
The latest thought leadership from our expert teams

Net zero product discovery
In this whitepaper we examine the potential rewards of sustainable yet multidimensional business growth and reveal why whole system mapping is a prerequisite for driving essential system-level – not just product-level – innovation.
- Industrial design
- Physical sciences
- Product realisation
- Strategic advice

The what, why and how of connected medical implant development for personalized delivery of medicine
The medical implant industry is set to grow from $5bn in 2017 to $16.3bn by 2022. But there are tensions to understand and hurdles to overcome for innovators intent on taking advantage.
- Connectivity & IoT
- Digital health
- Product realisation

Chiplets: the path to IoT diversity
In this whitepaper, we explore why chiplets offer a path towards increased IoT diversity, bringing benefits to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and semiconductor companies alike.
- AI & Data Analytics consultancy
- Connectivity & IoT
- Electronics & ASICs
- Product realisation

The future of patient monitoring
Patient monitoring is an inherent part of patient management. Intermittent and continuous measurements have a range of uses, from defining disease states and characterising progression to informing therapeutic approaches and...
- AI & Analytics
- Connectivity & IoT
- Digital health
- Digital security
- Digital service innovation
- Human factors
- Product realisation
- Sensing
- User Experience (UX)

From bench to scale: our workshop insights for tough tech start ups
It soon becomes crunch time for an entrepreneurial start up with a ground-breaking idea in tough tech innovation. While exploring some of the details of CC’s workshop approach, Roger Mainwaring-Burton reveal the secrets of taking a product, service or company from benchtop to scale to success in the market…
- Innovation management
- Product realisation
- Project management
- Strategic advice

Trusting autonomy and ensuring quantum resilience for government as security threats emerge
Potential quantum attacks on government agencies and the military are part and parcel of the changing security landscape. In turn, government organizations are exploring the use of quantum for defense security, as well as the efficiencies of future states that these technologies will enable for mission-critical operations.
- Innovation management
- Product realisation
- Project management
- Strategic advice

The inspiring personal story behind a game-changing solution to glue ear in children
Singapore company NousQ has created a robotic, automated, sensor-controlled, handheld applicator called CLiXX® that promises to revolutionize ventilation ear tube surgery for children.
- Human factors
- Innovation management
- Product realisation
- Robotics
- Sensing

‘So when are the robots coming?’ Industry is ready and willing to accelerate the adoption of automation
All the drivers are in place. The unprecedented global labor shortage, the sky-high consumer demand, the advanced technology capabilities and the willingness of businesses and VCs to invest are all combining to transformative effect. The world is primed and ready to accelerate the adoption of robotics and automation.
- AI & Analytics
- Product realisation
- Robotics

Facing up the scalability challenge in warehouse and logistics automation
The rate of innovation and adoption of automation & autonomous systems in non-manufacturing segments is growing faster and investments are pouring in. AMR’s (Automated Mobile Robots) are working alongside people in warehouses and helping in improving productivity. But, is this enough?
- AI & Analytics
- Product realisation
- Robotics
- Sensing

The invisible 5G networks of the future
Dr Derek Long, Head of Telecoms and Mobile, discusses his keynote at Total Telecom Congress 2021 where he explored how new materials are opening the door to transparent phased array antennas and unlocking a host of new 5G use cases.
- Connectivity & IoT
- Product realisation
- Radio systems
- Strategic advice

Domestic appliance brands must adopt a radical, digital-first mindset to get ahead
Product owners in appliance brands across the world are sitting on the threshold of extraordinary digital opportunities – but a radical change of mindsets is vital if they are to take advantage of them.
- Digital service innovation
- Innovation management
- Product realisation
- Strategic advice

Digital transformation for physical product companies
The movement is irresistible. Companies traditionally focused on physical products, from beauty to laundry, are embracing the opportunities of digital. The time to make things happen is now, before it’s too late and competitors steal a march. If you are part of a consumer business intent on transforming digitally and growing in entirely new ways, this eBook is essential reading.
- Digital service innovation
- Innovation management
- Product realisation
- Strategic advice