Pierre Verdu

Implementation of an innovation process in the young startup Whibo, which develops a collaborative workspace in the browser to facilitate and support the emergence of knowledge.

In a multidisciplinary team, we conduct a Design Thinking approach within the Innovation Lab of KPMG to rethink workspaces and interactions between the various trades of the company.

Within a 3-day Hackathon organized by Schoolab for Eurogroup Consulting, facilitation of several workshops that have resulted in a prototyped service presented to top management.

Support of the MyRobotics start-up in a User-centric approach to identify opportunities for innovation in the robotics market dedicated to seniors.

In direct collaboration with the human sciences department, missions related to the entire range of the methodology of User-Centred Innovation : interviews, thematic benchmark to build a strategic approach, field observations, analysis and concept generation, co-creation sessions, storyboarding, focus group and illustration of recommendations.

Issues addressed:

The Cloud - Orange
Collection of household biowaste (Design Thinking approach) - Suez Environnement
Porting - Quechua
Autonomy in camping - Quechua
Usage evaluation of a new mobility - Renault
The new adhesives section - Henkel
From event to in-store - Henkel

(Internship)

The Artscience Workshop was first conceived in 2007 by David Edwards as an opportunity for Harvard undergraduate students to travel to Le Laboratoire in Paris and continue to develop their ideas through cultural incubation and design.

Selected students of Strate Collège and ERG helped them to develped and think about their project with a new vision. (Workshop)

Integrated within the design team, I worked on design awareness, implementation of a methodology for innovation by design and I animated brainstormings.

I also help to design the creativity room to materialize and facilitate innovation, and I worked on a prospective project around digital postcard. (Internship)

I created collaborative products based on marketing specifications and make an improvement over existing models in terms of use and technic.

I expressed ideas with drawings, models, samples and worked on fabrication process to find solutions to decrease cost.

I also developed the associated packaging with the new graphic set, and executed the new website with Joomla (Internship followed by fixed-term contract)