the correct configuration of expertise, practices, tools, and skills, while modifying their method to satisfy the particular needs of clients.
• The company works with organizations "from the fuzzy front-end from conducting research, identifying opportunities, and generating ideas all the way through to concept development, design, implementation, and roll out."

• Idea Couture organizes perspectives that are intelligent and future-oriented, which governs critical decision-making, drives innovation, and influences strategic planning.
• The company employs a transdisciplinary crew, which consists of data scientists, strategists, designers, anthropologists, engineers, and futurists, and allocates suitable talent, while adjusting its process to satisfy the distinct prerequisites and measurements of each project.
• Idea Couture tries to comprehend the downstream requirements and the core foundations of the business hurdles and opportunities and addresses and tells stories that connect to the central business objects and produce excellent, persuasive content that is capable of influencing audiences to action.

• Abbvie, UCB, HTC, Samsung, Purina, Folgers, Tyson

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GREAT FRIDAYS/EPAM

• In 2014, Great Fridays was acquired by EPAM. Therefore, this data is for EPAM.

• EPAM works with the following industries: financial services; media, entertainment and telecom; business information systems; retail & distribution; software & hi-tech; travel & hospitality; life sciences & healthcare; energy & utilities; automotive & manufacturing; and insurance.

• "We deliver business and technology transformation from start to finish, leveraging agile methodologies, proven customer collaboration frameworks, engineering excellence tools, hybrid teams and our award-winning proprietary global delivery platform."
• EPAM has the following focus when working with clients: "scale up and scale out;" customer collaboration; hybrid teams; industrialized digital; engineering speed and quality; and "open is the new advantage."

• EPAM does not specifically focus on an innovation methodology. Since this was not the original company of interest, that likely explains the information not being available.

•  Avgust 
•  Hilti Corporation
•  New Era 
•  Fastweb 

ACCENTURE

• Accenture focuses on a wide variety of industries including automotive, banking, energy, retail, travel, and utilities.

• Accenture's experience has found that the keys to turning innovation into growth is being change-oriented, outcome-led, and disruption-minded. They work with companies in these areas.
• Accenture has established 10 Innovation Hubs in the U.S. and this is where they have "multidisciplinary teams of designers, developers and other technology experts who work with clients to investigate, imagine and bring to life new ideas."

• Accenture's methodology is called innovation architecture. There are few details available on exactly what the process is, but according to the website, "Lightning, bottled. How do innovative ways of thinking deliver disruptive ways of winning? We take you from research to results. Then we do it all again."
• Based on that quote, it appears that Accenture focuses on research as the basis of innovation.

•  Ninety-two of the Fortune 100 companies are clients of Accenture. Additionally, more than 75% of the Fortune 500 companies are clients. For reference, here is a list of the Fortune 500 companies for 2019.

MCKINSEY

• McKinsey focuses on a wide range of industries including aerospace & defense; agriculture; financial services; oil & gas; public sector and consumer packaged goods.

• McKinsey works with clients at all levels, from c-suite execs to front-line employees.
• The team not only makes recommendations on changes, but also work directly with clients to ensure that changes are properly implemented.

• McKinsey defines the basis of their business as "always innovating." They innovate by the talent they hire, companies they acquire, and the new capabilities they develop.
• The company focuses on "granular growth opportunities" and considers innovation in all areas including products, processes, business models, and services.
• Additionally, McKinsey uses a proprietary model, Eight Essentials of Innovation.

• According to McKinsey's Code of Professional Conduct, they do not release client names or other information on clients.
• A 2016 article about potential wrongdoing by McKinsey did list Barclays, BlackRock, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Citadel, Credit Suisse, Wells Fargo, and UBS as clients.

DELOITTE

Industry focus

• Deloitte categorizes its industry servings under 6 majors, as follows: consumer, energy resources & industrials, financial services, government and public services, life sciences & healthcare and technology, media & telecommunications.

• The "consumer" line of focus consists of the following industries: automotive, consumer products , retail, wholesale/distribution, transportation and hospitality services.
• The "energy resources & industrials" line of focus consists of the following industries: industrial products/construction , mining/metals , oil industry, gas/chemicals industry and power/utilities.
• The "financial services" line of focus consists of the following industries: banking/capital markets, insurance, investment management and real estate.
• The "government & public services" line of focus consists of the following industries: civil government, defense, security/justice, federal health, international donor organizations, local & higher education and transport.
• The "life sciences & healthcare" line of focus consists of the following industries: healthcare and life sciences.
• The "technology, media and telecommunications" line of focus comprises the following industries: technology, telecommunications, media and entertainment.

