Innovation simplified
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Bringing your product ideas to life—from first spark to product launch.
I help businesses create and launch next-generation manufactured products with a tailored, hands-on service designed around your needs.
Inject a fresh perspective into your business!
Steve Blanks | owner & innovator
My purpose; providing the missing ingredient in your business
Innovation can be complex and slow—sound familiar?
You know your business—its culture, capabilities, products, and markets. I bring the innovation expertise to turn ideas into action and help your team act fast with purpose.
Wherever you are in the product development journey I streamline the process and accelerate time to market.
✓ Resolve your pain points
✓ Partner & empower your team
✓ Provide specialist know how
Inspire
The plan cycle
Just getting started?
The earlier I’m engaged the smoother the journey; I’m here to apply my experience to your advantage.
Invent
The design cycle
Getting creative?
True innovation happens when ideas spark between people; I’m independent so I can see things from a unique perspective.
Innovate
The deliver cycle
Ready to make it happen? Real innovation is turning ideas into successful products.
I know what it takes to make it happen.
Inspire
Plan Your Vision
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Are you a start up needing help to become investment ready?
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Are you a larger business who needs to capture their inner entrepreneurial spirit?
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Do you have a clear vison plus a product roadmap in place to guide the journey?
Kick off with clarity & purpose
Innovation is a journey unique to your business; I help navigate the pathway to success.
Bringing Inspiration
By understanding and bringing clarity to your vision, together we can map a defined path to deliver results at pace, avoiding pitfalls that often derail innovation programs.
Invent
Where Ideas Collide
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Are you struggling to make inventive steps that will set you apart from the competition?
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Do you need help to research & adopt materials & technology to create a USP?
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Do you need help to spark & visualize ideas that are optimized for manufacture?
The collaborative creative cycle
As a specialist in design for manufacture; I bring an inventive mindset to help spark, devise & incubate ideas
Adding Invention
Experienced in taking ideas through the development cycle at pace, placing product into the hands of potential customers at the earliest opportunity.
Innovate
Execute Your Ideas
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Are you struggling to deliver innovation programs, often missing launch deadlines?
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Are your Team empowered & engaged or blocking progress?
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Do you have agile processes that inject pace into the delivery cycle?
Agile program management
Innovation is ultimately the commercialization of ideas; together we act to bring yours to life
Delivering Innovation
Establishing effective core teams, bound by a critical path plan, assists your business to expedite innovation & product launch programs
Service packs
Three collaborative options
Start Up
Micro enterprise exclusive within first year of trading. Includes an Idea viability health check plus innovation pathway plan to help kick start your business when you need it most.
Tailored
Aligned to your business goals, timeline, culture & budget; made to measure you might say! Includes a deep dive to understand your vision & clarify the services you require, creating a clear scope of work exclusively for you.
Retained
Non-executive advice, quarterly innovation MOTs Proactive partnership role to keep you on track to meet growth targets & scale the opportunity, for as long as you require.
Steve Blanks
Experience You Can Trust
With extensive global manufacturing experience, I help SMEs turn bold ideas into real, manufacturable products.
Specializing in advanced materials, emerging technologies, and user-centric design, I ensure your product isn’t just inventive—it’s practical, scalable, and production-ready. .
What I Do
Collaborate – Think of me as an extension of your team, listening and acting in your best interests.
Design – Sparking inventive ideas and refining them into reliable, repeatable products.
Project Manage – Delivering on time and on budget, keeping innovation moving. .
Who I Am
Always Open – Honest, practical advice with a freethinking approach to problem-solving.
Entrepreneurial – Thriving in creative chaos, bringing clarity and a path to success.
Positive Mindset – Fearless in doing what’s best, learning from every step.
Bio
I bring first-hand experience from both entrepreneurship and leading global design teams— helping businesses turn ideas into reality.
With 30+ years in global manufacturing, I’ve worked across Automotive, Aerospace, Rail, Construction, and Electrical sectors, solving complex challenges across borders.
Expert in product innovation, specializing in plastics and precision metal forming, I know how to leverage materials, technology, and design for optimal manufacturing.
A serial inventor and Aptiv Innovation Hall of Fame inductee (2018), I understand the value of IP and how to protect it.
I also know the startup journey first-hand—winning the 2013 Nesta Hands Off My Bike competition, a UK government-backed initiative that launched an innovative bicycle security product.
"Replacing metal with polymers in an established market is tough; Steve's non-executive guidance helped us deliver a game-changing, user-centric solution.”
JOHN PITT
Founder
KLIPP-IT, U.K.
"Steve is a true innovator. His creative thinking enables him to approach challenges from unique angles, often resulting in solutions that are not only effective but also transformative."
JON ZICK
Head of Product Innovation
HellermannTyton, USA
“Innovation is to find the right path to a prototype and finished product. Steve has proven to be able to do just that."
KAI GOERLICH
Consultant
Visionary Labs, Germany
So, what’s stopping you?
Struggling to execute ideas? Need a fresh perspective? Let’s talk.
Book a free, no-obligation consultation and take the first step toward smarter, faster innovation.