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Brilliant Thinking.  Better Decisions.

WELCOME TO CURIOUS INDUSTRY

We are strategy consultants.

Our mission is to create brilliant thinking that
solves problems and unlocks growth.

Everything we do is based on deep, revealing insight.


We can help you in two ways:

STRATEGY

We solve your toughest problems to unlock growth using consumer, customer, and commercial insight.

CAPABILITY

We build insight-fueled capability programmes that empower your people to solve tough problems themselves.

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OUR CLIENTS

Since 2013, we've worked across industries and across the globe, to create brilliant thinking and growth for some of the biggest and most exciting companies and brands in the world.

CONSUMER

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HEALTHCARE

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B2B

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SOME FACTS WE ARE PROUD OF

We have many tales of our experiences, and we’d love to share them with you
on a call or in person.  Here are a few numbers that tell our story...

We’ve worked with clients in 49 countries around the globe.

We count 7 of the top 20 pharma companies among our clients.

We’ve trained 100s of clients in person and 1000s online in the skills and behaviours of brilliant thinking.

We’ve received an average of 94 net promotor score (NPS) across all of our training courses.

We’ve solved problems for 100s of consumer brands, B2B challenges, and therapeutic areas.

Our leadership team has over 50 years combined experience in strategy and insight.

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OUR APPROACH

Our core beliefs make working with Curious Industry different…

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WITHOUT INSIGHT, YOU'RE LOST
Brilliant thinking can only truly happen when you unearth rich, emotional insights about your business, customers, consumers, and your own people.
 

YOU ALREADY HAVE HALF THE ANSWER
You rarely need to start from scratch.  Apply commercial rigor and creativity to your existing assets and constraints.  Find the value in your previous thinking.  Live in the real world, not in the blue sky.

 

COMPLETISM IS YOUR ENEMY
Speed, agility, and iteration win every time.  Obsessing over perfection and completeness can kill innovative solutions.

 

THE TEAM SHOULD FIT IN A CAR
Have a conversation not a workshop.  Write a paragraph not a slide deck.  Make decisions with small, empowered teams.  Seek the simple over the complex.

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MEET CURIOUS INDUSTRY

We use only senior talent, with decades of experience leading and transforming brands and businesses.

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Meldrum Duncan

Director

Meldrum began in advertising as an account director, strategy planner and then a copywriter. He went on to be a consultant at What If, before becoming a partner & board member, setting up  & running their New York office, and becoming Director of Innovation. Meldrum is currently launching a games company with his kids.

Annette Duncan

Financial Director

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Blake Glenn

Director

Blake was a chemical engineer, product development scientist, and brand manager in the food industry before becoming a director at What If New York.  Blake mentors university students in design thinking and holds several patents on obscure confectionery technologies.

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We also have a network of dozens of specialist associates… 

With a background in big-brand project management and property development,  Annette has a keen eye for detail and belief in the importance of meeting both our suppliers and our clients' expectations, on time and on budget. Basically, Annette makes sure the whole circus is shipshape.

Katie Joell

Community Manager

Katie spent 11 years at Sky, building employee community, engaging communications, and learning experiences.  All while co-ordinating a design workflow that supported 15,000 employees in the Customer Services Group. Katie is mad about tech…and dogs.

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We’re always on the lookout for great people to join us or work with us as associates. If you're a senior consultant with 10+ years experience, give us a call

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CONTACT US

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GENERAL ENQUIRIES

FEELING CURIOUS?

Have any upcoming decisions about your customer, brand, or business that might benefit from some brilliant thinking?

Give us a shout.  We'd love to chat about it!
  

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Curious Industry, Ltd. Registered in England at 167-169 Great Portland Street, 5th Floor, London, W1W 5PF. Company no. 8752944

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