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Over the past 25 years, we have accumulated vast experience and expertise in technological innovation and R&D. Working with our customers has resulted in more than 1,500 successful projects. Impossible to show them all. But take a look at cases that may be inspiring for you.

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How to innovate efficiently: six ways to ‘unfuzzy’ the front-end of innovation

Bart Tienpont

10 min

In many cases, innovation projects start off as chaotic and seemingly aimless ventures. At Creax, we believe front-end fuzziness can and should be drastically reduced in order to innovate efficiently. Kittens are ‘fuzzy’ because they’re soft and fluf...

Organizational ambidexterity: Herding the cash cow while exploring unknown hunting

Bart Tienpont

5 min

Organizational ambidexterity is a recent, emerging topic within the innovation management landscape that deserves a closer look. It also links to two other trending innovation types: exploitative and explorative innovation. Innovation unveiled – Part...

Cross-industry innovation, someone may have already solved your problem

Mathieu Mottrie

2 min

In 1946, Soviet inventor and science fiction writer Genrich Altshuller developed a methodology called TRIZ. It became known as “the theory of inventive problem-solving” and was based on a simple premise: across different disciplines and applications,...

Cool, light, and strong

Bram Verslyppe

2 min

Combining the advantages of metal with those of a permeable, lightweight material, metal foam lends itself to a wide variety of applications. Bekaert, a global player in advanced metal transformation, opened up a world of possibilities by lowering th...

The battery car

Simon Desnerck

2 min

The main challenges preventing mass adoption are the limited number of charging stations and long charge times. The Revive ‘battery car’ is a mobile charging station that can revive a car by charging it at home, work, or wherever it is parked. ...

4 ways to make a cheaper electric car

Louis-Philippe Vancraeynest

2 min

Electric Vehicles (EV) are the future of mobility. But high costs prevent mainstream adoption. We brainstormed 4 creative but practical ways to lower production costs.

New Product Development, looking beyond Horizon 1

Louis-Philippe Vancraeynest

15 min

It’s time for the manufacturing industry to roll up its sleeves and re-think its new product development strategy. Refining existing products is no longer enough.

Clarity in the Complexity of Innovation

Bart Tienpont

5 min

Creax presents a new data-driven methodology for future thinking. The framework brings confidence to take strategic decisions, leads to opportunities for your business and stimulates the creative innovation process.

The future of mobility: the drivers behind the steering wheel

Simon Desnerck

10 min

Back to the future The classic 1980s movie “Back to the Future” predicted a society with flying vehicles starting in 2015. Remember those immortal phrases “Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads”. Looking back in 2024, that vision of the futur...

The response of the agro-food sector to a fast changing world

Bart Tienpont

10min

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Creax 20 years of Innovation Management Workshop

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Creax 20 years Anniversary

On 20/02/2020 Creax celebrated its 20th year of innovation consultancy.

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