Innovation Consultants team

• Deloitte's Innovation Consulting team (IC Team) applies a centralized approach to innovation via a global, dedicated design and innovation practice. The "innovation practice" is closely integrated with Deloitte’s consulting practice, which enables the company to leverage its design and delivery capabilities and combine its strategy and analytics with human capital practices. The team is consistent in terms of consulting offering innovation worldwide, which is the main differentiating element of their service. A notable capability of Deloitte is that their innovation support services are widespread.
• Deloitte's centralized approach is aimed at helping clients to understand where to focus their efforts, from developing their innovation strategy to identifying and prioritizing opportunity spaces.

Innovation methodology

• Deloitte uses human-centered innovation techniques to "guide the development and validation of new business concepts". These processes include "building, testing, piloting and launching functional minimum viable products" as well as "scaling and operationalizing new businesses and creating repeatable build capabilities".

• Deloitte’s "Ambition Matrix" is an unique approach to its innovation portfolio management which helps Deloitte's clients understand where they can play in given markets and how to win over customers and businesses. The company refers to this approach as "portfolio-driven", wherein the matrix categorizes innovations into one of the three categories: core, adjacent, and transformational.
• Deloitte Catalyst is another methodology that helps accelerate innovation and growth for its clients, which include some of the largest enterprises and disruptive startups, delivering end-to-end solutions which transform the way businesses are led. This helps clients' businesses from the early stage to the high growth stage to innovate, scale and deliver transformative value faster, by connecting the client's team with a world-wide community of catalysts that accelerate the transformation of the business.

Client portfolio

• Deloitte is one of the Audit and Accounting "Big-4" firms. The company has clients across various sectors and service lines, but most of their clients belong to their Audit & Assurance services portfolio. Some of Deloitte's notable clients have been outlined below:
•  Adobe 
•  AmeriGas 
•  Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) 
•  Ardent Mills  
•  California Cybersecurity  
•  Carlson Rezidor  
•  City of Joplin, Missouri  
•  Daimler Trucks Asia  
•  Dell and EMC  
•  Global Insurer  
•  International Speedway Corporation  
•  Ivy League University  
•  Marathon Oil  
•  Newport News Waterworks  
•  Novant Health  
•  Regions Bank  
•  Rochester Regional Health System  
•  Southwestern Energy  
•  State Auto  
•  Sunrise Senior Living  
•  United States Golf Association  
•  Yamaha  

PA CONSULTING

Industry focus

• PA Consulting provides services across the following industry sectors:

•  Consumer and retail  
•   Defense and security  
•  Energy and utilities  
•  Financial services  
•  Government and public sector  
•  Healthcare  
•  Life sciences  
•  Manufacturing  
•  Transport, travel and logistics.

Innovation Consultants team

• PA Consulting IC team consists of over 250 innovation designers, scientists and engineers who work on client challenges across various business lines, ranging from mechanical engineering to new product design and launches.

Innovation methodology

• In order to drive innovation, PA Consulting has a dedicated Global Innovation and Technology Centre and an Innovation Hub that helps them bolster their Innovation Consulting services for their clients.
• The Global Innovation and Technology Centre houses experts who help clients solve challenging problems, ranging from prototyping to taking the solution to market. They put emphasis on product design and development, medical device development, digital and data sciences, manufacturing process development and technology innovation management.
• PA Consulting enhances their services by acquiring specialist consultancy firms such as 4iNNO.
• Under the Innovation Hub approach, PA Consulting helps clients improve the way of managing technology and innovation, in order to help them unlock the true potential of their businesses' competitive advantages. Utilizing both unique hands-on technology and innovation capability, they help clients with challenged and complex issues like R&D effectiveness, technology acquisition, technology strategies, innovation management, IP and knowledge management, as well as connectivity and networking.

Client portfolio

• The client list of PA Consulting consists of the following major companies:

•  University of Manchester 
•  Virgin Hyperloop One 
•  Dublin Airport and Aer Lingus 
•  Bucharest Millennium Airport  
•  Hydrow  
•  Woodford Reserve  
•  OneSavings Bank 
•  Black Country Pathology Service 
•  Dunnet Bay Distillers 
•  Network Rail 
•  Arm 
•  UK Ministry of Defense 
•  Major European Airline Group 
•  Middle East Aviation Group 
•  Citizens Advice 
•  PulPac 
•  Ecobooth 
•  ENSO Tyres 

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